Although Western art had already entered the age of cubism, Yang San-lang, enthralled with depicting nature, did not enter the mainstream, but instead spent his time in art museums studying French landscapes.
雖然當時的西方已經是立體主義興起的繪畫時期，不過醉心於大自然描繪的楊三郎並沒有躍進潮流之中，而是流連於美術館中研究法國的風景寫生。