During six years of study in France, Lin abandoned Western naturalism and realism, and turned to the rich inheritance of Chinese tradition.
六年留學法國期間，風眠先生在戎第國立美術學院院長耶希斯的激勵下，拋棄了西方自然主義細膩寫實的繪畫，轉向中國豐饒的美術遺產去學習。