Yang San-Lang Memorial Museum Introduction
Yang San-Lang is a master of oil painting in Taiwan, holding an important place in the history of modern art in Taiwan. He studied in Japan and France, dedicating his life to the development of local painting. The museum showcases representative works from his various periods on the first to fourth floors, featuring landscapes, figure studies, and travel scenery, characterized by meticulous compositions and rich colors. The fifth floor displays personal works by Mrs. Yang, including still lifes of vase flowers and local garden scenes, reflecting over seventy years of artistic skill and style, featuring elegant aesthetics. Adjacent to the museum is the 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 elegant styles of Japanese and European design, surrounded by lush old banyan trees. The first floor serves as the living space, serene and refined, while the second floor with its single sloping roof is where Yang San-Lang's studio once was, still preserving the art supplies and items he used during his lifetime, arranged as they were. On the exterior wall, framed by maple and magnolia, are bronze reliefs titled "Light of Life" and "Pasture of the Kind" made by artist Wang Ying-Hsin from the Taitung Art Association, interpreting the master's lifelong dedication to art and life—"Even if we cannot obtain everything we desire, we must have a rich life."
