Wang's show reflects passion for homeland, contribution to art history

In 1982, the National Art Museum of China received a collection of 41 paintings from the family of late Taichung-born painter and educator Wang Yuezhi (1894-1937).

At that time, very few people, even professionals in art circles, had ever heard of Wang, let alone the roles he once played in promoting Western art and establishing the mechanism of fine arts education on the mainland, where he spent the last 16 years of his life.

Now the top art gallery pays tribute to Wang's long-forgotten contributions to Chinese art history by mounting a carefully curated exhibition, titled A Tender Affection.