典藏單位:國立中正紀念堂管理處

館藏編號:PT06902900

邵幼軒

尺寸:140×69 (226×86)

邵幼軒(1918-2009)，字友仙，浙江省東陽縣學溪村人，台灣花鳥畫家。年幼受父親邵逸軒啟蒙學習書畫，1934年進入國立北平藝術專科學校。其父曾任職北平藝專，與王雲、齊白石、陳半丁、王雪濤等相過從，故能耳濡目染，多獲指授；後拜張大千為師。抗戰勝利後，任教於杭州正則藝專；經港來台，任教於政治作戰學校、國立台灣藝術專科學校。1958年，與夫婿林中行偕同畫友六人伉儷，組成「六儷畫會」。除於國內舉辦個展多次外，並曾於杭州、北京及美國各地展出、講學。
初學山水，後轉花鳥，除受近代名家指導外，兼取徐渭、陳淳、惲壽平、華喦之長。對於花草有獨到心得，如玫瑰、紫藤、荷花、牽牛、山茶、水仙，無所不能，尤長於牡丹，人稱「邵牡丹」。張大千曾題其畫冊說：「幼軒大家以山水花卉之餘，偶寫草蟲，超逸絕似新羅山人，慧心妙手無所不能」，對其成就頗為讚賞。
其畫花鳥、翎毛、蟲魚，屬寫意一派，先以乾筆重墨揮寫枝葉輪廓，花卉則以沒骨畫就，再以工筆補入秋蟲、蝴蝶、魚藻等。創作之外，常有畫論自抒心得，認為畫牡丹無須專務設色，即便全用水墨，只要技法得宜，亦不失其富貴氣象等。本作以水墨描繪長松數株，枝幹交纏，構圖奇特，枝幹、松針微染花青、赭石，設色淡雅，象徵崇高人格及堅毅精神。(505字)

Shao You-Xuan (1918-2009), nicknamed Youxian, was a native of Xuexi Village, Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province, and a renowned Taiwanese flower and bird painter. As a child, she was introduced to painting and calligraphy by her father, Shao Yi-Xuan. In 1934, she enrolled in the National Beiping Art School. Her father, once employed at the Beiping Art School, was acquainted with renowned artists such as Wang Yun, Qi Bai-Shi, Chen Ban-Ding, and Wang Xue-Tong, and gave Shao the opportunity to learn from these masters. Later she was apprenticed to Chang Da-Chien. After the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, she taught at the Zhengze Art School in Hangzhou. After moving to Taiwan from Hong Kong, she taught at the Political Warfare School (now the National Defense University) and the National Taiwan School of the Arts. In 1958, together with her husband Lin Zhong-Xing and four other artist couples, she founded the "Six Couples Painting Association". In addition to numerous solo exhibitions at home, Shao has exhibited and lectured in Hangzhou, Beijing, and various locations in the United States.

Initially focusing on landscapes, Shao later moved on to flowers and birds, drawing from the expertise of modern masters and ancient painters such as Xu Wei, Chen Chun, Yun Shou-Ping, and Hua Yan. She had a unique understanding of painting various flowers, including roses, wisterias, lotuses, morning glories, camellias, and daffodils, and excelled in painting peonies, earning her the nickname "Shao Peony". Chang Da-Chien once praised her skills in his inscription on her painting album, noting her versatility and exquisite touch.

In her artwork, Shao's depictions of flowers, birds, feathers, insects, and fish belong to the freehand brushwork style. At first, she used dry brush and heavy ink to outline branches and leaves, using boneless painting for flowers, and later added autumn insects, butterflies, fish, and algae with meticulous brushwork. Beyond her creations, Shao often expressed her painting insights, believing that painting peonies did not require dedicated coloring. Even with only ink and water, appropriate techniques would not compromise their richness and elegance. This ink work depicts several intertwined long pine trees, symbolizing sublime character and resilient spirit with its unique composition and subtle coloring of floral blue and ochre.