Most key figures in occupation-era art came into contact with Impressionism through Japan; only a few studied in France. One of those who did, 95-year-old Yen Shui-lung, stood in tears as he again looked upon Renoir's Young Girls at the Piano.
日據時代的台灣前輩畫家多數經由日本接觸到印象派，只有少數畫家曾親赴巴黎學畫，現年九十五歲的顏水龍就是其一，他在再度面對雷諾瓦的「彈鋼琴的少女」時，淚水幾乎要奪眶而出。