Liu Jipiao | |
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Born | |
Died | 1992 (aged 91–92) Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States |
Nationality | Chinese, American |
Other names | Teìpeìou Liou (in France) |
Alma mater |
University of Paris, L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts |
Occupation(s) | Architect, Realism Painter |
Known for | First Chinese Art Deco Architect |
Notable work | Carlton Building (Shanghai) |
Spouse | Pan Fengxiao |
Website |
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Liu Jipiao ( Chinese: 刘既漂), (1900–1992) was a Chinese architect associated with the development of Art Deco architecture in China and an oil painter of Realism. [1] [2] Liu's approach to architecture was to create a modern design with a distinctive Chinese aesthetic. Liu is remembered as the first Chinese Art Deco architect. [3] [4]
On June 4, 1900, Liu was born in Meizhou, Guangdong, China. [5] Liu's family had wealth from owning a silk dying factory. [1] [6] At a young age Liu took an interest in porcelain as well as Chinese and Western painting. [5]
In 1919, Liu studied at University of Paris and by 1922 he moved to L’Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts to study architecture and interior design. [6] He travelled to Paris with Chinese artists Lin Fengmian and Lin Wenzheng and he connected with Chinese artists living in Paris, such as Xu Beihong. [5] Liu was in a Paris-based art club in college called Phoebus Society, with fellow artists; Lin Wenzheng (1903–1930), Wang Daizhi and Wu Dayo (1903–1988). [7]
In 1924, Liu exhibited fifteen paintings at Exposition Chinoise d’art ancien et moderne. [8] He was then invited to contribute to China's pavilion section of the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes in 1925. [9] [4] His design for the entrance, which included a dragon and a phoenix, won awards from the French government. [10] This new, modern design style presented at the expo became later known as Art Deco, and this expo was one of the earliest displays. [4]
His large scale oil painting, Yang Guifei after the Bath is one of his better known painted works. [2]
In 1929, Liu returned to China and become a professor at the Nanjing University. [6] Between 1932 until 1937 he ran an architecture firm in the Nanjing, China, specializing in modern buildings. [5] Liu received commissions to design residential buildings, including the Carlton Building on Huanghe Lu.
In 1932 he married artist Pan Fengxiao. [5] After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and rise of communism, in 1947, Liu and his family fled from China to United States. [1] In the United States, Liu ran a Laundromat and then a chicken farm. [3] By 1965, Liu retired from architecture and focused more on fine arts like painting and watercolor. [5]
In 1992, Liu died at the age of 92 in Toms River, New Jersey. [5]
...is remembered as the first Chinese Art Deco architect