Xiao Tao Sheng
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Xiao Tao Sheng (born 1946) is a Chinese
Chinese people
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 painter
Painting
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 who specializes in portraying Chinese culture through his Western-style
Western culture
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 oil painting
Oil painting
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s, called East in West paintings. He is a class I painter and professor, and currently the vice director of the Sichuan Provincial Art Museum. He is a member of the China Artists Association
China Artists Association
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Xiao's art works were introduced to the public by China Central Television
China Central Television
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 (CCTV
China Central Television
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), Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...

 TV and Chengdu
Chengdu
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 TV. Most of his award-winning paintings had been selected for national exhibitions in China and abroad, including the International Arts City, Paris
Paris
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 in December 2003 and at the south lobby of the United Nations Secretariat, New York in January 2005. The publications about his work namely Collection of Sketches by Xiao Tao Sheng and Collection of Oil Paintings by Xiao Tao Sheng had been included in the collections of the U.S. Library of Congress, New York
New York
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's Columbia University
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 Library and the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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. His works had also been published in art magazines in China
China
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, Japan
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, Hong Kong
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, the United States
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 and Canada
Canada
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