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United in Art— Artist Groups and Their Network of Activities during the Japanese Colonial Period
United in Art— Artist Groups and Their Network of Activities during the Japanese Colonial Period

Publication date: 29 Jun 2021
Author: Jao Tsu-hsien |Staff member of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History

A digital collection of archival documents has been in development over the recent years under the auspices of the Archives of Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica. It includes the profiles of such artists from the preceding generations as Chen Cheng-Po, Yen Hsuei-Long, Chen Chih-Chi, Pu Tian-Sheng, Liu Chi-Hsiang, Kuo Hsueh-Hu in addition to papers of the nature of cultural patronage from Yang Zhao-Jia as well as private collections of works of calligraphy and painting and other historical materials. This article focuses on the activities of important artist groups that Taiwanese painters helped to create during the first half of the 20th century. Through selected private manuscripts, letters and documents, images, newspapers and magazines housed in the Archives, the exploration of interactions between various parties in the history of modern art - including individual artists, the painting groups and their patrons - reveals how the arts and society developing in parallel and prospering in unison!

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Related Collections and References
 I. The Archives of Institute of Taiwan History
  1. Eastern Taiwan Prospect, Guo Shuang-fu Collection, (T1022).
  2. Summary of Hualien Port Construction Plan, Records Preserved by Bank of Taiwan (T0868).
  3. Catalogue of Ninth Taiwan Art Exhibition, Kuo Hsueh-hu Paintings and Papers (T1089).
  4. The Taiwan Shinminpo Nos. 3115 (1939-10-01) and 3116 (1939-10-02), Records of The Taiwan Shinminpo (T1119).
  5. Album of Inspection Photos (17), Kiyoshi Hasegawa Papers (T0886).
II. Taiwan Rare Book Collections
  1. Document Section of the Government-General of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Taipei: Editor, 1908.
  2. Kanya Endo, ed. Views of Campaign Against the Aborigines in Formosa, Taipei: Endo Photo Studio, 1912.
  3. Photographic Society of Taiwan, ed. Taiwan Photo Book, Volume 2, Taipei: Editor, December 1914.
  4. Taiwan Nichi Shinpo, ed. Photo of Crusade Against the Truku, Taipei: Editor, 1915.
  5. Japan Travel Association, Taiwan branch, ed. Taiwan Railway Travel Guide (1940 edition), Taipei: Editor, 1940.
III. References
  1. Lin Yu-ju, The Colonial Frontier: Political and Economic Development of Eastern Taiwan, Taipei: Yuan-Liou Publishing Co., Ltd., 2007.
  2. Chang Su-bing, Unaccomplished Colonization: Japanese Immigrant Village in Taiwan, Taipei: Acropolis, 2017.
  3. You Jhih-sheng, “From concentrating in major ports to expanding to regional minor ports: A study on the context of the changing port construction policy of Taiwan Governor General’s Office in the 1930s”, Taiwan Historica 65: 3 (September 2014): 267-306.
  4. Tai Pao-tsun, “Centennial Review of Truku War”, Newsletter of Taiwan Studies 82 (July 2014): 9-11.
  5. Chung Su-ming, “The role of political-merchant in the development of east Taiwan during Japanese colonization - The case of Katakinsaburou”, Taiwan Historical Research 11: 1 (June 2004): 79-117.
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