陳進（1907–1998），生於新竹香山。就讀臺北第三高等女學校（今中山女高）時，獲美術老師鄉原古統賞識與鼓勵，1925年考入日本東京女子美術學校（今女子美術大學），為首位赴日本接受正規繪畫訓練的臺灣女子。1927年以《姿》、《罌粟花》、《朝》入選第一回臺灣美術展覽會，與林玉山、郭雪湖被譽為「臺展三少年」；1934年以《合奏》成為第一位入選日本帝展的臺灣畫家，並獲選為臺展東洋畫部唯一臺籍女性審查委員，為第一代女性專業畫家。1965年參加本館「當代名家國畫展」，及受邀參加1989年「陳進、林玉山、陳慧坤三人聯展」、1996年「陳進九十回顧展」、2003年「悠閒靜思一陳進仕女之美」、2015年「畫粧摩登一陳進特展」。1996年獲頒行政院文化獎，次年捐出獎金及積蓄，於本館設立「陳進藝術文化獎」（今「陳進獎」）培育後進，支持膠彩畫的傳承與發展。
Chen Chin (1907-1998) was born in Xiangshan, Hsinchu. While studying at Taipei Third Girls’ High School (now Taipei Municipal Zhong Shan Girls High School), her artistic potential was recognized and encouraged by her art teacher, Gobara Koto. In 1925, she was admitted to the Tokyo Women’s School of Fine Arts (now Joshibi University of Art and Design), becoming the first Taiwanese woman to pursue formal training in painting in Japan. In 1927, her paintings Attitude, Poppies, and Morning were selected for the inaugural Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition (Taiten). Together with Lin Yu-shan and Kuo Hsueh-hu, she earned fame as one of the “Three Youths of the Taiten.” In 1934, her painting Ensemble was accepted into the lmperial Art Exhibition (Teiten), making her the first Taiwanese painter to receive this honor. She was also selected as the only Taiwanese femalejuror in the Taiten’s Eastern painting division. She was among Taiwan’s first generation of professional female painters. Following her participation in the 1965 “Exhibition of Ink Paintings by Contemporary Masters,” NMH featured her work in several major exhibitions, including the “Joint Exhibition of Chen Chin, Lin Yu-shan, and Chen Huei-kuen” (1989), “Chen Chin: A Retrospective at Ninety” (1996), “Pondering at Leisure: The Beauty of Chen Chin’s Ladies” (2003), and “Modern Looks: Special Exhibition of Chen Chin” (2015). In 1996, she received the National Cultural Award. The following year, she donated the prize money and her savings to establish the Chen Chin Arts & Culture Award (now the Chen Chin Award) at NMH, nurturing emerging artists and supporting the continuation and development of gouache painting.
《葡萄》，為陳進1965年膠彩設色絹本作品。繪寫斜勢取姿的葡萄藤蔓，枝葉扶疏，先以沒骨濃淡渲染葉片分出交疊層次，再以細筆勾寫葉脈，淡彩勾邊填色，描繪結實累累掛滿枝頭的葡萄，光影立體，表現出果實的晶瑩剔透。款：陳進。印：進。
Grapes is a gouache on silk painting by Chen Chin, created in 1965. A grapevine sweeps diagonally across the composition with abundant foliage. Chen first rendered the leaves using the mogu (boneless) technique, applying washes of varying intensity to establish subtle, overlapping layers before delineating the fine leaf veins. Bountiful clusters of grapes hang heavy from the vine, outlined and filled with delicate color washes, with light and shadow giving the fruit volume and a luminous, translucent quality.
膠彩絹本 1965 | 縱132 橫51.5公分 | 1968年入藏 | 國立歷史博物館 | 典藏編號27217
Gouache on silk, 1965 | 132 × 51.5 cm | Acquired in 1968 | Collection of the National Museum of History | Accession No. 27217
《葡萄》
Grapes
