Shih Shou-chien

Shih Shou-chien
石守謙
Shih Shou-chien
President of National Palace Museum
In office 20 May 2004 – 25 January 2006
Preceded by	Tu Cheng-sheng
Succeeded by	Lin Mun-lee
Personal details
Born	June 8, 1951 Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan
Alma mater	National Taiwan University Princeton University
Occupation	scholar, writer, professor
Profession	History

Shih Shou-chien
Traditional Chinese	石守謙
Simplified Chinese	石守谦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shí Shǒuqiān

Shih Shou-chien (Chinese: 石守謙; born June 8, 1951) is a Taiwanese scholar, writer, and professor at National Taiwan University. He served as President of National Palace Museum from May 2004 to January 2006.^[1][2] He is an academician of Academia Sinica.

Life and career

Shih Shou-chien was born in Taiwan on June 8, 1951. He graduated from National Taiwan University as well as Princeton University. He studied the Chinese painting history under Fang Wen, a noted Chinese-American art history scholar.^[3] He was a professor at National Taiwan University in 1990, becoming director of the Institute of Art History in 1991. In May 2000 Executive Yuan appointed he as Vice-President of National Palace Museum. After this office was terminated in May 2004, he was promoted to President position, serving until January 2006. He is a researcher at Academia Sinica since 2006, and he was elected an academician in July 2012.

References

1. 台湾检方起诉前故宫院长石守谦等贪污并求处重刑. Chinanews (in Chinese). 2009-08-25.
2. 石守谦谈中国画的帝王品味与文人趣味. 163.com (in Chinese). 2014-11-30.
3. 石守谦：宋画是东方的“文艺复兴”. artron.net (in Chinese). 2014-11-20.

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