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FIFTH MOON GROUP & AND TON FAN ART GROUP
Fifth Moon Group and Ton Fan Art Group were two art groups from Taiwan that became popular in the mid-1950s, and their ranks were filled by young artists who were born prior to the Second World War and grew up during the war. Most of them received systematic artistic training – Fifth Moon Group's ranks had many graduates from the Art Department at National Taiwan Normal University, such as Liu Kuo-sung, Chuang Che, Chen Ting-Shih, Fong Chung- Ray; Ton Fan Art Group was founded by Li Chun-Shan and was filled with students from his studio such as Hsiao Chin, Li Yuan-Chia, Hsia Yan, Chu Wei-Bor and Ho Kang. Both art groups focused on the "modernization movement of Chinese modern art", which affirms the importance of traditional Chinese painting concepts while seeking ever-bolder expressions and techniques. They made deft use of oil paint, ink wash, sculpture, printmaking, and other mediums from the East and the West to add contemporary twists to Abstract art. Their innovations quickly received praise from the international art world - in the late 1950s and 1960s when the market for modern art was still nascent in Asia, both groups had already boasted members in the top art exhibition Sao Paulo Art Biennial, marking Asia's entry into the world stage and an important milestone of the age.
Fifth Moon Group and Ton Fan Art Group were two art groups from Taiwan that became popular in the mid-1950s, and their ranks were filled by young artists who were born prior to the Second World War and grew up during the war. Most of them received systematic artistic training – Fifth Moon Group's ranks had many graduates from the Art Department at National Taiwan Normal University, such as Liu Kuo-sung, Chuang Che, Chen Ting-Shih, Fong Chung- Ray; Ton Fan Art Group was founded by Li Chun-Shan and was filled with students from his studio such as Hsiao Chin, Li Yuan-Chia, Hsia Yan, Chu Wei-Bor and Ho Kang. Both art groups focused on the "modernization movement of Chinese modern art", which affirms the importance of traditional Chinese painting concepts while seeking ever-bolder expressions and techniques. They made deft use of oil paint, ink wash, sculpture, printmaking, and other mediums from the East and the West to add contemporary twists to Abstract art. Their innovations quickly received praise from the international art world - in the late 1950s and 1960s when the market for modern art was still nascent in Asia, both groups had already boasted members in the top art exhibition Sao Paulo Art Biennial, marking Asia's entry into the world stage and an important milestone of the age.