Hilo Chen Paintings
Taiwanese, b. 1942
Contemporary photo-realist painter Hilo Chen (Yee-Lum) was born in 1942 in Taiwan and later became an American citizen. He is noted for his paintings of nudes and flowers. Chen's as painter is nothing less than superb. The skin tones of his nudes seem more "real" than life itself. You feel as though you can almost touch these women who are so oblivious to being observed.
Chen's work is held in public collections at: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Taiwan Museum of Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; and the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RIto
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Artist: Hilo Chen
City - 4 , 1977 Large Painting
By Hilo Chen
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: City - 4
Year: 1977
Painting oil on canvas
Size 54 x 54 inches
137 x 137 cm
Contemporary photo-realist painter Hilo Chen (Yee-Lum) was born in 1942 in Taiwan and later became an American citizen. He is noted for his paintings of nudes and flowers. Chen's as painter is nothing less than superb. The skin tones of his nudes seem more "real" than life itself. You feel as though you can almost touch these women who are so oblivious to being observed.
Chen's work is held in public collections at: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose CA...
Category
1970s Photorealist Hilo Chen Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Woman
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 3
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 30 x 42 inches
Category
1980s Photorealist Hilo Chen Paintings
Materials
Oil
Soccer Players in Central Park
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Hilo Chen from 1973. A photo-realistic scene of a park in midday overlooking a soccer field from a sidewalk vantage point. Signed and dated verso, framed in a natural wood frame.
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Soccer Players...
Category
1970s Photorealist Hilo Chen Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Donato Sanminiatelli, Domenico Beccafumi. Milan 1967, p. 170 (under paintings attributed to Beccafumi)
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Previously Available Items
Camellia, Photorealist Painting by Hilo Chen
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Camellia
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
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MB 1-2, Blonde Nude Woman, Photorealist Painting by Hilo Chen
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 1-2
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
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1980s Photorealist Hilo Chen Paintings
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Blossom
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Blossom
Year: 1984
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated reverse
Size: 7 x 5 in. (17.78 x 12.7 cm)
Frame: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
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1980s Photorealist Hilo Chen Paintings
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MB 1-2, Blonde Nude Woman
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen, American (1942 - )
Title: MB 1-2
Year: 1987
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
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Blossom 11 (Sunflower and Bee)
By Hilo Chen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hilo Chen
Title: Blossom 11 (Sunflower and Bee)
Year: circa 1985
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled verso
Size: 54 x 54 in. (137.16 x 137.16 cm)
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Tulip, Photorealist Watercolor by Hilo Chen
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