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Size:Length:73 x Width:70.5 (cm)

Size description：93x90x3(含框)

Introduction：Liang Hsiu-chung (1934–), born in Shunde, Guangdong, is a Taiwanese ink painter. The eldest daughter of the celebrated war painter Liang Chung-ming, she was immersed in an artistic family environment from childhood. She later enrolled in the Department of Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, where she received instruction from renowned masters including Huang Chun-pi, Pu Hsin-yu, Chin Chin-po, Wu Yung-hsiang, and Lin Yu-shan, establishing a deep foundation in ink painting. Liang has received the National Chung-Hsing Literary and Arts Medal and the Golden Goblet Award of the Chinese Painting Association of the Republic of China, and has served on multiple occasions as juror for the Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition. Her works are held in the collections of the National Museum of History, National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, and she has been invited to exhibit in Japan, Korea, and the United States. She has also devoted herself to arts education, serving as head of the Department of Fine Arts and dean of the College of Arts at National Taiwan Normal University.

Drawing on her family background, in her youth Liang specialized in figure painting, and is adept at landscapes as well as bird-and-flower painting. Her father, Liang Chung-ming, and her uncles Liang Ting-ming and Liang Yu-ming were known at the time as the "Three Heroes of the Art World." Born during the Sino-Japanese War, Liang Ting-ming's style blended Chinese and Western elements, and he excelled in painting horses. Liang Yu-ming edited pictorial publications, and was skilled in figure and animal painting. Her father Liang Chung-ming was originally a cartoonist, and had significant accomplishments in ink painting and figure painting. Liang Hsiu-chung was profoundly influenced by her family environment, and figure painting remains her greatest love.

This work depicts an everyday scene in the roofed corridor of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, capturing an engaging interaction between three figures. On the far right, a standing woman sings in response to an elderly man seated and playing the erhu; the woman's expression is animated and joyful, and her gestures convey the feeling of a musical performance. Seated on the far left, an elderly man rests on his cane and listens intently—the viewer feels as though present at a harmonious and resonant musical gathering. In contrast to the vivid, detailed rendering of the foreground figures, the background is treated with boneless freehand brushwork to draw the eye back toward the memorial hall. The overall use of color is fresh and lively, and the work is a pleasure to read.

Accession Number:PT09782900

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