page_title: Li Mei-shu
section_title: Work and public life
hierarchical_section_title: Li Mei-shu / Work and public life
caption_attribution_description: English: The wall sculpture of Mai-shu Lee.中文（台灣）‎: 李梅樹在三峽祖師廟的作品。
context_page_description: Li Mei-shu was a Taiwanese painter, sculptor, and politician. Born to an upper-class family in Sankakuyū, Japanese Taiwan.
context_section_description: After graduating in 1934, Li returned to Taiwan and co-founded the Tai-Yang Art Society along with artists such as Liao Chi-chun, Tan Ting-pho, and Yen Shui-long. In 1935, his work Girl at Rest was the special selection of the ninth Taiwan Art Exhibition. In 1939, his work Red Dress was selected for the third Ministry of Education Art Exhibition (Shin Bunten). 
  After World War II, Li served several terms as chairman of Sanxia street, township representative, and county councilor. From 1945, he served as director of the re-construction committee of Qingshui Zushi (Divine Ancestor) Temple in Sanxia. He invited his friends in the art community, such as Chen Jin, Lin Yushan, Guo Xuehu, to complete the stone walls and sculptures of Zushi Temple together, making Zushi Temple a collective work of the artists. 
  In 1962, he devoted himself to the promotion of art education by teaching in the art departments of schools such as Chinese Culture University, National Taiwan University of Arts, and National Taiwan Normal University.
caption: A sculptural work by Li Meishu on Zushi Temple in Sanxia
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