Born in Lungching Hsiang, Taichung, Taiwan, and trained in Tokyo, Chen worked as a teacher in secondary school, as an art professor in universities for more than 45 years and a contemporary artist.
His mother died in 1920 and then he moved to his aunt's home and changed to study at Woo-tsih public school.
After three years, his wife suffered a serious illness and died; he transferred to Hsin-kung Public school and served as a full-time substitute teacher with stable income.
He married with his colleague Miss Hsieh Pee-lien, but after 2 years, he had lost two children and his second wife.
Thus, his works such as “ Stroll in Freedom”, “Autumn Harvest”, “Scene of Lakefront” and “Mountain Hiking” were selected for the annual exhibition which inspired him a lot.
[8] In 1945, Chen Huei-Kuhn left Hsin-kao Public School after losing his second wife and two children.
After one year, Chen's “Appreciation” was on display at the First Provincial Art Exhibition and won the Academic and Industrial Award.
After that, Chen was assigned as a lecture in the Department of Fine Arts at Provincial Normal College in 1947.
Also, his Eastern Gouache work “Aboriginals in Taiwan” won the Chairman Award in the second year of the Provincial Art Exhibition.
Whiling he was teaching at Provincial Normal College, he worked with the famous painter Pu Hsin-yue.
Since Chen was keen on exploring “how” and “why” and with good relationship with Pu xinyu, he was able to acquire new techniques and procedures.
Chen Huei-Kuhn's desire is to improve the art form and he emphasised artistic, imaginative sketching instead of copying nature.
Therefore, he created an innovative painting style which combined Eastern and Western art ideology and techniques.
In the 1960s, he studied in France for one year and he visited many art museums, putting his ideas into notes.
Besides, he visited Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany sketching the places that he had traveled.
Starting in 1969, he spent seven summer vacations in travel around the Europe to study and visit the great museums and buildings there.
Furthermore, he used western perspective techniques in eastern painting to create “The Gate of Temple Tosho” in 1982.
6.1965 on 2–9 May, Chen Huei, double exhibition Lin Chang-tao, Taipei International Gallery.
7.1972 on 30 November to 5 December, a long stream of Painting, an exhibition of plastic colour "Yushan first peak."
8.1973 on 3–8 October, a long stream Painting, plastic color display "on the outskirts of Paris," "other house."
11.1976, the Fine Arts Department of Normal - to celebrate the 30th anniversary, featuring painting "Riverside Belgium belfries."
12.1980, the annual literary sixty-nine of activities, painting exhibition "Wuen-woo Court reflection."
17.1985, the Fine Arts Department of Normal exhibition featuring paintings "hometown Lungching Chu-hang."
19.1985 year to celebrate the recovery of Taiwan 40 Professor Chou-Nien exhibition featuring paintings "hometown Lungching Chu-hang."
23.1987 on 11–20 October, Normal University professor Lin Yuan-shu really, Chen-Huei three exhibition galleries Howard.
44.1994 on 18 to 31 May, the fourth green water tempera painting will be exhibited glue "on the outskirts of Tachih" 10F.
23 September 2000, Chen Shuei-pien to move America into the house of God, the exhibition "Woolai Waterfall."
71.2002 on 7 –18 days of December, exhibitors Taiwan Art Association "65 Taiyang 6 decades elegance."
72.2002 on 22 November - 1 December, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts hosted the exhibition "French Autumn Salon."
4.1989 years, was the 1st artist in Taichung County Golden Harvest 10 Outstanding Senior Award.