Cheng Chung-chuan (Chinese: 鄭瓊娟, 1931 – 6 January 2024) was a Taiwanese painter, born in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. She was the granddaughter of philanthropist Lee His-Cin.[1]
While majoring in Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, Cheng Chung-chuan joined the May Art Society, founded by professor Liao Chi-chun in 1957.[2] By the end of the same year, she gave up her studies and decided to reside in Japan with her husband. She did not work on any paintings for more than 30 years until she was nearly 60.
After that, she started holding solo exhibitions in Japan,[3] then returned to her native Hsinchu in 2003.[4] Back in Taiwan, she joined annual exhibitions of the May Art Society.[3] Just before her 80th birthday, the Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou staged her art at an exhibition in 2011. Besides that, a private charity auction also took place to display her works for the benefit of the mental and physically disabled residents in Hsinchu.[5] In 2013, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum invited Cheng Chung-chuan to join the group exhibition “Women Adventurers: Five Eras of Taiwanese Art, 1930-1983”.[6]
She enjoyed leading a tranquil life and contentedly creating works.[7]
Art characteristics
editCheng Chung-chuan learned painting from several professors at National Taiwan Normal University, such as Liao Chi-chun, Lee Shih-chiao, Chu Teh-chun, and Puru.[9][8] Cheng frequently painted still life portraits, and her art style tended to be realistic. After marrying a dentist, she devoted her attention to the family for several decades.
By the end of 1980s, she began to paint again. While living in Japan, Cheng rarely traveled, so the mountains or rivers featured in her works are imagined. Moreover, some of her compositions look like veins or nerves and prove that medical books exert a strong influence on her. Regarding colors, the artist appreciates noble golden, mysterious black, passionate red colors. Her works conveys elegance, warmth, and vigor. Being a kind and simple artist, Cheng Chung-chuan considered that she was a fortunate person and aimed to express love and positive ideas to everyone through her sincere creations.[7]
Artworks
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editReferences
edit- ^ Cultural Affairs of Bureau, Hsin-Chu City, Filial Lee His-Cin Stone Arch Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Posted by Powen Gallery
- ^ a b 《鄭瓊娟：滾動生命的燦爛與真實》：鄭瓊娟作，陳淑惠等執行編輯，新竹市，新竹市文化局，2008年出版，ISBN 978-986015035-3
- ^ a b "臺灣戰後女性藝術家鄭瓊娟辭世，享壽93歲". ArTouch (in Chinese). 8 January 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ 《鎏金風華 愛永傳遞：旅日畫家鄭瓊娟八秩華誕義展畫集》：鄭瓊娟作，陳貴鳳等執行編輯，新竹市，財團法人雙獅社會慈善事業基金會，2011年出版
- ^ 蔣雨芳 (2013). 臺灣現當代女性藝術五部曲 (1930-1983). 臺北市立美術館. ISBN 978-986-03-9479-5.
- ^ a b 《鄭瓊娟：煥發生命情志 再創審美自然》：鄭瓊娟作，白雪蘭編，台北市，霍克國際藝術股份有限公司，2005年出版
- ^ a b "回憶戰後女性藝術家 鄭瓊娟辭世享壽93歲 在藝術道路之女力精神永存" (in Chinese). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ 王, 駿杰 (7 January 2024). "台灣現代美術史瑰寶鄭瓊娟辭世 享壽93歲". United Daily News (in Chinese). Retrieved 9 November 2024.