Wang Ching-Shuang
Wang Ching-Shuang (1922-), born in Shengang District, Taichung City, is a lacquer artist and master artisan in Taiwan. He had worked with Yen Shui-Long in launching the Nantou County Handicrafts Research Group. Wang has devoted his life to advancing the craftsmanship of lacquer art and promoting lacquer craft education and creation. His works are famous for their elaborate techniques of “taka maki-e” (高蒔繪).[1].
Life
Wang Ching-Shuang was born in Shengang, Taichung City in 1922 (Taisho 11 under the Japanese ruling). He studied in the division of lacquer craft of the Private Taichung Craft School. With outstanding performance, he was recommended by Yamanaka Tadasu (山中公), then Principal of the Taichung Craft School to study in Japan. He studied in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts) under masters such as Wada Sanzo (和田三造), Hano Teizo (羽野禎三) and Koumo Touzan (河面冬山) in the daytime. He went to the Tokyo Specialized School for Graphics and the Seika School of Fine Arts to study painting in the evening while learning sculpting with Kuroiwa Tannaka (黑岩淡哉) on Sundays[2]. The relentlessly diligent study laid down the solid base of his works.
After returning to Taiwan in 1944, Wang Ching-Shuang started teaching in the Private Taichung Specialized School of Crafts and the Handcrafts Promotion Center. In 1952, Wang was invited by then mayor of Nantou County to work with Yen Shui-Long in launching the Nantou County Handicrafts Research Group (now NTCRI)[3].
In 1959, Wang Ching-Shuang established the Mei-Yan Lacquer Workshop (initially in Taichung, then moved to Nantou, now Mei-Yan Lacquer Art Ltd.). Wang specializes in creating sumptuous lacquerware with the elaborate technique of “taka maki-e”. He believes that craft production should take three elements into consideration: design, technique and market[4].
Wang Ching-Shuang has devoted himself to the craftsmanship, education and promotion of lacquer art for over eighty years since he was only sixteen. Three generations of his family are involved in the production and education of lacquer art; the Wang family is one of the important lacquer art families in Taiwan[5].
Honors & Awards
．Civilian Order of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Second-Class Order of Brilliant Star (received in the Presidential Hall on 4 May 2016)[6].
．Japanese Order
Order of the Rising Sun (Japan. published on 29 April 2023)[7]
．Awards
- 2007 National Craft Achievement Award
- 2010 Designated as the “Preserver of Important Traditional Art”
- 2014 3rd National Cultural Heritage Preservation Award
- 2022 41st National Cultural Award by the Executive Yuan
Works
．Bumper Harvest, lacquer painting, 2001[2].
．Pine and Crane for Longevity, lacquerware, 2003[2].
．Mount Jade, lacquer painting, 2007[3].
．Plum Blossom in the Tung Forest, lacquer painting, 2017[8]
Bibliography
- Wang Ching-Shuang. National Treasure: Special Exhibition on Wang Ching-Shuang’s Lacquer Art. Taichung City: Dadun Cultural Center: 2017. ISBN 978-986-05-3183-1. Search this book on
- .Lin Deng-Tsan. New Vision of Lacquer Art: 85th Anniversary and Transmission Exhibition for Master Lacquer Artist Wang Ching-Shuang. Caotun, Nantou: National Taiwan Craft Research Institute: 2006. ISBN 978-986-00-5627-3. Search this book on
- Wang Ching-Shuang. Collection of Wang Ching-Shuang’s Lacquer Art. Taichung County: Taichung County Culture Publishing: 2001. ISBN 978-957-02-9138-4. Search this book on
- Lin Mei-Chen, Hung Wen-Chen and Wang Hsien-Min. 80th Anniversary Collection of Wang Ching-Shuang’s Lacquer Art. Caotun, Nantou: National Taiwan Craft Research Institute: 2001. ISBN 978-957-02-9441-5. Search this book on
References
- ↑ 江瑞燐主編. 《典藏之寶》. 南投：臺灣工藝研發中心，2016. ISBN 978-986-04-8033-7. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 江瑞燐主編. 《典藏之寶》. 南投：臺灣工藝研發中心，2016. ISBN 978-986-04-8033-7. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 國立台灣工藝研究所 (May 2008). "〈國家工藝成就獎 肯定大師的奉獻精神〉". 《印刻文學生活誌》. pp. 198–199.
- ↑ 林登讚總編輯. 《漆彩新視界: 漆藝大師王清霜 85 回顧暨薪傳展 〉. 南投：臺灣工藝研究所 ，2006. ISBN 978-986-00-5627-3. Search this book on
- ↑ 謝向榮、林煌賓 報導 (2011-12-11). "【一步一腳印】畢生奉獻心力！世代傳承的漆藝人生". TVBS News.
- ↑ "總統主持105年五四文藝節文化界人士授勳典禮". 中华民国总统府. 2016-05-04. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-08-29. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "令和5年春の外国人叙勲受章者名簿" (PDF) (in 日本語). 内阁府. 2023-04-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-04-30. Retrieved 2023-04-30. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 楊明怡 (2017-09-12). "〈歲漆藝國寶王清霜個展〉". 自由時報. Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2017-10-02. Unknown parameter
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