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Taiwan's Cultural Memory - MoNTUE 北師美術舘 (Special Exhibition) Notes

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HO Te-Lai  (何德來 )1904-1986 Tofu 豆腐 1971  . Ice Cube 冰 塊 1933 RAN In-ting (藍蔭鼎) 1903-1979 Yongle Market Taipei   永樂市場 1950   KUO Hsueh-Hu (郭雪湖)1908-2012  (Kuo is one of   "Three Youths in  Taiten "   台展三少年   )  Spring in the Garden Lai (Taichung) 萊園春色 1939 TAN Ting-pho (陳澄波) 1895-1947 East Taiwan Seaside Road  東台灣 臨海道路 1930 Painting History  - An extraordinary journey of a missing painting.   Notes I made from a very special exhibition. From either Taiwan history points of view or current personal art interest (layers of colors).   NOTE - By the 1920s in the beginning is incorrect. 1920s was still  綏靖時期 ( Appeasement   period). Arts development did not start until  承平時期 (Peaceful period) when Japanese arts moved to Taiwan. My Hung family ancestral home (Tamsui Red House 淡水紅樓) in three paintings.  Left to right from top: KUO Po-chuan 郭柏川 1953. CHANG wan-chuan 張萬傳 (Father of Fauvism). CHEN Chih-C...

'Taiwan-Old-Family' Move Towards Academic Roots - Storytelling, Caution, and Skill

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Linda Arrigo, I think, was invited for her active involvement with Xindian cemetery among her other interests. Liu Family owns the largest private cemetery in northern Taiwan and Dr Liu currently accommodated some 100 abandoned tombstones until they are found a home.  Masami Kondo   近藤正己 leading the panel discussion on Dapinglin Shisizhang ( 十四張   ) and Liu family land reclamation and management process and influence. Sun Ta-chuan  孫大川 (Also known as  Paelabang Danapan  in the  Puyuma language) leading panelist of Taiwan-Old-Family presentations.  'Taiwan-Old-Family' refers to a private group I was invited to join in 2018. Members are descendants whose ancestors contributions to Taiwan, during Qing and Japanese rule, are documented in official written literature. A two-days conference on Dapinglin Liu Family  大坪林 劉氏家族   was held at Academia Sinica as the result of a pioneering collaboration between Old Family and leading academic institu...