Wang Panyuan

Wang Panyuan (1908 or 1909 - December 22, 2017), a Taiwanese painter, was born in Jiangsu. The lack of financial support made it very difficult to study when he was young. He eventually graduated from the Western Painting Department of Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. After the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he moved to Taiwan and settled in Yilan as an art teacher at Luodong Middle School. He also created art and won the 5th National Literature and Art Award in 2001. Wang Panyuan's paintings have simple compositions, are symbolic and can express unique and profound emotions.