Author:Lin Yu-Shan

Size:Length:241 x Width:87 (cm)

Size description：149×72 (畫心)

Introduction： Lin Yu-Shan (1907-2004; real name: Ying-Kuei, maiden name: Chin-Shui, art name: Li-Hsuan), born in Meijie, Chiayi County, was a Taiwanese gouache and ink painter. Lin’s father ran the "Feng Ya Hsuan" framing house. His older brother, Lin Ying-Fu, was a sculptor, while his younger brother, Lin Jung-Chieh, was an occidental painter. In 1914, Lin entered Chiayi Public School, where he was enlightened by a teacher surnamed Wu, and studied painting from the masters of the framing house, Tsai Chen-Chiang and Chiang-Tsai. In 1922, he studied under Isaka Kyokko. In 1925, he studied watercolor and sketching from Chen Cheng-Po, who is also from Chiayi County. In 1926, Lin entered Kawabata Painting School in Tokyo, where he studied Western and Japanese painting; in 1935, he enrolled in the Tokyu painting school of Insho Domoto in Kyoto. Lin Yu-Shan co-organized numerous art associations with his colleagues, including the Chun-Meng Painting Association, the Ya-She Painting and Calligraphy Association, the China Berry Art association, the Li-Guang association, the Pa-Peng art Association, and the Chang-Liu Painting Association. Furthermore, Lin also served as a member of the Tai-Yang Art Association. In 1927, he was selected for the Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition. Together with Chen Chin and Kuo Hsueh-Hu, they were considered the future of Taiwan Art Exhibition. His work "Lotus Pond" was selected for the fourth Taiwan Exhibition and awarded the highest Taiwan Exhibition Prize.
In his later life, Lin became a member of the examination committee of the National Painting Department of Taiwan Exhibition. Furthermore, he has taught at Chiayi County High School, Taipei Blessed Imelda's School, the Department of Art at the Provincial Teachers College, and the University of Wisconsin. He has held a solo exhibition at the Museum of History in 1964. Other exhibitions were also held at Soka Association, ChanLiu Art Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, and other places across Korea, Japan, and Indonesia. He has been awarded the Ministry of Education's Literary and Artistic Painting Award, the National Literary Award for Special Contribution, and the Executive Yuan Cultural Award.
Lin Yu-Shan is a talented and diligent artist with a rigorous and solid painting style. He studied traditional art in his early years and later devoted himself to gouache and Chinese painting. Lin is good at sketching landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, and animals through gouache and ink. His devotion to the history and theories of painting prompted his action to curate the post-war themed "The Controversy of Orthodox Chinese Painting" exhibition to defend the status of Taiwanese painters. In the painting, ink and wash the first outline of the trees and rocks; the strokes are squared and sharp. Later, ochre and blue dominated the color space; the sea of clouds and the sunrise are painted with the boneless technique. In all, the painting is light and elegant with numerous brushwork variations.

Accession Number:PT06903200