| 1918 |
Graduated from the Tainan Government Teacher Training Department, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 1922 |
Enrolled at the Western Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts), Tokyo, Japan |
| 1927 |
Graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
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Together with Chen Cheng-po, Yang San-Lang, Li Mei-Shu, Liao Chi-Chun and others formed the Red Island Painting Society, Taipei, Taiwan |
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“Artists of the Red Island Painting Society – Group Exhibition”, Tainan Public Hall, Tainan, Taiwan |
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Nude, “The 1st Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan |
| 1929 |
Finished graduate studies at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
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Enrolled at the Institute of French Modern Art, Paris, France |
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Nude in a Chair, “The 3rd Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Special Selection, Taiwan |
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By the Window, “The 3rd Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan |
| 1931 |
A Young Girl’s Portrait, Montsouris Park, France Autumn Salon, Selected, France |
| 1932 |
Due to a sever liver disease left France and came back to Taiwan |
| 1933 |
Woman K, “The 7th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Special Selection, Taiwan
Woman, “The 7th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan
“YEN Shui-Long Exhibition”, Taiwan Education Association Building, Taipei, Taiwan
“YEN Shui-Long Exhibition”, Taichung, Taiwan
“YEN Shui-Long Exhibition”, Tainan, Taiwan |
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| 1934 |
Together with Chen Cheng-po, Yang San-Lang, Li Mei-Shu, Liao Chi-Chun and others established the Taiyang Art Society, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1935 |
Painted Fanwuru Farewell, Tainan, Taiwan |
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“The 1st Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei Education Center (now National 228 Memorial Museum), Taipei, Taiwan |
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“The 9th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1936 |
“The 10th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1938 |
Qi, “The 1st Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts Exhibition”, Appraisal-Free Award, Taiwan |
| 1940 |
Established the Southern Asia Crafts Club, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 1941 |
Together with Chang Wan-Chuan, Chen Te-Wang, Hong Rui-Lin and others founded the Taiwan Creative Art Forum Association, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1942 |
Published Discourses on the Craft Industry |
| 1944 |
Taught architectural engineering, sketching and art history at Tainan Higher Technical Institute (now National Cheng Kung University), Tainan, Taiwan |
| 1946 |
Review committee member for “The 1st Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taiwan |
| 1952 |
Published a book Taiwan Crafts |
| 1954 |
Established Nantou Crafts Learning Class, Nantou, Taiwan |
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“The 17th Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1957 |
Established Taiwan Handicraft Promotion Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1959 |
“The 22nd Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1960 |
Taught at National Taiwan College of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts), Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1961 |
“The 24th Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1964 |
“The 26th-32nd Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1974 |
Appointed Director of the Oil Art Society of the Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1976 |
Juror at the Department of Western Painting of the “Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan |
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“Yen Shui-Long Solo Exhibition”, Taiwan Provincial Museum (now National Taiwan Museum), Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1983 |
“Yen Shui-Long 80th Birthday Retrospective Exhibition”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1985 |
“Yen Shui-Long Solo Exhibition”, Xiongshi Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1987 |
“Yen Shui-Long Solo Exhibition”, Nan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
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“Exhibition of Ten Modern Taiwanese Artists”, Central Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1988 |
Established Yen Shui-Long Handicraft Foundation, Taiwan |
| 1991 |
“Yen Shui-Long 90th Birthday Retrospective Exhibition”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1997 |
“Yen Shui-Long 95th Birthday Retrospective Exhibition”, Taiwan Provincial Museum of Fine Arts (now National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts), Taichung, Taiwan |
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Passed away, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2004 |
“Yen Shui-Long Crafts Exhibition”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2006 |
The grand open of Yen Shui-Long Museum, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2011 |
“The Public Spirit．Beauty in the Making – Yen Shui-Long”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2018 |
“Liang Gallery 25th Anniversary Special Exhibition – Passing Inheritance to the Future Generations / Visible and Invisible”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2021 |
“On the Passage of a Few Persons Through a Brief Moment in Time”, Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2023 |
“Yen Shui-long – The son of Tainan: Arts from Taiwan for the World”, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan |
| 2024 |
“An Ode to The Sun and the Moon – Yen Shui Long’s Formosa”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
“The ELSEWHERE OF THE OTHER: SANYU AND THE ECHOES OF EXPATRIATE ARTISTS IN PARIS”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
