But early in his career, before he had even completed two years at Peiping's Chen Wah Fine Arts Academy, war-torn China forced upon the 17-year-old artist a press of emotions too intense, too encompassing to express on the pages of a sketchbook.
自十七歲開始，苦難、危險開始纏繞著他，使得王藍的生活完全改觀，但是他卻衷心感謝這段磨鍊的過程。他說：中日戰爭使我離家、吃苦，幾度瀕於死亡邊緣。