CHAU TRAN, born 1949 in South-Vietnam as a son of south-chinese parents from the province Canton, China.
chinese name Chen Ying Yi 陈英义, pseudonym QING LIAN 青濂.
On April 30th 1975 the communist Peoples Republic of Vietnam from the north defeated the United States and the Republic of Vietnam from the south.
Intellectuals and westerly oriented inhabitants of the Republic Vietnam from the south tried for fear to rescue their valuables and assets before the communist Peoples Republic of Vietnam from the north marched in. Western objects of cultural value and evidance of capitalist living were destroyed, if possible. At that time the family of Chau Tran (Qing Lian) also wiped out their business-documents, art-collection, fictional and specialized literature from the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Republic of Vietnam from the south. More than 30 rice-sacks, each 100 kg, were plunged into rivers, additionally a large part of the early works of Chau Tran (Qing Lian), exhibition catalogues, documents and photo-material were sacrificed. The property of the family (until then owner of a forwarding company) was confiscated by the communist government. After reeducation the family-members had to do the work the new government commanded. Chau Tran (Qing Lian), former painter, lecturer of art and marine of the Republic of vietnam from the south had to work as forwarding merchant and propaganda-painter in Ho-Chi-Minh-City (former Saigon). Being on a watch there was no possibility to work as a painter. Yearning to paint, some secretly painted pictures emerged but were mostly destroyed later for safety reasons. For that reason there is few material existant from the period between 1975 to 1979. In that time the family secretly prepared the escape across the seas to Australia and America, financed by hidden foreign currency and jewelry. The few surviving documents from 1949 to 1979 presented here, were hidden by the family and rescued by several family-members during successful escapes across the seas. At that time basically family-pictures, important official documents, jewelry, foreign currencies and some pictures by Chau Tran (Qing Lian) could be taken out. |
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| 1949 - 1979 |
 Archive-photos before 1979 |
 Exhibition- catalogue from 1970 |
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| 1985 | in preparation... | |||
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| 1986 | Trio exhibition in "Kulturwerk des BBK" NRW/Düsseldorf |
 Trio exhibition in "Kulturwerk des BBK" NRW/Düsseldorf |
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| 1988 | Solo exhibition in Galerie "M", Wilhelmshaven |
Solo exhibition in Galerie "M", Wilhelmshaven |
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| 1993 | Solo exhibition in "Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf" |
Solo exhibition in "Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf" |
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| 1994 | BRÜCKE-Encouragement-Award Bestowal |
BRÜCKE-Encouragement-Award Bestowal |
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| 1995 | BRÜCKE-Encouragement-Award Exhibition |
BRÜCKE-Encouragement-Award Exhibition |
Guest at the "Academy of Australian Chinese Artists", Australia |
Guest at the "Academy of Australian Chinese Artists", Australia |
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| 2000 | Solo exhibition in "Museum Haus Peters" |
Solo exhibition in "Museum Haus Peters" |
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| 2001 | Journey to China and Australia |
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