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Size:Length:74.4 x Width:141.5 (cm)

Size description：93.3x161x3(含框)

Introduction：Lin Chang-te (1953–) was born in Chiayi. A Taiwanese ink painter, he was inspired to pursue a career in art while studying at Tungshih Senior High School, where he came under the instruction of teacher Wu Mei-ling and was encouraged by senior classmate Huang Yung-chuan (former director of the National Museum of History). Graduating from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University in 1973, he received first-place prizes in watercolor, Chinese painting, and sculpture; the following year he won first prize in Chinese painting at the Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition. After completing his master's degree in the same department, he taught successively at Taichung Teachers College and Tunghai University before returning to his alma mater to teach, where he has served as dean of the College of Arts, among other positions.

Lin has deep technical foundations in ink painting and drawing; his rigorous compositions and techniques are built upon daily sketching practice. He divides his creative career into six periods: (1) The Period of Emulating the Landscape Style of Chang Ta-chien and Tung-chu: during his university years, he frequently engaged in self-directed exploration and copying, as well as seeking guidance from teachers both within and outside the school. (2) The Period of Landscape Painting from Life on Kinmen: during military service on Kinmen, he produced an extensive body of landscape work from life, establishing a solid stylistic foundation for his later career. (3) The Period of Painting from Life in the Lin Family Garden of Banqiao: during his teaching years at Haishan Junior High School, he worked primarily with pencil drawing from life. (4) The Period of Night Landscape Ink Painting from Life: following completion of his graduate studies. (5) The Period of Landscape Painting from Life across China: after 1989, visiting Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, Beijing, and other locations. (6) The Period of Figure Painting from Life in Colored Ink: while teaching ink figure drawing at university. This trajectory, from copying to landscape and figure painting from life, reflects an approach that faces nature and the human landscape with "direct and truthful observation."

This work takes the Guang Hua Pond and arched bridge at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall as its primary scene, with a lush, with a slightly autumnal stand of trees in the middle ground and a harmonious and well-ordered use of color. The artist uses the visual echo between the white of the arched bridge and the white walls of the buildings depicted to guide the viewer's gaze toward the memorial hall's rooftop in the background, revealing the artist's precise and disciplined command of brushwork and ink, as well as the restrained elegance of a classical Chinese literary spirit.

Accession Number:PT09783000

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