Author:Chou Cheng

Size:Length:157 x Width:54 (cm)

Size description：138×34 (157×54)

Introduction：Chou Cheng (1941-2022) was born in Yilan County, Taiwan, with the courtesy name of Shunbo. At the age of 13, he joined the "Eighty-Six Painting and Calligraphy Association" and studied poetry and calligraphy under Kang Yan-Quan. In 1961, while attending the Fine Arts Department of National Taiwan Normal University, he learned painting, calligraphy and seal carving from Jiang Zhao-Shen, and also studied literature and poetry, acquiring profound skills in poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal carving. During his school years, his seal carving won the first prize in the departmental exhibition. In 1964, he won the first prize at the Kun Island Exhibition; in 1974, he won the first prize for seal carving at the Taiwan Art Exhibition; in 1981, he was awarded the Zhongxing Literary and Art Medal for Chinese Painting, the Wu San-Lian Literary and Artistic Creation Award for Chinese Painting, and the Zhongshan Literary and Artistic Creation Award for Seal Carving. In 1994, he held a calligraphy and painting exhibition at the National History Museum in Taipei and was awarded the Art Medal. In 2003, he was invited to exhibit in the Painting Hall of the Palace Museum in Beijing.

He mastered the techniques of various historical masters, including Mi Fu of the Northern Song Dynasty, the four great families of the Yuan Dynasty, the four families of Wumen in the Ming Dynasty, and the Shitao of the Qing Dynasty. He integrated the strengths of each to form a unified style. In addition, he took nature as his teacher and transformed real landscapes into paintings in his mind. This creative belief of "drawing from the past to nourish the present and learning from nature" allows his works to inherit tradition while embodying a contemporary spirit, and holds a significant position in Taiwan's art world. His enlightenment in seal carving came from Jiang Zhao-Shen, starting with Han seals, initially characterized by warmth and elegance, later studying calligraphy and inscriptions from Mr. Wang Zhuang, exhibiting vigor, simplicity and profound skill.

This work on the theme of the Democracy Memorial Hall uses the distinctive plant configuration of the "Three Friends of Winter"-the pine garden, the bamboo garden, and the plum garden-as the basic divisions of the park. Under the dramatic big moon, the white walls of the Memorial Hall reflect the bright moonlight, forming a calm yet resilient democratic spirit, making the painting appear serene, harmonious, solemn and dignified.

Accession Number:PT09781800

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