生存之道——黃土水與美術贊助者

The Art of Survival–Huang Tu-Shui and His Art Sponsors

黃土水能有今日的藝術成就，除了藝術家本身的努力外，其背後人士的贊助支撐至為關鍵，是他能持續不斷創作的動力來源。這些贊助者身分包括：殖民當局者與許多企業家、臺灣人與日本人，以及整體社會的傾力支持和鼓勵。目前學界這方面的研究書籍及論文已有初步探討與成果。而本文即在這些研究基礎之上，筆者從謝里法捐贈國美館的書信資料中發現有關黃土水的相關資料，藉由這些新發現的第一手資料，予以考據、分析與整理，來重新探討藝術贊助者在黃土水背後所扮演的角色與意義。並透過藝術社會學方法，以贊助者的角度去重新思考他與政府機構、不同的社會階層與臺籍或日籍人士，以及各種政治立場者互動關係的背後意義，以補這方面研究之不足。

In addition to the artist’s personal endeavors, financial backing provided the Taiwanese sculptor Huang Tu-Shui important support for his work. It was a key factor that motivated the artist to continue producing works of art. His patrons included the Japanese colonial government and many Japanese and Taiwanese businessmen. The society in general offered the sculptor immense support and encouragement. At present, there is already an amount of preliminary results and findings in the form of academic research papers and publications on the sponsorship that Huang received during his lifetime. This essay is based on the results of these academic studies. This includes textual research on first-hand material donated by Hsieh Li-Fa to the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. Some of the materials were related to Huang. This allowed the researcher to re-explore the role and the significance of art sponsorship in Huang’s artistic creation. This essay adopts sociology of art research methods and aims to add to existing research by re-examining Huang’s relationship with government institutions and Taiwanese and Japanese people from different social classes with different political backgrounds from the sponsors’perspective.