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Convergence of Nature and Culture: Seeing Tamsui through Artists’ Eyes

Publication date: 09 Oct 2018
Author: Jao Tsu-hsien |Staff member of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

Surrounded by mountains and a river, Tamsui, which used to be called “Hobe”, has always attracted senior artists in Taiwan. Exotic and traditional buildings left by the Dutch, Qing Dynasty, and Japanese feature in its historic characteristics, attracting wandering literati. Artists are also inspired by this historic town. The paintings of Tamsui are a spectacular page of Taiwan’s art history. By following in the steps of Taiwanese artists Chen Zhi-qi, Chen Cheng-po, and Yen Shui-long, let us start a journey through Tamsui across time and space!

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V. Conclusion

Combining features of the mountains, river, ocean, and cultures, Tamsui attracted many artists to sketch from the 1930s to the 1980s. Their paintings represent historic stories told by Tamsui over the past one hundred years. Although Tamsui has become modern since the development of the Taipei metro and real estate, the sites of its military forts, the images of a busy trading port, and histories witnessed by the mountains themselves still exist in old photographs and senior artists’ paintings.


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