Yang San Lang Art Museum Introduction
Yang San-lang is a master of oil painting in Taiwan and holds an important position in the history of modern Taiwanese art. He studied in Japan and France and dedicated his life to the development of local painting. The museum features representative works from the master’s various periods across the first to fourth floors, encompassing landscapes, figure studies, and travel scenes, with rigorous compositions and rich colors. The fifth floor showcases the personal works of Mrs. Yang, including still lifes of vases and rural gardens, reflecting over seventy years of skill and style, characterized by elegance. Adjacent to the museum is a white wooden house by the Lotus Pond, which served as Yang San-lang's residence and studio during his lifetime, retaining parts of the original appearance of Wangxi Villa, blending Japanese and European elegant styles, with ancient banyan trees that are lush and verdant. The first floor serves as a living space, tranquil and graceful, while the second floor has a single sloped roof and a north-facing window that was Yang San-lang's studio during his lifetime, still preserving the painting tools and items used by the master, arranged as they were in his time. On the wall flanked by maple and magnolia trees is a brown copper relief titled "The Light of Life" and "The Shepherd of Benevolence," created by artist Wang Ying-hsin from the Taitung Fine Arts Association, interpreting the master’s lifelong dedication to art and life—"Even if we cannot obtain all that we seek, we must possess a rich life."
