〈討海人〉畫作資訊與口述影像

〈討海人〉
陳輝東
1987
油彩、畫布
167.5*135.6公分

畫作口述影像

陳輝東1987年創作的〈討海人〉，是一幅長167.5公分、寬135.6公分的人物油畫。討海人，是向大海討生活的人，通常指捕魚的漁民或船員。

這幅畫作寫實地畫出一艘小型漁船堆滿繩索的船頭甲板，一個討海的男人頂著豔陽站在甲板上。他赤裸著上身、雙手向後撐著漁船的木杆，朝觀眾的方向咧嘴露出淳樸的笑容。背景是遼闊的藍天白雲和波濤起伏的湛藍大海。

陳輝東的構圖寫實，也很講究物體上光影明暗呈現的立體感，用光影來烘托人物的精神和性格。在〈討海人〉這幅畫作裡，陽光從空中曬在穿牛仔褲的討海男人胸膛，強烈的陰影映出他因為勞動而結實的精壯胸肌和小腹馬甲線，也在藍色牛仔褲上形成明顯的皺折線條，我們還能從他笑開的嘴裡，藉著陰影看出他缺了一顆牙。

此外，陳輝東也仔細畫出在漁船討海的工作環境：駕駛艙、冒煙的煙囪，甲板上堆放斑駁的大箱子和盤捲成堆的繩索…顯得空間侷促。但背景藍色的天際和大海，則顯出討海生活開闊的另一面。

陳輝東是臺灣肖像畫領域具有代表性的創作者。他畫過孫中山、蔣經國和陳水扁三位總統。總統府大禮堂懸掛的國父遺像，就是他的作品。

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Created in 1987, Chen Huei-Tung’s Young Fisherman is an oil painting of a human figure and measures 167.5 centimeters tall and 135.6 centimeters wide. The Chinese title Taohairen literally means “someone who makes his living from the sea” and typically refers to a fisherman or sailor.

This painting realistically depicts the bow of a small fishing boat full of ropes and a fisherman standing in the sun on deck. Chest bare, his hands behind his back clasping the wooden poles of the boat, he grins at the viewer with a simple smile. The background is a vast blue sky, white clouds, and the blue sea.

Chen Huei-Tung’s composition is realistic and focuses on the three-dimensional effects of light and shadow upon objects, using them to depict the subject’s spirit and personality. The sun shines down on the man and the heavy shadowing shows his work-hardened chest, firm abdominal muscles, and the folds of the blue jeans. In his smiling mouth, we can see the shadows of a missing tooth.

Chen Huei-Tung also uses careful details to show that this is a working fishing boat: the cabin, the smoking chimney, the large, mottled boxes, and the coiled ropes on the deck, making space very cramped. The blue sky and the sea in the background show the other side of life on the open sea.

An exemplary Taiwanese creator in the field of figure painting, Chen Huei-Tung painted three presidents: Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Chen Shui-bian. The portrait of the founding father of the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which hangs in the auditorium of the Presidential Palace, is his work.