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			T.F. Chen Cultural Center Post-Van Gogh Retrospective: Happy Art Collectors Dr. T.F. Chen Happy Mouseme Oil on canvas 48" x 36" 1992
			Van Gogh: "La Mousume,"(1888), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Cezanne: "Still Life with Green Jug and Tin Kettle,"(1867-69), Orsay Musuem, Paris Matisse: "Woman with Madras,"(1929-30), Coll. Claude Duthuit Bonnard: "Vase of Flowers,"(1945), Private Collection, France
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	In T.F. Chen's "Happy Mousume," we see Vincent van Gogh's innocent model in formal dress seated in an art chair. Objects from Paul Cezanne's "Still Life with Green Jug and Tin Kettle" (1867-69) sit upon a table in front of her, while Pierre Bonnard's "Vase of Flowers" (1945) and Henri Matisse's " Woman with Mandras" (1929-30) hang behind her against a flat green wall. This depiction of a lady at home with pictures hanging upon a wall seems so natural, but in actual reality, this scenario could have never existed. For the thirteen-year old Mousume from 1886 could not possibly have possessed two paintings of the 20th century. Yet Chen's art of " Neo-Iconography" dismisses the time-space barrier, creating a new painting with a new meaning that allows the four masterpieces to co-exist harmoniously upon one canvas. How delighted the young lady would be to own such treasures and how happy to be a young art collector!