The selection criteria encouraged the creation of new styles, but Taiwanese ink wash painters were by and large traditionalists. As a result only three-Chen Chin, Lin Yu-shan and Kuo Hsueh-hu-were represented.
在鼓勵創新風格的評審標準下，延續傳統水墨風格的台籍老畫家全軍覆沒，台灣人只有陳進、林玉山、郭雪湖三人入選。