By Han Cheung / Staff reporterOct. 28 to Nov. 3In late 1927, Taiwan’s cultural elite were shocked to find that none of their prominent artists were selected to participate in the inaugural Taiwan Arts Exhibition. According to the introduction to the 2009 exhibit, “The Three Youths of Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition” (台展三少年), they were selected “due to their pure, fresh and realistic style of painting from [everyday] life” that broke away from traditional practices. In the spring of 1925, Chen boarded a ship bound for Japan to study at the prestigious Women’s School of Fine Arts. In fact, she became the first Taiwanese woman to study art in Japan. Two years later, Chen became a household name due to the media frenzy surrounding her selection to the Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition.

Source: Taipei Times October 26, 2019 15:56 UTC