After returning to Taiwan from France, having been profoundly affected by his contact with modern Western currents, including impressionism, post-impressionism, fauvism, cubism, and so on, Chen entered a seven-year period of study of the techniques of the various schools.
回國之後，對於印象派、後印象派、野獸派、立體派等西方現代繪畫都有深入體驗與精細踏實研究的陳慧坤，進入七年的「研究性」時期，實際進入各種畫派的技巧作畫，這些研究性作品大多沒有發表。