ZHONG CHENG

Born in Yilan, Taiwan, Ran In-Ting is considered a well-known watercolorist painter of Taiwan. He was an apprentice of Japanese Artist Ishikawa Kinichiro (1871-1945) whom deeply influenced his style of painting. In 1929, he traveled to Japan to pursuit further study in watercolor techniques. In 1929, he was selected as an honorary member of the British Royal Watercolor Association, thus invited to display his works in Europe, North America and different parts of Asia. He later became the editor for “Taiwan Pictorial Magazine” and “Good Harvest Magazine”. In 1971, he was on the list of “World’s Top 10 Watercolorists” written by the American and European Art Critic Associations. In 1952, he was elected as a member of France Watercolor Association. Later in 1962, Ran was included in another list for the “Greatest Artists of Modern Times” published by the International Geneva. In1973, He served as the president of “China Television System”. He lived till the age of seventy-seven. His lifetimes of watercolor creations are deeply inspired by the culture and heritage of Taiwan. In 1991, Taipei National Palace Museum held a “Memorial Exhibition for Ran”, and in 1998 the National Museum of History held a “Retrospective Exhibition” in his honor; they published an art catalogue featuring his classics. His famous work “Duck Feeder” is now in the collection of London Cambridge Museum.