Most of Taiwan's early generation of artists entered their careers along a common path: born to well-to-do families, they broke with their parents before going to Japan to study.
台灣第一代美術家踏上藝術之路的腳步，幾乎可被歸納出一條共同的路徑：他們的家境泰半富裕，而後歷經家庭革命，赴日留學習畫；此後則以「台展」為跳板，以「帝展」為全力以赴的標的。