After establishing the Central Taiwan Fine Arts Association in 1954, in 1981 Lin established the Taiwanese Distemper Painting Association, which helped to further secure the status of distemper painting in Taiwan.
而繼 1954 年發起「中部美術協會」後，1981 年林之助又成立「台灣省膠彩畫協會」，讓膠彩畫的地位得以確立。