Su Zhenchang, Minister of Culture Li Yongde, Vice President of the Legislative Yuan Cai Qichang and Li Meishu's family attended the opening of Li Meishu's 120th Art Commemorative Exhibition.

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[Reporter Cai Shuyuan/Taichung Report] This year coincides with the 120th birthday of Li Meishu, the first generation of Taiwanese oil painting master. Leaving an artistic achievement in Taiwan's art history that expresses local customs and beautiful chapters in a realistic style. Su Zhenchang of the Executive Yuan, Li Yongde, Minister of Culture, and Cai Qichang, Vice President of the Legislative Yuan, all attended the opening ceremony to pay tribute to Li Meishu.

Liao Renyi, Director of Gome Curator, said that Li Meishu’s artistic achievements and noble personality proved the excellent and elegant cultural quality of Taiwanese during the Japanese occupation period, and became the mainstay of Taiwanese art after World War II. He became a patriarch of the Three Gorges, and later devoted himself to rebuilding the Temple of the Patriarchs of the Three Gorges, sublimated into a temple of oriental art, and set an example of a great artist. From the Three Gorges he painted, we can see how affectionate he is for his hometown.

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Su Zhenchang went to Taichung this afternoon to attend the opening of the Li Meishu 120-year-old Art Memorial Exhibition. He watched the paintings and listened to Li Jingguang, director of the Li Meishu Memorial Museum, share the story of the paintings.

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Li Meishu's second son, Li Jingguang, who is also the director of the Li Meishu Memorial Museum, said that the theme of his father's exhibition is "the truth under the painting", which is what his father once said, "truth is beauty". Below is the painting. There are 3 brothers, 5 sisters, and 32 grandchildren in the family. They are organized in the memorial hall. This year coincides with the 120th birthday. It is quite meaningful to hold the largest exhibition after the 100-year-old exhibition in the Forbidden City 20 years ago in a national art gallery.

Su Zhenchang attended the opening of Li Meishu's 120th Art Commemorative Exhibition, and expressed the hope that the Minister of Culture will hold more activities in the future, "to make the master (art) secular" and attract the public to know and appreciate it. "Stand strong" and build up your own sense of honor.

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Premier Su Zhenchang pointed out that Taiwan has experienced long-term alien colonial rule, but Taiwanese painters emerged in large numbers to describe the life, memory and beauty of Taiwan with their brushes. Unfortunately, because of political relations in the past few decades, what we have learned in the past few decades is true. The senior masters in their own land don't know much about it. "This is the greatest regret of the Taiwanese people and the greatest injustice in history." I hope that the Ministry of Culture should strengthen promotion and "secularize the masters (art)" to make the preciousness of Taiwan's senior artists The works are presented in front of the eyes of the Chinese people, "Taiwanese can truly understand Taiwan", and at the same time, they know that we can "stand firm" and build up our own sense of honor.

Li Meishu's 120-year-old art commemorative exhibition will select the essence of his creation, divided into 6 sub-themes, 120 works, and a total of 180 items including literature, which will run through the overall process of his art practice and social participation.

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Li Meishu is a hard-working artist with rich creations. There are thousands of works from famous Western masters when he was young, works from his student days, and works related to Zushi Temple, to local works in the middle and late stages, including sketches, oil paintings, watercolors, ink washes, Sketches, and numerous documents, etc.

In this exhibition, two paintings by Saburosuke Okada, Li Meishu’s mentor, were borrowed from the Saga Prefectural Museum of Art in Japan for comparison and a complete review of Li Meishu’s creative process.

(Photo by reporter Cai Shuyuan)

Li Meishu's 120-year-old art commemorative exhibition will select the essence of his creation, divided into 6 sub-themes, 120 works, and 180 items including documents, which run through the overall process of his art practice and social participation. Two paintings by Saburo Okada, Li Meishu’s mentor, are presented for comparison and a complete review of Li Meishu’s creative process. The exhibition will last until March 12, 2023.

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