Hwang ChunPi
China, 1898-1991
Artist's works
Artist Profile
Introduction and Experience
Huang Junbi (1898-1991), originally named Yunzhi, also known as Junbi, Junweng, and in his later years as Mishou Laoren, was an important modern Chinese ink painter and art educator. He moved to Taiwan in 1949 and, along with Zhang Daqian and Pu Xinyu, was known as one of the "Three Masters Who Crossed the Sea," revered as a "Grand Master of Painting" in the Taiwanese art world. In his early years, he studied under Li Yaoping, learning both traditional Chinese and Western painting, laying a profound and broad artistic foundation.
He dedicated his life to art education and cultural promotion, teaching at National Central University and National Taiwan Normal University. He was also dispatched to Europe, America, Asia, and Africa on numerous occasions to study art education, hold art exhibitions, and give lectures, his footprints covering four continents. He received numerous honors, including the First Prize in the Fine Arts Division of the Chinese Arts Award, the National Special Contribution Award for Arts, and the Academic Medal from St. John's University in New York, making outstanding contributions to the international dissemination of Chinese art.
Huang Junbi is renowned in the art world for his landscape paintings. His brushwork is light and elegant yet possesses a majestic momentum. Through the inheritance of tradition and the transformation of modernity, he has been hailed by the Western art world as a "Chinese Neoclassical School". His works, which developed from the Lingnan style, form a unique system. They combine classical spirit with the spirit of the times, making them an important milestone in modern Chinese landscape painting.
Exhibitions and Awards
"Baiyun Heritage Reflecting Hong Kong" Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition, 2026, Exhibition Hall, Lower Block, Hong Kong City Hall, Hong Kong.
"Fleeting Time: A Retrospective Exhibition of Out-of-Print Editions of Changliu Art News Monthly" 2025, Changliu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2025 "Private Exhibition by Art Agency: Daqian's Coffered Ceiling, Pu Ru's Guanyin, Junweng's Landscape", Changliu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"More Than Just Goodness: An Exhibition of Calligraphy and Paintings Donated to Overseas Artists," 2024, National Taiwan University Institute of Art History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
"A Monument of Calligraphy and Painting: Treasures of Calligraphy and Painting from the National Museum of History Collection," 2024, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan.
2023 Art Flow Spring Auction: Former Collections of Qingwan Yaji Members – Fan Painting Special Auction, featuring masterpieces by Zhang Daqian and Liu Guosong from the Chang Liu Museum of Art Collection. Chang Liu Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Huang Chun-pi: A Master of His Generation" Exhibition, 2023, Chang-Liu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"Enlightenment: The First Chapter of Art Education from National Taiwan High School to Provincial Normal School," National Taiwan Normal University Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2021.
"Dew-kissed Qinghua" Ink and Wash Painting Exhibition, 2021, Hong Art, Taipei, Taiwan
"Phoenix Sings on Takagang" Exhibition Commemorating the 120th Anniversary of the Founder Dr. Chi-Yun Chang, Hwa Kang Museum, Taipei, Taiwan (2020)
"Brushstrokes and Ink Traces: An Exhibition of Masterpieces from the National Museum of History's Collection of Calligraphy and Painting, 2020, National Changhua Living Art Center, Changhua, Taiwan
"Exquisite Brushstrokes and Ink Painting" 2020, Hong Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 "Yangming Art Tour" Reproduction Exhibition of Collection Paintings, Hwa Kang Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
A sneak peek at the highlights of the 2019 Canghai International Spring Auction, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Treasure Island Forever Spring" Special Exhibition, 2019, Tainan Art Museum, Tainan, Taiwan
"Ancient Brushstrokes, Modern Beauty" 2019, Yunxuan Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 "Lingnan" Exhibition of Fine Calligraphy and Painting from Professor Shih Yun-wen's Collection, Da Guan Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Ditu Art Summer Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Ditu Art Autumn Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Ditu Art Spring Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Ditu Art Spring Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Ditu Art Autumn Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Ditu Art Summer Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Ditu Art Autumn Auction, Ditu Art, Taipei, Taiwan
T-ART in Taichung 2012, Hua Ying Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
"Literati's Ink Accumulation: Landscapes in Their Hearts" - M Gallery Midsummer Exhibition, 2011, M Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
"Commemorative Art Exhibition for Master Huang Chun-pi's 105th Birthday and 10th Anniversary of Passing Away," Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, 2002.
"Huang Chun-pi's 95th Birthday Retrospective Exhibition," National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991.
1988 "Special Exhibition of Collections" (Joint Exhibition), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"The Times and Creation - Huang Chun-pi's Masterpieces Exhibition," Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, 1987.
Joint exhibition of paintings for the Year of the Ox, 1985, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
1985 "International Ink Painting Exhibition" (Joint Exhibition), Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
"Huang Junbi's Chinese Painting Special Exhibition," 1969, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan.
Solo exhibition, 1967, National Museum of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan