Au Ho-nien
Au Ho-nien (1935–), representative of ink painters of the Lingnan School[1]:140、151, had considerable influence on ink wash in Taiwan. The subject matter of his creations covers both landscapes and feathers, with rich and varied forms and strong and vivid colors[2].
Au Ho-nien was born in Guangdong in 1935. He studied under Zhao Shao’ang from 1952, at age 17, and belonged to the Lingnan School[3]. In 1950, his family moved to Hong Kong. In 1968[1](p52), he came to Taiwan to hold his first solo exhibition, at the National Museum of History. In the same year, President Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Mei-ling selected 8 of Au’s pieces for collection in the Zhongshan Building in Taipei[1](p57), where they are still on display today. In 1970[4], when he was 35 years old, Au went to Taiwan to teach at the Chinese Culture University, settling on the island and creating close ties between the Lingnan School of painting and the development history of art education in Taiwan[1](p59). Beginning several years after settling in Taiwan, Au helped spread Chinese culture to all corners of the globe through his rich experience in international exhibitions[1](p59). As Taiwan’s political situation on the international stage became difficult, Au participated in international art exhibitions as a means of cultural diplomacy[1](p59), and was a representative of Taiwanese artists during Taiwan’s economic boom[1](p97).
In 1983, he served as a jury member for the National Literature and Art Awards[1]:140、151. In 1993, he was bestowed with a Special Award of the Grand Palais in Paris, France, becoming the first Chinese painter to win this honor[5][6]. In 1994, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Wonkwang University in South Korea. In 1995, he was hired as a director of the Chu Hai College of Higher Education in Hong Kong. In 1999, he won the second Global Outstanding Persons Gold Dragon Award[6]. In June 2016, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from National Dong Hwa University, and in November of the same year, he was also awarded a honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[6]
In 2000, he established the Au Ho-nien Cultural Foundation[6], organizing large-scale exhibitions and academic seminars on the Lingnan School.[6]
In 2002, the Au Ho-nien Cultural Foundation donated more than 100 paintings to Academia Sinica to establish the Lingnan Art Museum[7]. In 2004, the University of Indianapolis established the Au Ho-nien Museum, and in 2005, the Au Ho-nien Art Center (now the Au Ho-nien Art Museum) was established on Chinese Culture University’s Yangmingshan Campus in Taipei.[7]
In his later years, he devoted himself to poetry, publishing “A Poem of Yicui Mountain Hall” in 2006. Qin Xiaoyi praised him as a “great master” and all-rounder of poetry, calligraphy, and painting unique in the history of the Lingnan School.[1](p138-139)
Au’s work is characterized by the Lingnan School’s use of colors, white space, and skeletal structure, along with a combination of modern and Western elements. In his later years, he has integrated poetry and calligraphy into his paintings, earning him a reputation as an artist embodying the humanistic spirit of Eastern cultural tradition[8][9].[10] Painter Chu Ko described Au’s paintings as having “achieved the realm of one whose ‘mastery has penetrated downward,’ which is why he enjoys a great reputation[1](p70).”
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 潘襎 (2013). 豪邁‧幽遠‧歐豪年. ISBN 9789860381580. Search this book on
- ↑ "欧豪年：还携笔墨向高丘". 2018-03-12.
- ↑ 王儒哲 (2014-09-26). "豪氣萬千歐豪年80水墨特展" (in 中文). 《中國時報》. Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
- ↑ ""鹏翼展天宽——欧豪年书画展"在中国国家博物馆开幕". 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ "台湾著名画家欧豪年：曾获巴黎大宫博物馆特别奖". 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "歐豪年教授獲頒東華大學名譽文學博士學位". 國立東華大學. Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 李遠哲 (2002-05-11), "本館簡介─成立緣由", 嶺南美術館, 中央研究院, archived from the original on 2021-04-17, retrieved 2021-01-08 Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "百科知識/歐豪年". Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ↑ "中誠拍賣/歐豪年". Retrieved 2022-12-21.
- ↑ "臺灣美術拼圖順天收藏/順天畫家歐豪年".
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