It was at this time that he started to appreciate and imitate the paintings of other masters, and for a while, his landscape paintings were dominated by the influence of abstract cubism.
林武雄回憶那段對他的畫有重大影響的大學生活，他說：「那時，我不但畫的很勤，也開始學著去欣賞、描摩他人的作品。」