According to” The guidance and assistance in county and city theme exhibition halls to establish and enrich the collections of cultural and historical relics plan” of Council for Cultural Affairs, Taichung County Seaport Art Center tried to integrate the local art resources effectively, developed the local special features and made use the existing available spaces to expand the range of theme exhibition halls. In addition, in order to promote the education and the appreciation on the arts of Taichung County, we had set the target of handing on the torch of the art to the next generation, Taichung County Artist Archives project was thus began to launch since 1999, and Professor Lian-Deng Wang was entrusted for the planning of the facility.

The development of Taiwan's modern art commenced in the Japanese colonization period, before the time, there were only fragments of Chinese folk art existed; during the time, the artists who were sent to study abroad had returned to country to become the creators of native arts and established the new local arts and cultures. Although those first Taiwanese modern art generations are mostly aged or withered, they are greatly honored and highly respected in Taiwan's history of art.

When we count the artists that have rewritten Taiwan's modern art history, we can discover that eight out of ten came from Tiachung County.

Therefore, the study of this generation of pioneer artists and the categorizing work on researching the artists have become an important cultural development for Taichung County, and it is also an indispensable record for the overall development of Taiwan's Art culture.