典藏單位:國立中正紀念堂管理處

館藏編號:PT09794100

鄭香龍

尺寸:56×76 (畫心)

鄭香龍（1940-），新竹人，臺灣水彩畫家。省立臺北師範藝術科畢業，研究水彩及教學四十餘年，曾獲教育部教育部文藝創作獎、中山文藝創作獎及青溪文藝獎等，多次應邀參加全國美展，也曾於歷史博物館、臺北市立美術館、國父紀念館等展出，並多次擔任國內美展的評審委員。
鄭香龍的作品，以風景、街景、靜物與常民生活的描寫為主。戶外景致方面，擅長以亮面留白與反差色調表現豐富的光影變化。某些描繪日常片段的作品中，畫家也嘗試以短筆觸或零散的留白經營出活潑的畫面效果。其用色與光影處理，令人想起英國水彩畫家亞德里（John Yardley, 1933-），不過後者主題更專注於街景、建築物及碼頭等。相較於臺灣六、七○年代的水彩畫家，如劉其偉、席德進、梁丹丰等人強調水彩透明性與渲染水感特質藉以表達悠遠意境的做法，鄭香龍的作品，則更加著重畫面場景的瞬間表現，運用乾擦、縫合、渲染等捕捉即時印象。
此為2008年「國際水彩畫邀請展」作品《塞外風光》，表現草原蒙古包與旅行者的畫面。其中，畫家以暗調處理左側近景蒙古包的側面，凸顯中景及其上半部的受光面，形成明亮輕快的對比感。遠景則以大筆觸淡色，推遠山景空間。觀者可透過清爽的色彩與簡潔的構圖，感受到塞外舒適氛圍與旅者愜意的心情。（500字）

Cheng Hsiang-Lung (1940-), a native of Hsinchu, Taiwan, is a prominent watercolor artist. He graduated from the art department of the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Normal School and has dedicated over four decades to the study and teaching of watercolor painting. Throughout his career, Cheng has been honored with numerous awards, including the Ministry of Education’s Literary and Artistic Creation Award, the Zhongshan Literary and Art Award, and the Qingxi Literary Award. He has been invited to participate in national art exhibitions and has held solo exhibitions at institutions such as the National Museum of History, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and the National Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall. Additionally, he has served as a judge for various art exhibitions in Taiwan.

Cheng’s artwork primarily focuses on landscapes, cityscapes, still lifes, and depictions of everyday life. In his outdoor scenes, he skillfully employs reserved white spaces and contrasting tones to capture rich variations of light and shadow. In works portraying daily life, Cheng experiments with short brushstrokes and scattered white spaces to create lively visual effects. His use of color and treatment of light and shadow evoke comparisons to British watercolorist John Yardley (1933-), though Yardley often centers his work on street scenes, architecture, and harbors. Unlike Taiwanese watercolorists of the 1960s and 1970s—such as Liu Chi-wei, Hsi Te-chin, and Liang Dan-feng—who emphasized the transparency of watercolor and the aqueous qualities of washes to express a sense of depth, Cheng focuses more on capturing fleeting moments. He utilizes techniques like dry brushing, stitching, and washes to seize immediate impressions.

The artwork, “Scenery Beyond the Great Wall,” was part of the 2008 “International Watercolor Invitational Exhibition.” It depicts a scene of grassland yurts and travelers. The artist employs darker tones on the left to render the side of a yurt in the foreground, highlighting the sunlit areas of the midground and upper portions, creating a bright and lively contrast. The distant mountains are rendered with broad, light-colored brushstrokes, enhancing the sense of spatial depth. Through the painting's refreshing colors and concise composition, viewers can experience the comfortable ambiance of the frontier and the leisurely mood of the travelers.