Chen Ching-fen

Chen Ching-fen (Chinese: 陳清汾; April 21, 1910 - February 20, 1987) was a modern Taiwanese Western painter.

He was the first Taiwanese painter to study painting in France and one of the founders of the Taiyang Art Association [zh].

Ching-fen was the fourth son and had no pressure to inherit the family business, that means he could follow his own preferences and embarked on the path of learning art.

25, Sad Village, was selected, making him the youngest Taiwanese to be chosen for the Salon de Paris.

During his stay in France, Chen Ching-fen still paid attention to the developments in the Taiwanese art scene.

He participated in the "Red Island Society" led by Chen Chih-chi in 1929 and produced the first Western painting exhibition held at the Taipei Museum.

In September, his work Light of the Spring Morning was selected for the 17th Bi-Division Exhibition with Liu Qixiang.

His comments on the paintings were also published in the Taiwan Daily News for two days, which shows the importance and expectations of Chen Ching-fen.

He compiled his observations and feelings into five short articles - Views of Paris, published in the Taiwan Daily News at the end of 1931.

[2] At the same time, he was also entrusted by his father with the task of developing the tea business in Semarang, Indonesia, following his two elder brothers.

In 1956, Chen Ching-fen took on the "Jinji Tea Company" business and served in many positions, including being recruited as a member of the Taiwan Provincial Government from 1949 to 1953.

He wrote "Wanli Guxing" (A Record of Global Observations), a collection of essays about Chen Ching-fen's travels around the world in 1952 to investigate the tea export business.