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常玉（1895-1966） 1895年生于中国四川南充。本名幼书，他出身富家，自幼随父亲常书舫学画，又随名家赵熙（ZhaoXi）
SAN YU 学习书法，1919年赴日游学，1921年受蔡元培号召之「勤工俭学」留法风潮激励，在长兄常俊民
（ChangJunmin）的协助下前往巴黎学艺，开启旅法生涯。常玉天性潇洒不羁，追求人生与艺术的自由，不
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循正规美术学院进修，而进入氛围自由的大茅屋艺术学院（AcadémiedelaGrandeChaumière），有别于同时
代徐悲鸿、林风眠等留法学生，其学成之后并未归国办学，而选择毕生留在巴黎，成为二○年代巴黎画派
当中极少数的华人代表。
常玉作品揉合中国文人画与西方现代艺术的风格，发展出独特的表现方式。早期初抵巴黎时，常玉接触到
异国的浪漫情调，色彩以粉红、白色与黑色为主，画面典雅恬淡，形式简约，并且运用书法性线条，传达
出愉悦情感。渐渐地因战事濒临，家道中落，常玉的心境显然不再轻松；虽然洒脱个性依旧，作品却添染
淡淡忧郁。进入五、六○年代的常玉更锺情漆器般的漆黑，在深色背景中勾勒出简单的线条，构图大胆，
主题仍偏爱裸女、花卉、风景、小动物等。晚年潦倒落魄，趋于浓烈的怀乡愁绪倾泻画面之上；威武的野
兽在辽阔天地间显得渺小而孤寂，栽种在瓶、盆中的花木纤弱而冷清，将常玉的心境表露无遗。
1966年，这位异乡游子因家居煤气泄漏，于巴黎寓所意外离世，写下人生的传奇句点。时至今日，常玉已
是公认的中国现代艺术大师，2005年巴黎吉美国立亚洲艺术博物馆为常玉举行大型回顾展，更确定他作为
巴黎画派重要成员之国际地位。个展：2018 「藏枒入华：常玉与浪蕩子美学」，耿画廊，台北，台湾，
「细看常玉」，诚品画廊，台北，台湾。2017 「相思巴黎 — 馆藏常玉展」，国立历史博物馆，台北，台
湾。2013 「常玉 — 中国现代主义先锋」，耿画廊，台北，台湾。2010 「常玉个展」，大未来耿画廊，
台北，台湾。

He was born in 1895 in Nanchong, Sichuan Province, China. In 1919, he went to Japan to study,
and in 1921, inspired by Cai Yuanpei's call for "work and study" to study in France, he went to
Paris to study art with the help of his eldest brother Chang Junmin, and began his career in
France. Unlike his contemporaries such as Xu Beihong and Lin Fengmian, he did not return
to his home country to pursue his studies, but chose to stay in Paris for the rest of his life,
becoming one of the few Chinese representatives of the Paris School in the 1920s. He became
one of the very few Chinese representatives of the Paris School in the 1920s.
Marrying the qualities of Chinese literati painting and Western modern art, Sanyu developed a
unique style of expression. In the days when he first arrived in Paris, Sanyu was intoxicated by
the romantic milieu of the exotic city, which inspired his basic palette of pink, white, and black,
lending his work a clean elegance rendered by joyous calligraphic lines. However, with the
onset of World War II and the decline of his family’s financial fortunes, the levity evident in his
earlier body of work disappeared. And although his characteristic aloofness remained, his work
eventually took on a touch of gloom. Later, Sanyu found additional inspiration in lacquerware,
injecting healthy doses of folk art into his work, where he teased out simple lines against dark
backgrounds in bold compositions, featuring such themes as nudity, scenery, flowers, and
animals. In his later years, impoverished and forlorn, the artist saw his nostalgia cascading
into his paintings, where small, isolated creatures appear lost and lonely, and even the flowers
in vases and pots seem wistfully frail.In 1966, this expatriate passed away unexpectedly in
his Paris apartment due to a gas leak in his home, writing a legendary conclusion to his life.
In 2005, the Musée Guimet d'Art d'Asia held a major retrospective for him, confirming his
international status as an important member of the Paris School.Solo Exhibitions, 2018 Sanyu's
Hidden Blossoms: Through the Eyes of a Dandy, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan. An Intimate
View — Sanyu's Small Masterpieces, Eslite gallery, Taipei, Taiwan,2017 Parisian Nostalgia —
The National Museum of History's Sanyu Collection, The National. Museum of History, Taipei,
Taiwan.2013 Sanyu — A Pioneering Avant-Garde in Chinese Modernist Art, Tina Keng Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan2010 Sanyu's Solo Exhibition, Tina Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan