Lin Mun-lee
林曼麗
Lin Mun-lee in April 2020
Director of National Palace Museum
In office
January 2006 – May 2008
Preceded byShih Shou-chien
Succeeded byChou Kung-shin
Personal details
Born (1954-08-08) 8 August 1954
Taiwan
Alma materNational Taiwan Normal University
University of Tokyo
OccupationScholar, writer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese林曼麗
Simplified Chinese林曼丽

Lin Mun-lee (Chinese: 林曼麗; born 8 August 1954) is a Taiwanese scholar and writer. She served as Deputy Director of National Palace Museum from 2004 to 2006, and its Director between 2006 and 2008.[1][2]

Life and career

Lin Mun-lee was born on 8 August 1954 in Taiwan, where she completed her bachelor's degree in art from National Taiwan Normal University in 1976. She received her master's degree and doctor's degree in education from the University of Tokyo in 1983 and 1988, respectively. Lin returned to Taiwan in April 1989 and that year became an associate professor of the Department of Education at National Taiwan Normal University. In November 1996 Lin Mun-lee was recruited by Taipei Mayor Chen Shui-bian as president of Taipei Fine Arts Museum, she held that office until July 2000.[3] She became deputy secretary-general of Chinese Cultural Renaissance Association in September 2000, and served until February 2003. In February 2003 she was chairman of the board of National Culture & Arts Foundation, a position in which she remained until September 2004. In May 2004 she became the deputy director of National Palace Museum, rising to director in January 2006. After stepping down from the National Palace Museum, Lin returned to the National Taipei University of Education faculty. In 2012, she established the Museum of National Taipei University of Education. The museum's first exhibit featured Taiwanese artist educated in Japan, including Lee Shih-chiao, Liao Chi-chun, Huang Tu-shui, and Chen Cheng-po.[4] In 2021, Lin located a lost work of Huang's, Sweet Dew, which had been completed in 1919, featured in the 1921 Japanese imperial art exhibition,[5] and subsequently gone missing for fifty years.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ 台湾拟复活艺术遗产. ftchinese.com (in Chinese). 2007-03-29.
  2. ↑ Museum, National Palace (2020-05-08). "Present/Former Leaders". National Palace Museum. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  3. ↑ 阿扁贴身女顾问浮出水面 艺术背后秀政治. Sohu (in Chinese). 2006-04-28.
  4. ↑ "NTUE set to open new art museum next week". Taipei Times. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "黃土水" [Honeydew (1919)]. Taiwan Online Art Museum (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Wang, Ken (15 October 2021). "Long-lost iconic nude sculpture to be displayed in Taipei". Central News Agency. Retrieved 19 October 2021. Republished as: "Long-lost Huang Tu-shui sculpture to go on display". Taipei Times. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "蔡総統が「台湾文化協会」創設から百年の活動に出席、「『世界の台湾』のため団結を」". Taiwan Today (in Japanese). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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