Yang San-lang Memorial Museum Introduction
Yang San-Lang is a master of oil painting in Taiwan and holds an important position in the history of modern art in Taiwan. He studied in Japan and France, and dedicated his life to the development of local painting. The museum's first to fourth floors display representative works from the master’s various periods, covering landscapes, figure studies, and travel scenery. The compositions are rigorous and the colors are rich. The fifth floor features personal works by Mrs. Yang, including still lifes of flowers and rural garden scenes, showcasing over seventy years of skill and style with an elegant flair. Adjacent to the museum is a white wooden house by the Lotus Pond, which was Yang San-Lang's residence and studio during his lifetime, preserving part of the original appearance of the Wangxi Villa. It combines elegant styles of Japanese and European design, with ancient banyan trees surrounding the area. The first floor serves as a living space, tranquil and refined, while the second floor, with its single sloped roof, includes the former studio of Yang San-Lang, retaining the painting tools and items he used during his lifetime, placed as they originally were. Embedded in the exterior wall, framed by maple and magnolia trees, are the brown copper relief sculptures "Light of Life" and "The Shepherd of Benevolence," created for Yang San-Lang by artist Wang Ying-Sin from the Taichung Fine Arts Association, interpreting the master's lifelong dedication to art and life—"Even if we cannot attain all we wish, we should have a rich life."
