Tan Teng-pho

Chen Cheng-po (Chinese: 陳澄波, February 2, 1895 - March 25, 1947) was a well-known Taiwanese painter. His 1926 oil painting Street of Chiayi was featured in the seventh Empire Art Exhibition in Japan, the first time a Taiwanese artist was featured at the exhibition. He was killed as a result of the 228 Incident, a 1947 civilian uprising in Taiwan.

Death

In 1946, Chen was elected as a member of the city council in Chiayi, where he was born.[1] Due to the 228 Incident, severe conflict occured in 1947 between the Chiayi citizens and the Chinese Nationalist Party, also known as Kuomintang, whose military was trapped inside the city's airport. The city produced a "228 Incident Committe", composed of Chen and five others who would approach the military as representatives of peace. The military, however, captured four of them, including Chen, and released the remaining two. On the morning of March 25, 1947, after being tied up with wires, the four were forced to march from the city's police station to the train station, where Chen and the other three were shot dead in public. Since the Kuomingtang forebad the families from collecting the corpses immediately, Chen's remains were left to decompose on the street for several days.

See also

• 228 Incident