吳承硯 / Wu Chen-Yen
吳承硯1921年生於江蘇江陰,父親為民國官費留美聞人吳麟若。就讀南京遷校重慶的中央大學,自體育轉入美術系師承徐悲鴻。1949年度海任教鹽水中學,1963年起執教文化大學美術系,持續創作水彩與油畫,並遊歷各國美術館精進繪藝。
Wu Chen-Yen was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province in 1921. His father was Wu Linruo, a scholar who studied in the United States for official expenses of the Republic of China. Studied at the Central University in Nanjing, which moved to Chongqing, and transferred from the sports to the fine arts department under Xu Beihong. In 1949, Hai taught at Yanshui Middle School, and since 1963, he has been teaching in the Fine Arts Department of Cultural University.
Catholic Church, Yanshui
鹽水天主堂
1962 / 水彩、畫紙 Watercolor on paper / 29 × 40 cm
「鹽水天主堂」繪於1962年,距建築落成啟用不過四年,畫中教堂造形簡潔光明,為簡化之哥德式風格,以聖堂主體立面、花園及側開大門的圍牆組成。依建築法式推斷,此一立面應為教堂西正面 (West Façade),其構成元素皆呈現典型化樣式∶圓形玫瑰花窗 (Rose Window)、中央尖拱大門 (Central Portal)、龕楣 (Tympanum),以及徒具裝飾沒有實質功能的南大門 (South Portal),山牆上則有「天主堂」三個大字。