NMH co-hosts memorial exhibition on Chang Dai-chien

2014-09-10

A traveling exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Chinese painting legend Chang Dai-chien opened Sept. 5 at National Museum of History in Taipei City, attracting art lovers from around the world.

“We are extremely honored to co-host the cross-strait event paying tribute to this prodigious artist, who called Taipei home in his later years,” an NMH official said at the launch ceremony. “The exhibition will demonstrate the richness of Chinese paintings as well as Chang’s tremendous talents.”

Reflecting the painter’s three different artistic stages, the event features a total of 105 artworks by Chang from the Taipei museum as well as Jilin and Sichuan museums in mainland China. The show is also expected to spotlight Chang’s art prowess as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter using such media as ink, oils and watercolors.

According to the official, while the exhibits from Jilin were Chang’s creations before 1949, those from Sichuan include copies of wall paintings from the Tunhuang caves in northwestern Kansu province of mainland China from 1941 through 1943. Those displayed by the NMH are Chang’s later works in Europe reflecting a mature artistic style.

Chang was also an avid traveler and voracious art collector, the official said. “He broadened his horizons through items purchased during trips to Argentina, Brazil, Japan and the U.S. before settling in Taipei in 1978.”

The exhibition, which started in December 2013 at Shenzhen Museum in mainland China, wraps up Nov. 23.

Source: Taiwan Today (http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=221391&CtNode=413)