Lin Yu-shan, the great Taiwanese master of painting, was born in Chiayi, Taiwan. Spanning well over 70 years, Lin's long and outstanding artistic career coincided with the tumultuous period of modern Taiwanese history marked by vast political, social and cultural change. Lin Yu-shan's art was nurtured by various cultural and artistic traditions ranging from traditional Chinese folk painting, classical Japanese painting and Chinese painting of the Sung Dynasty to the ink paintings of the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement in the post-war Taiwan.

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts in Taichung is hosting the exhibition (http://www.ntmofa.gov.tw/english/ShowInfomation_1.aspx?SN=3513) to honor Lin’s artistic excellence and prolific contributions to Taiwanese art. It features a total of 46 pieces of gouache painting and ink painting as well as 25 pieces of plein-air painting. The works were done using sketching, water-color and ink-color techniques and cover a wide variety of subjects including flowers and plants, birds, animals and scenery. The exhibition will end on July 1, 2012.