Liu's success is far-reaching. Lauded as the first painter to commercialize art by Commonwealth magazine, he is very popular in the market and with the media. Max Liu's Cafes can be seen around the island in Eslite Bookstores and some department stores. He has ventured into digital art as well, using graphics software to create art. At his art shops, digital reproductions of his work sell for around NT$1,500 apiece and tie-in products such as mugs and T-shirts are also sold.
At 90, the artist remains very active. He works hard until midnight every day and frequents galleries to keep up on young artists' works. And not content with having been the author of more than 30 books on the anthropology of art, he continues to write about primitive cultures.
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