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Taichung Municipal Hui-Wen High School (2016 CyberFair Project ID 8046)
Taiwan, Taichung City
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders

We estimate 10 student(s) from 16 to 17 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Residence of Yong-Huh Wang is situated at a zone characterized by art and historic sites in Taichung City, Taiwan. Wang’s Residence is surrounded by a 100-year-old and Commercial High School, a Park in memory of the tragic massacre happening in 2/28 , 1947, and an Fine Art Museum reconstructed from a train station warehouse. Therefore, many holiday-goers often gather here to enrich their spiritual life and broaden their horizons.

Project Description: Born in Taichung in 1925, the 90-year-old artist Yong-Huh Wang entered the industry of commercial art design at age 14 , thus gaining the title “the founder of commercial art design in central Taiwan.” However, Wong, with his talent and hard work, made his mark in fine art in his early twenties and has become the leader of local sculpture and oil painting for 70 years. Though Wang didn’t have any academic background concerning art, he once won the first prizes of National sculpture and oil painting for 6 times. The masterpieces of Wang include oil painting, interior design, architecture, sculpture, design of sign and calligraphy. We may say that Wang’s life is the history of art in Taiwan. Nevertheless, there are very few documents left describing the art master. That’s why we need to make most of our time to interview the living legend, hoping to make a complete record of Wong and make more people know how brilliant an art history Wong passes down to Taiwan.

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