While art underwent radical change in much of the world, Taiwanese artists remained loyal to two dominant strains, Impressionism and Fauvism, at least until 1956, when art students at National Taiwan Normal University organized a band of forward-looking artists united by a common desire to challenge the status quo.
在世界畫壇景觀丕變之際，台灣畫壇卻始終停留在獨宗印象派或野獸派的保守氛圍中。1956 年，一個由師大藝術系學生所組成的「五月畫會」終於打破成規，不但以前衛之姿引領藝術潮流，對台灣畫壇邁入現代化更深具刺激與影響力。