Taiwan Today

Nine of China's contemporary artists who point in the western manner are introduced in the following nine pages. Although each points in his own distinctive style, all share conviction that Chinese classical pointing is not entirely a thing apart from western ort. In his own way, each strives to combine the best of east and west.

LIAO Chi-chun, now 60, pursues new ideas, although he belongs to the older generation of Chinese artists. Born in central Taiwan and schooled at the Japanese Notional University of Fine Arts, he has taught in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Taiwan Provincial Normal University for the lost ten years. He leaves in March for a tour of the United States and Europe. Although he limits himself to still life and landscapes, his free brush strokes impart a fluidity of movement to static subjects. Partial to bold primary colors in earlier years, his paintings now tend to take on a diffused light, softer and more ethereal. Shown is a recent still life.

CHANG Yi-hsiung was born in Chiayi, Taiwan, in 1915. He studied at the Tokyo Musashino College, the Kyoto Kansai College and the Tokyo Kawabata Art Research Institute. His works have been exhibited in Sao Paulo and he had a one-man show in Tokyo last year. He started accepting students in 1951 and Some 500 have responded. His "Street Scene" is reminiscent of the vigor and strength of some of the great French impressionists.

LI, Shih-chiao is a native of Taipei and another of the older generation of Chinese artists. He studied in Tokyo and his works have been shown at the Imperial Art Exhibition in Japan. Typically bold in stroke and color, his oils are imaginative treatments of local subjects. The picture shown is a recent work departing from his usual style in its use of geometric imagery. As seen here, the Taiwan landscape, done in vivid colors" expresses consciousness of the totality to be grasped from a high perspective.

SHIY De Jinn is a 37-year-old native of Szechuan province. He studied at the Szechuan Provincial Art School and the National Academy of Arts. His first one-man show was in 1957 and since then his paintings have been shown in Sao Paulo, Manila and the United States. He is best known for his interpretations of young people. Pictured is his oil on canvas, "Ducks, 1957". An example of his abstract work is seen in the cover pointing.

LIU Kuo-sung was born 30 years ago in Shantung province. A 1955 graduate of the Taiwan Provincial Normal University, his works have been shown in Paris and Sao Paulo. He looks toward Chinese painting as his genre for the future, but hopes to create new outlets of expression, transcending the peak attained by Chinese artists in the Sung and Tang dynasties. His affinity with Chinese classical painting is evident in "An Angry Look Backward."

HU Chi-chung was born in Chekiang province in 1927. He is a member of the Chinese Morine Corps. His works have been shown at the International Youth Art Exhibition in Paris and the biennial International Art Exhibition at Sao Paulo. Along with his fellow members of the Fifth Moon Exhibition, his works are seen on exhibition every May.

KU Fu-shen was born in 1934 and hails from Kiangsu. A 1957 graduate of the Taiwan. Provincial Normal University, he is now painting in Paris. His works have been exhibited in Paris and Sao Paulo. Outwardly serene and affable, the intensity of his character is expressed in his paintings, which often deal with themes of decay and melancholy. His "Nude Reclining" was painted before his departure for Paris.

CHUANG Che is a native of Peiping and only 28. He was graduated from the Taiwan Provincial Normal University in 1958. A member of the Fifth Moon Exhibition group, his paintings have been shown in Paris and Sao Paulo. Originally an impressionist, working only in oils, he has lately felt a need to return to the Chinese classical style. He still works in oils, but makes use of traditional techniques from calligraphy. His interest in linear expression is visible in the untitled work shown here.

YANG Ying-feng is modern Chino's leading sculptor. A native of Ilan, Taiwan, he studied architecture and sculpture in Tokyo, and Chinese classical art history at Fujen University in Peiping. He was honored by French art critics as a young artist whose achievements would influence developments in sculpture. His "Philosopher" is seen on this page. His talent as a pointer can be seen in the monochrome "Forming" on the title page of this collection.