Tan Ting-pho, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tan Ting-pho

Taiwanese artist

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1895

Place of Birth: Taiwan Island

Date of Death: 25-Mar-1947

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Tan Ting-pho (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Chén Chéngbo; Pe?h-oe-ji: Tân Têng-pho; 2 February 1895 – 25 March 1947), was a well-known Taiwanese painter.
In 1926, his oil painting Street of Chiayi was featured in the seventh Empire Art Exhibition in Japan, which was the first time a Taiwanese artist's work could be displayed at the exhibition.
Tan devoted his life to education and creation, and was greatly concerned about the development of humanist culture in Taiwan.
He was not only devoted to the improvement of his own painting, but also to the promotion of the aesthetic education of the Taiwanese people.
He was killed as a result of the February 28 Incident, a 1947 uprising in Taiwan which was repressed by the Kuomintang (KMT).



Alternative names	Chen Cheng-Po
Description	Taiwanese painter
Date of birth/death	2 February 1895	25 March 1947
Location of birth/death	Chiayi	Chiayi
Authority control	: Q707301 VIAF: 16084447 ISNI: 0000 0000 6335 3023 LCCN: n81008703 NLA: 36603233 Open Library: OL1552736A WorldCat