Author:Chen Ming-Chao

Size:Length:86.8 x Width:99.5 (cm)

Size description：15F (51.3×64.3，含框86.8×99.5)

Introduction： Chen Ming-Chao (1950- ), born in Yilan County, is a Taiwanese oil painter. He graduated from the National Institute of Fine Arts and studied under Wang Pan-Yuan, who inspired him to use color and conceptualization. Chen has participated in Taiwan's Spring Art Salon, the Contemporary Artists Exhibition at the National Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, and held a solo exhibition at the Li Shih-Chiao Museum of Arts. He is fond of landscape subjects, and his works are often an expression of his state of mind. Chen claimed, "My brush resembles my emotion: semi-figurative, imagery, and never constant." The majestic momentum of his works reflects the artist's unhurried and unrestrained passion.
Waterscape is a frequent subject in Chen Ming Chao's paintings. He once recalled that the giant trees, seas of clouds, green trees, and blue lakes in his hometown, Taiping Mountain, profoundly influenced the themes of his paintings. Waterfalls, turbulence, and waves are usually the central dynamic in his paintings. Chen used Impasto and varied strokes to express his emotions. Impasto is a painting technique prevalent during the Impressionist period: the paint is thickly laid on a surface through brush or knife to create thick layers of texture that differs from the smooth and delicate surface. Another characteristic of Chen's works is his paintings' titles, which are often annotated with Chinese poetic seven-word phrases, attempting to blend the oriental and occidental styles and expressing the sense of freedom in ink and watercolor with oil painting.
Chen Ming Chao's works often use large color blocks or flowing brushstrokes as the base tone to pave the color structure. On top of this base tone, he uses the scattered impasto technique to depict the trees or waves in the foreground. On the one hand, it highlights the sense of hierarchy with color and pigment; on the one hand, the painting achieves a poetic depiction of the natural world. The work's color palette is diverse and lively. Chen uses a reddish-brown base layer, then uses bright yellow-green with an impasto technique to differentiate the textures, creating a half-red and half-green scenery of the mountain's autumn.

Accession Number:PT09401200