• June 4, 1900

    Liu’s Jipiao’s Birth

    Liu Jipiao was born on June 4, 1900 the youngest...
  • 1910

    Jingdezhen

    As a child, Liu watched and learned the design and...
  • 1918-1921

    Study in Paris

    1918-1921 Liu headed to France to study in Paris at...
  • May 1922

    L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts

    May 8, 1922 Liu entered L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study...
  • 1924

    Strasbourg Expo

    Liu Jipiao with the Opus Society was responsible for the...
  • April 1925

    Paris Exposition of 1925

    Liu and his cohorts worked on the China Section in...
  • 1927

    Return to China

    Under pressure from his father, Liu returned to fulfill his...
  • 1928

    Hangzhou

    Liu became co-founder and Head of Design at Hangzhou National...
  • June 6, 1929

    Westlake Expo

    Liu dedicated 6 months of his life to the design...
  • May 1932

    Shanghai Company

    1929-1932 Liu Jipiao moved to Shanghai and opened Da Fang...
  • 1932

    Marriage

    Married Suzanne Pan (Pan Fengxiao) (潘凤箫) honeymooned at Huangshan Mountain.
  • 1935

    Nanjing

    Liu set up Da-fang Architectural Design Company, Nanjing. He obtained...
  • 1937

    Guangzhou

    Prior to the Sino-Japanese War, the South-West Political Commission conferred...
  • March 25, 1943

    Gayook’s Birth

    Liu Jipiao’s eldest daughter, my mother, was born March 25,...
  • 1945

    Gaylon

    Second daughter, Gaylon Liou born Shanghai, April 30, 1945. Our...
  • January 4, 1947

    China to USA

    Because of his position in the Kuomintang, Liu, wife and...
  • 1949

    Automated Laundry

    By 1949 he knew the Communist government was in place...
  • June 1953

    Chicken Farm, NJ

    Liu sold the laundry mats to friends in Chinatown and...
  • August 1955

    Reunited

    The family travels to NYC to reunite with Gaylon.  The...
  • Circa 1958

    Bankruptcy

    With modernization of the farming industry, small farms like Liu’s...
  • 1962-1968

    Architectural Work

    1962-1969. Liu works as a “draftsman” under the architectural license...
  • November 3, 1965

    Jennifer Wong

    Liu’s first grandchild is born November 3, 1965. Born to...
  • 1967

    Painting Again

    Photo: Portrait of his granddaughter, Jennifer 1967 Once his daughters...
  • June 24, 1968

    Awards

    Liu not only won first prize at an art show...
  • August 25, 1969

    Matthew Wong

    Liu’s 2nd grandchild, Matthew Wong is born. Son of David...
  • 1972 - 1983

    Teaching and Exhibiting

    Liu and his wife demonstrated and exhibited nationwide at places...
  • April 15, 1992

    Liu Jipiao (1900-1992)

    Liu Jipiao (Kipaul Liou) died April 15, 1992 in a...
  • 2001

    Suzanne Liou

    After her husbands death, Suzanne Liou (Pan Fengxiao) (泛鳳簫) traveled the...
  • 2014

    Cayden Wong

    Cayden Wong is born. Liu Jipiao & Suzanne Liou’s great...
  • 2021

    Gayook Wong (1943-2021)

    Gayook Wong, eldest daughter of Liu Jipiao and Suzanne Wong...