Oriental paintings, calligraphy on display at Sam Houston's Memorial Museum
Rebekah Martinez
Issue date: 3/3/05 Section: Campus News
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The Sam Houston Memorial Museum will display an exhibit of traditional oriental paintings and calligraphy now through March 27.
The original work of Chinese painter Sheng Chi Lee, titled "Observing the Bamboos Upon Hearing the Waterfall," consists mainly of landscape scenes of Lee's native China.
Lee, a Huntsville resident as well as World War II veteran and member of the Association of Fine Art of the Republic of China, studied traditional Chinese art under masters DeWen Chang, Juan Fu Fu, Chi Chao Dai, and calligrapher Rielten Chen.
Lee's art has been displayed in the Zhong Zhang Memorial Hall, State Father Commemoration Hall, and the Taiwan National Gallery of Art and Education.
"Each painting has its own unique inspiration, such as the bamboo represents people who are open-minded, noble, and virtuous and the waterfall represents life's long history of water flowing forever," said Lee.
"This is a rare opportunity for the people of Huntsville and Walker County to view an outstanding collection of original traditional oriental painting," said exhibit curator David Wight.
The exhibit is located in the Katy and E Don Walker Sr. Education Center at 1402 19th St. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call the museum at (936) 294-1832 or visit them online.
at www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/.
The original work of Chinese painter Sheng Chi Lee, titled "Observing the Bamboos Upon Hearing the Waterfall," consists mainly of landscape scenes of Lee's native China.
Lee, a Huntsville resident as well as World War II veteran and member of the Association of Fine Art of the Republic of China, studied traditional Chinese art under masters DeWen Chang, Juan Fu Fu, Chi Chao Dai, and calligrapher Rielten Chen.
Lee's art has been displayed in the Zhong Zhang Memorial Hall, State Father Commemoration Hall, and the Taiwan National Gallery of Art and Education.
"Each painting has its own unique inspiration, such as the bamboo represents people who are open-minded, noble, and virtuous and the waterfall represents life's long history of water flowing forever," said Lee.
"This is a rare opportunity for the people of Huntsville and Walker County to view an outstanding collection of original traditional oriental painting," said exhibit curator David Wight.
The exhibit is located in the Katy and E Don Walker Sr. Education Center at 1402 19th St. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call the museum at (936) 294-1832 or visit them online.
at www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/.