WU Hsueh-Jang/Xue-rang

Taiwanese　1923 - 2013

As known as Tui-Bo, Wu Xue-rang graduated from National Academy of Art (now known as China Academy of Art), was a school fellow of SHIY De-jinn, and a student of LIN Fengmian, PAN Tiansou, and LI Keran who were the masters of Modern Chinese paintings. Wu was master at the traditional Chinese ink painting, however he began his own unique modern ink and water painting path under the influence of modern art stream from the Western during the 1960s, in which we see the artist acquired the lines from the Chinese calligraphy and developed his peculiar style. He tried to explore the relationship between the society, families, and the contemporaries through his works which somehow reveal a sense of naivety and romantic. After the 1990s, he dismissed Chinese bronze inscriptions into his paintings and created an atmosphere of contemporary art language. He taught in many universities such ad Chinese Culture University, Tunghai University and National Taipei University of Education (now known as University of Taipei), and held a numerous exhibitions both in Taiwan and the overseas, and he was also a jury to many art competitions.


Selected Solo Exhibitions

2015 “A Memorial Exhibition of Wu Xue-rang Paintings and Calligraphy”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
2012 “Solo Exhibition by WU Hsueh-Jang”, Cerritos Library, Los Angles, USA
2010 「Chinese Ink and Water Paintings by WU Hsueh-Jang”, Liu Hai Su Museum, Shanghai, China
2004 “Journey of Naïve Land through Dreams-A Retrospective of Hsueh-Jang Wu at the Age of Eightieth”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
1996 “From the Tradition to the Modern, Color Ink and Water Paintings by WU Hsueh-Jang”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
1994 “A Retrospective of Hsueh-Jang Wu at the Age of Seventieth”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010 “Group Exhibition by WU Hsueh-Jang , LIU Kuo-sung and CHU Ko”, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Open Flexibility: Innovative Contemporary Ink Art, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1997 “Contemporary Ink and Water Works”, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Ottawa, Ottawa Canada
1997 “Taiwanese Contemporary Ink and Water Paintings”, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, New York, USA
1993 “Chinese Contemporary Color Ink and Water Paintings”, The Russian Museum of Ethnography, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
1992 “ Cross-Strait Contemporary Ink and Water Paintings”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan; China Arts Museum, Shanghai, China
1988 “Contemporary Taiwanese Art Exhibition”, National Museum of Costa Rica Art Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica
1981 “The Trend of Chinese Modern Painting”, Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France

Collection

National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Kaousiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaousiung, Taiwan