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Style – period

1.Early Learning Process (1907 - 1935):

Influences:

(1) She was born in a scholarly family and her family moulded her graceful character
(2) Mr. Shan Yuan Gu Tong, working in the third girls’ high school in Taipei, appreciates her talent for painting and arranges her to study at Tokyo Girl's Art School.
(3)During studying in Japan, Mr. Chieh Cheng Su Ming and Mr. Yuan Teng Chiao San taught them – established her strong gouache painting basic skills
(4)After graduating, Mr. Ti Mu Ching Fang taught her a beautiful and elegant style of painting, which is more advanced in depicting the character's appearance
Representative works (selected in "Taiwan Exhibition" Oriental Painting Department): “Pose”, “Poppy Flower”, “Morning”
Posture
Poppy Flower
morning

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2.To show her graceful emotions (1936 - 1944):

Influences:

(1) This period is the period when Mrs. Chen Chin's paintings were created. The style of the painting is based on portraits, Chinese culture, flowers, and family (parents, sisters). The painting focuses on details, emphasizing women's style and posture, and fully demonstrating the traditional spirit and image of Taiwan. In her detailed depiction, these paintings projected Mrs. Chen Chin’s elegant temperament; also she is also a loyal record of seeking the beauty of the world (showing the life style of the families in Taiwan).
(2) After giving birth to her son, Mrs. Chen Chin's paintings are mainly based on children and motherhood, fully expressing the happiness of her family union.
Representative works: “Ensemble”, “Make-up”, “Flower of Taiwan”, “Pandan”
Ensemble
Make-up
Pandan

 

3.From a young lady to a mother (1954 - 1966):

Influences:

(1)After the Recession of Taiwan Recede, Mrs. Chen Chin started to notice the Western style of women which was brought to Taiwan at that time.
(2) With many mainland (China) painters coming to Taiwan, Taiwan’s painting industry had a struggle for “Japanese paintings verses Chinese paintings.” The Japanese paintings painted by her are considered non-Chinese paintings. Under the pressure of debate, Mrs. Chen Chin turned to create traditional brush and ink paintings. At this stage, she also suffered huge frustrations and low ebbs.
(3)Chen Chin got married. The happiness of being a wife and mother was revealed in her paintings, and she also found the motivation and original intention of painting.
Representative works: “The Baby”, “The Ladies”, “Flower” and "Farmers Busy Season" (Fifth and Sixth Provincial Exhibitions, painting with ink painting)
The Baby
(with rich inner feelings)
The Ladies
(stylish woman)

 

4.The eyes of the elderly with kind (1967 - 1998):

Influences:

(1) Held a personal gouache painting exhibition. However, due to excessive fatigue, she was hospitalized for five years because of her stomach problems. She created a religious painting “The Buddha’s Work “ during the illness. The depiction of the characters in “The Buddha’s Work” requires extreme physical strength and spirit. Therefore, this painting became the last delicate creation and left a memorable map of the Buddha for the painting circle.
(2) In 1976, her son went to the United States to study abroad. Mrs. Chen Chin visited the United States and left many landscape paintings.
(3) At this time, she became a grandmother and revealed her grandmother's love for her grandson.
Representative paintings: “The Love from Mother”, “Children's World”, “The Buddha’s Work”
The Love from Mother
Children's World



Style – creation

Chinese decoration

Mrs. Chen Chin’s paintings place great emphasis on capturing the beauty of life. Some seem ordinary, but they are all themes in life. Among them, Chinese-style clothing and home background are also one of the major features. Under Japan’s high-handed rule, Taiwan’s flourishing nationality is manifested, and the fusion of culture speaks for its own people.

●Representative paintings:
1935- Leisurely、1947- Mother's Room、1976- Mother、1982- Erhu

Flowers

Looking at Mrs. Chen Chin’s life, in addition to sketching, she has been using ladies and family members as themes, occasionally interspersed with flowers as ornaments. The flowers have also become a unique style of her. Through different gestures, interspersed with the characteristics of the flowers, showed her inner feelings. One of the works, "Orchid", highlights the perseverance of herself, calm and rational elegance, and brings a completely different atmosphere.

●Representative paintings:
1955- Women Under The Moon、1956- Night Cherry Blossoms、1963- Rose、1968- Pandan、1971- Orchid 
1972- Chrysanthemum、1979- Cattleya、1982- Welwitschia Mirabilis

Young Ladies

Mrs. Chen Chin uses a series of figure paintings based on the role of female life. From implied young lady to a wife then becoming a mother and a grandmother, made Chinese culture appeared on paper and aroused another sense of beauty of women in the new era.

●Representative paintings:
1927- Posture、1928- Wind, Mandarin、1930- Young time, Make-up、1931- Grieve over the passing of spring、
1932-The Orchid and the Beauty、1933- Michelia Figo、1934- Ensemble 、1935- Accordion, Leisurely、
1936- Sheet Music、1940- Weaving、1941- Next Day、1944- Thinking 

Being a mother and grandmother

The work adds warmth and expectations for the child.

●Representative paintings:
1950- Baby、1951- Little Baby、1954- The Little Boy、1955- Marriage、1976- Mother、
1983- Wedding(her son got married) 、1984- Motherhood、1985- Mother and Child

Buddhism paintings

In solemn and prudent manner, added Mrs. Chen Chin's wisdom and tenderness. Representative paintings:

●Representative paintings:
1960- Bishamentian、1964- Buddha、1966- Guanyin、1965~1967- The Buddha’s Work(1~10)

Landscape paintings

All the special feelings in life are revealed.

●Representative paintings:
1973- Autumn in Seattle、197 7-Night in Fuji、1979- Beigang Matsu Temple、1980- Anthony River in San Antonio (USA)、
1981- The Spectacles of New Orleans、1982- Aramod Memorial Hall