席慕蓉（b.1943），祖籍蒙古察哈爾盟明安旗，生於四川重慶。1954年從香港遷臺，臺北師範學校藝術科（今國立臺北教育大學藝術與造形設計學系）、臺灣省立師範大學藝術系（今國立臺灣師範大學美術學系）、比利時布魯塞爾皇家藝術學院高級油畫班畢業。曾任教於臺灣省立新竹師範學院（今國立清華大學南大校區）與東海大學美術系。其身兼畫家與詩文作家，畫作以細緻針筆線畫與油畫見長；詩作以柔美低吟的抒情方式打動讀者心靈。曾獲比利時皇家金牌獎、布魯塞爾市政府金牌獎、金鼎獎最佳作詞、中興文藝獎章新詩獎。1974年於本館舉辦「席慕蓉油畫展」，1984年賦詩〈歷史博物館〉。
Hsi Mu-ren (b. 1943) was born in Chongqing, Sichuan. Of Mongolian descent, her family hails from Ming’an Banner, Chahar League. She moved to Taiwan from Hong Kong in 1954. She graduated from the Art Division at Taipei Normal School (now National Taipei University of Education) and the Department of Art at Taiwan Provincial Normal University (now National Taiwan Normal University), later completing advanced studies in oil painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium. She subsequently taught at Taiwan Provincial Hsinchu Teachers College (now the Nanda Campus of National Tsing Hua University) and the Department of Fine Arts at Tunghai University. Distinguished as a painter, poet, and essayist, Hsi excels in oil painting and intricate ink-line drawings executed with technical pens; as a poet, her evocative, gentle lyricism has profoundly resonated with readers across generations. Her accolades include the Belgian Royal Gold Medal, the City of Brussels Gold Medal, the Golden Tripod Award for Best Lyricist, and the Zhongxing Literary and Art Award for Modern Poetry. In 1974, she held the solo exhibition “Oil Paintings by Hsi Mu-ren” at the NMH, and in 1984, she penned the reflective poem “The Museum of History.”
《盼》，為席慕蓉1985年油彩畫布作品。以深藍為主色調，畫面右上方描繪一對母子背影，母親左手輕搭男孩肩膀，凝望遠方，流露出期盼家人歸來的思念；左下方則以深暖褐色描繪母子相擁情景，母親眼眶盈淚，男孩手持白色小花，象徵生命如飛絮般輕柔拂過，既是結束，亦是新生，希望與愛永不止息（永遠的懷念）。全畫以正反、冷暖的對角構圖，相互映照出現實與期盼的強烈對比，呈現作者對生命與情感的濃烈體悟。款：JHSI，74。
Anticipation is an oil painting on canvas by Hsi Mu-ren, created in 1985. Dominated by deep blue hues, the upper-right composition depicts a mother and son from behind; the mother rests her left hand gently on the boy’s shoulder as she gazes into the distance, conveying a quiet longing for a loved one’s return. In stark contrast, the lower-left scene—rendered in rich, warm browns—shows the mother and child in a close embrace, her eyes brimming with tears as the boy holds a small white flower. The flower symbolizes life’s gentle, fleeting passage: an ending that seeds a new beginning, embodying endless hope and everlasting love (everlasting remembrance). By juxtaposing front and rear perspectives alongside cool and warm palettes across a diagonal axis, the composition highlights the emotional tension between reality and longing, capturing the artist’s profound reflections on life, memory, and human connection.
油彩畫布 1985 | 縱128 橫193公分 | 1990年入藏 | 國立歷史博物館 | 典藏編號79–00059
Oil on canvas, 1985 | 128 × 193 cm | Acquired in 1990 | Collection of the National Museum of History | Accession No. 79-00059
《盼》
Anticipation
