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Liu Chi-hsiang (Chinese: 劉啟祥; pinyin: Liú Qǐxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Khé-siông; February 3, 1910 – April 27, 1998) was a Taiwanese painter born in Liouying, Tainan, in the period of Japan-ruled Taiwan. Liu study abroad in Japan and went to Paris to further his studies. He studied painting by imitating some European oil paint works, especially the impressionism paintings. After his return, Liu received several art awards in Japan and Taiwan for his oil paint works, and got married in 1937. He lived in Japan until the end of World War II and returned to Taiwan afterwards to continue to work on his artistic creations. He moved to Kaohsiung in 1948 and married with his second wife in 1952. Liu spent his old age promoting art education in Taiwan.