Chen Danqing
Chinese-American artist, writer, and art critic · Taiwan · On the map · Artists · Born 1953 · age 73
Chen Danqing is a Chinese-American artist, writer, and art critic. He started as a self-taught painter and later obtain a master degree from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. He gained nation wide recognition during the 1980s for his realist paintings of the Tibetans.
Chen Danqing is read about 130 times a day, in 21 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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He moved to the US in 1982 and spent 18 years there as a professional painter. He returned to China in 2000 and lectured at Tsinghua University before resigning in 2004. He published several essay collections and hosted documentary series Local Perspective introducing art to the general public.
