劉啟祥 (1910-1998)

 1910年生於台南柳營。1923年前往日本東京留學，1928年考入東京文化學院美術部洋畫科。1930年代與楊三郎、顏水龍同赴歐洲，旅居法國巴黎學習美術，是最早到法國學畫的台灣畫家之一。1933年作品〈紅衣〉入選巴黎秋季沙龍，1935年由歐洲返台，以〈倚坐女〉入選第9屆台展。1937年劉啟祥定居東京，在東京舉辦留歐作品個展，1943年以〈野良〉和〈收穫〉獲深受日本畫壇重視的「二科賞」。二戰後，劉啟祥舉家返台，並參與籌組諸多畫會，包括「高雄美術研究會」以及「台灣南部美術協會」等，致力推廣美術活動。2018年其台南故居設立為「劉啟祥紀念美術館」。其作品多取材自平凡生活，大膽自在的筆觸和明朗的色彩於其中取得和諧的美感，風格優雅且靜謐。重要個展有2004年高雄市立美術館《空谷中的清音－劉啟祥》等。

LIU Chi Hsiang

LIU Chi Hsiang (1910-1998) was born in Tainan, Taiwan. In 1923, LIU went to Japan for art study and enrolled in the Department of Western Paintings at Bunka Gakuin in 1928. In the 1930s, he traveled to Paris to study fine arts and was one of the early Taiwanese painters to study painting in France, alongside YANG San Lang and YEN Shui Long. LIU’s work “The Girl in Red” was selected for the Salon in 1933. Later, he returned to Taiwan in 1935, and his work “Seated Woman” was selected for the Taiwan Art Exhibition (Tâi-tián). In 1937, LIU lived in Japan, where he held solo exhibitions in Tokyo. His works “Nora” and “Harvest” received the “Nika Art” awards that were highly valued in the Japanese art world. After World War II, he returned to Taiwan to settle down and participated in organizing art groups to promote Taiwanese art. LIU’s house in Taiwan was set up as The Liu Chi-Hsiang Art Gallery and Memorial Hall in 2018. LIU’s works were mostly based on everyday life, and the unrestrained brushstrokes and the bright colors created harmony and elegant style in his paintings. Famous exhibitions held at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in 2004, etc.