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Yan Hsia

Yan Hsia (Born 1937) is active/lives in New York / China.  Yan Hsia is known for Abstract realism-figure, landscape.

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Hsia Yan

1932
Hsia Yan was born in Xiangxiang, in Hunan Province, in China.

1949
Orphaned very young, he grew up in Nanjing.
He is a graduate of Nanjing Normal University.
 
1951
He went to study in Taipei, under the leadership of Li Zhong-Sheng, with innovative precepts. 

1955
Although martial law had been imposed, Hsia Yan and seven other Chinese artists took the risk of founding Ton-Fan,  in pinyin dongfang huahui  Orient Movement,the first movement in Chinese art, rather abstract art. Fortunately the regime was unfamiliar with avant-garde art, and the group was able to work.
 
1957
He participated in the 1st exhibition of the group Ton Fan in Spain.
 
1963
He went to France and studied at E.S.B.A. from Paris.
 
1968
He moved to the United States and was influenced by American photo-realism.
 
1992
He returned to Taiwan.
 
2000
He received the   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3943 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Yan Hsia


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Collage and/or Decoupage
  • Easel Painting
  • Large Scale, Monumental Artwork
  • Painting, Fine Art
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Human Head Images, Portrait Heads, Faces
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Abstraction Specialty
  • Figure Specialty

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