1. Chen Chi-kwan, The Mind’s Eye- Commemorating the 90th Anniversary of His Birth
(Matching tags: painting,architecture,Chen Chi-kwan,art)

Chen Chi-kwan was born in 1921 in Beijing (known as Beiping at the time). As a child, his father invited a tutor to instruct him and his sister in the Four Books and Five Classics. He also did calligraphy ...

2. A Thousand, Thousand Churning Waves- The Legendary Red Cliff Heritage
(Matching tags: painting,literature,poetry,calligraphy,art,Battle of Red Cliff)

The Battle of Red Cliff, one of the most famous campaigns in Chinese history, is a prime example of how ingenious tactics can result in a brilliant victory out of an outnumbered situation. From the initial ...

3. Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
(Matching tags: Fan Kuan,painting)

... and fondness of drink and the Tao, he is famous now for his landscape painting. ...  ...

4. Treasured Painting and Calligraphy
(Matching tags: painting,National Palace Museum,calligraphy)

"Treasured Painting and Calligraphy" takes the most important of the 70 "restricted" masterpieces of painting and calligraphy in the National Palace Museum collection as its ...

5. Age of the Great Khan
(Matching tags: portrait,painting,National Palace Museum)

The National Palace Museum in Taipei is home to many Chinese imperial portraits throughout the dynasties. Some portraits may have been ordered by the emperor himself while still on the throne, while others ...

6. Grand View – Painting and Calligraphy of the Northern Sung (960-1127)
(Matching tags: calligraphy,National Palace Museum,Northern Sung,painting)

The main aspects of Chinese painting, such as the techniques of rendering, specialization of painters, ideas of painting, types of painting subjects, the establishment of individual styles and regional ...

7. A Rukai Girl
(Matching tags: Chang Yi-Hsiung,painting,art)

Born in Chiayi, Chang Yi-Hsiung was determined to become a painter when, at the age of ten, he encountered Chen Cheng-Bo sketching beside a fountain in central Chiayi. Later, he attended Kawabata Painting ...

8. The Old Man Selling Flour Tea
(Matching tags: art,Hsi De-Chin,painting)

Born to a rich family in South County of Xichuan, Hsi learned Chinese painting in a private school in 1931. When studying in Chengdu College, he was enlightened by painter Pang Xun-qin. Hsi then transferred ...

9. Kinmen Old House
(Matching tags: painting,Hsi De-Chin,art)

Born to a rich family in South County of Xichuan, Hsi De-Chin became a student of Lin Feng-Mian in 1942 and developed a painting style in which forceful, bold black lines were used. He acquainted many ...

10. Taipei North Gate
(Matching tags: Jiang Ming-Shian,art,painting)

... the offer to teach Chinese painting at St. John's University in New York.  ...

11. Love Birds – Mandarin Duck
(Matching tags: painting,art,Lin Yu-Shan)

Originally named Ying-gui, Lin Yu-Shan was born in Chiayi to a family that runs a picture framing business. As a child, he was exposed to calligraphy and folk painting, which inspired him to see painter ...

12. Fongyuan Historical Trail
(Matching tags: Ishikawa Kinichiro,art,painting)

A native of Shizuoka, Japan, Ishikawa Kinichiro learned Southern painting and Japanese painting at school. When he was 28 years old, Ishikawa went to Britain to study watercolor painting and developed ...

13. Tamsui Lanscape
(Matching tags: art,Ni Jiang-Huai,painting)

Born in Gongguan, Taipei, Ni Jiang-Huai learned Chinese writing with his father while they resided in the neighborhood of Shifenliao, Reifan. Ni was a student of Ishikawa Kinichiro and encouraged and promoted ...

14. Taipei Bridge over Tamsui River
(Matching tags: Wang Shui-King,painting,art)

A native of Manka, Wang Shui-King specialized in window advertising and interior design for jewelry stores and boutiques when he was young. He learned painting from experienced painters such as Li Shi-Qiao ...

15. China Rose
(Matching tags: Chin Jun-Tso,painting,art)

Born in Tainan, Chin Jun-Tso received artistic instructions from Kyuryudo in Japan. At the age of 24, Chin already demonstrated his talent in the Taiwan Art Exhibition and was subsequently recommended ...

16. Sunrise at Sea
(Matching tags: art,Lee Mei-Shu,painting)

Born in Sanxia Township in Taipei County, Lee Mei-Shu developed an interest in both music and fine arts as a child, owing to the fine upbringing he had. After graduating from Taipei Normal School in 1918, ...

17. Spring of Tamsui
(Matching tags: art,painting,Ho Chao-Chu)

Born in Hsinchu as the son of a Buddha painting artist, Ho Chao-Chu’s bond with painting goes way back to his childhood. Wars, harsh years and Japanese style education have contributed to his hardworking ...

18. Lingering Snow on Mt. Jade
(Matching tags: art,painting,Lu Ji-Zheng)

Born in Yaraku Cho, in the vicinity of Dadoacheng, Taipei, Lu Ji-Zheng studied in Xiamen, where he was raised by his uncle. From 1931 to 1934, Lu learned painting in Kobe, Japan and became active in the ...

19. Have a Betel Nut!
(Matching tags: painting,art,Kao Ye-Jung)

Kao Ye-Jung, born in Jiangsu of China, graduated in 1959 from Pingtung Teacher’s College (nowadays Pingtung University of Education). Before his retirement, he was a professor of fine arts at Pingtung ...

20. The Way Home
(Matching tags: painting,Chang Yi-Hsiung,art)

Born in Tungmen of Chiayi, Chang Yi-Hsiung attended painting school in Japan and came back to Taiwan to teach and participate in exhibitions. He then moved to Japan with his whole family before finally ...