Lin Yushan

Lin Yushan
林玉山
Born(1907-04-01)1 April 1907
Kagi-cho, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi, Taiwan)
Died20 August 2004(2004-08-20) (aged 97)
NationalityTaiwanese
Other namesLin Yinggui (林英貴)
Alma mater
  • Kawabata Painting School
  • Art School Tokyusha
Known forCo-Founder of Chang Liu Painting Society
Notable work
  • Lotus Pond (painting)
  • Vicissitudes of the Way of Art (book, 1955)
  • A Study of Bird-and-Flower Painting (book, 1964)
  • An Outline of the Beginning of Chinese Painting (book, 1968)
StyleOriental painting (gouache), abstraction
Awards
  • Water Buffalo and Southern Gate were selected for Taiten in 1927
  • Lotus Pond became the first-ever modern painting to receive designation as a national treasure by the Bureau of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Culture in 2014
Lin Yushan
Chinese林玉山
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Yùshān
Bopomofoㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄩˋ ㄕㄢ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhLin Yuh-Shan
Wade–GilesLin24-Shan1
Tongyong PinyinLín Yù-Shan
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLîm Gio̍k-San
Tâi-lôLîm Gio̍k-San
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese林英貴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Yīngguì
Bopomofoㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄟˋ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhLin Ing-Guey
Wade–GilesLin2 Ying1-Kuei4
Tongyong PinyinLín Ying-Guèi
Southern Min
Hokkien POJLîm Ing-Kuì
Tâi-lôLîm Ing-Kuì

Lin Yushan (Chinese: 林玉山; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Gio̍k-San; 1 April 1907 – 20 August 2004), originally named Lin Yinggui (Chinese: 林英貴; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Ing-Kuì), was a Taiwanese visual artist.