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Taipei Fuhsing Private School (2018 CyberFair Project ID 8412)
Taiwan, Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 1. Local Leaders

We estimate 6 student(s) from 14 to 15 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Since the 16th century, Taiwan has become a region where all powerful powers fight for, China and Japan due to the special geographic location and rich natural resources, so they want to be in on action. Taiwan has a diverse-cultural pattern with European beliefs and crops from Spain and the Netherlands, traditional Chinese customs and religious culture, Japanese customs and values, so the arts also have different styles under the influence of different colonies. Gouache painting is one of them.

Project Description: The art of Taiwan is deeply affected by Japan during year 1895 to 1945. At that time, Taiwan’s education was promoted by Japanese government, people were more largely exposed to arts. Therefore, Taiwanese art began to flourish and a large number of famous artists were born during the time. Among them, Mrs. Chen Chin, as the first female artist at a time of androcentrism, performed well. She was one of three Taiwanese whose paintings were displayed in the biggest art exhibition in Japan, alongside with other two male artists, Lin Yu-Shan and Ko Hsueh-Hu. She was good at gouache which was spread from Japan. Her paintings were mostly devoted to ladies, families, scenery and flowers. Mrs. Chen-Chin passed away in 1998. We’ve interviewed her relatives and visited her private museum, and set up websites to introduce her. By doing this, we didn’t only preserve the ancient art, but we can feel the passion and concern from Mrs. Chen-Chin as well as cherish the very land we live on - Taiwan.

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