Yang San Lang Museum Introduction
Yang San-lang is a master of oil painting in Taiwan, holding an important place in the history of modern Taiwanese art. He studied in Japan and France and devoted his life to the development of local painting. The museum displays representative works from different periods of the master on the first through fourth floors, featuring landscapes, figure studies, and travel scenery. The compositions are rigorous, and the colors are rich. The fifth floor is dedicated to Mrs. Yang's personal works, which include still lifes of flowers and local garden scenes, reflecting over seventy years of skill and artistic style, characterized by elegance. Adjacent to the museum is a white wooden house by the lotus pond, which served as Yang San-lang's home and studio during his lifetime. It retains parts of the original appearance of Wangxi Villa, blending elegant Japanese and European styles, surrounded by ancient banyan trees. The first floor serves as a living space, serene and refined, while the second floor features a slanted roof; the north-facing window area was Yang San-lang's studio, preserving the painting tools and items he used during his lifetime, arranged as they were. Along the wall, separated by a green maple and white magnolia, is a bronze relief titled "The Light of Life" and "The Benevolent Shepherd," created by artist Wang Ying-hsin from the Taichung Association of Arts for Yang San-lang. These artworks interpret the master’s lifelong dedication to art and life: "Even if we cannot achieve all our desires, we should still embrace a rich life."
