翰墨丹青—中國書畫專場 Refined Brushwork: Fine Chinese Paintings

ARTIST INDEX
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RAN In-ting (Taiwanese, 1903 - 1979)
Born in Yilan, Taiwan. Ran studied watercolor
painting from his mentor, Ishikawa Kinichiro.
Then he went to Japan and had been invited to
many exhibitions in Tokyo and Taiwan. In 1929,
he was named honorary member of the British
Royal Watercolor Association and was invited as a
guest lecturer in Europe, North America and Asia.
He then became the editor of Taiwan Pictorial
Magazine and Good Harvest Magazine. Ran was
selected as one of the top ten watercolor artist
in the world by the critics in 1971. He served as
president of China Television System in 1973 and
passed away in 1979. Ran specialized in portraying
the local people's life and combining the technique
of Chinese Calligraphy and watercolor together to
achieve his unique expression of pictorial space.
SUN Yunsheng (Chinese, 1918 - 2000)
Born in Hebei Ninghe, Sun Yunsheng was regarded
as the most distinguished apprentice of CHANG
Da-chien. Since 1936, he followed Chang and
had the most comprehensive training in terms of
landscape, characters, flowers and birds paintings.
Since the age of 9, Sun practiced art with his
uncle, learning ancient calligraphy of WANG Xizhi,
OUYANG Xiu, SU Shi, etc., later became apprentice
of WANG Xuetao, QIN Zhonglin and WU Peiheng.
TAI Jing-nong (Taiwanese, 1902 - 1990)
Born in Anhui Province, TAI Jing-nong devoted
his lifetime in writings and calligraphy. Tai received
recognition from great literati Lu Xun and devoted
his life in research and education in this area. He
was praised by Chang Da-chien as the only person
who could bring justice to Ni Yuanlu's calligraphy
in Running Script calligraphy, and received high
recognition in terms of achievement in literature
and calligraphy.
1903 - 1979
1929
1971
1973
1979
1991
1998
1918 - 2000
1936
1902 - 1990
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