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Taiwanese art history has been influenced by a few multi-cultural factors: Western modern art education that was introduced in 1920s, during the years of Japanese occupation; the spread of abstract art after 1960; the beginning of multi-media art after 2000.

Three periods of post-war Taiwanese art

1. Post-1960: Innovation of Modern Abstract Ink Art
   Artists Chu Ko and Lee Chung-Chung, who moved to Taiwan together with the Nationalist army after its defeat, as most of the ink artists of the 1960s were inspired by the Western abstract art trend of thought. They applied characteristics of Chinese …