郭
東 Kuo, Tong Jong 1927-2022
榮
郭東榮教授於1927年出生於嘉義，1945年畢業於嘉義農林學校，二戰後於1950年考入省立臺灣師範學院藝術系。完成國內學業之後，於1962年赴日留學，先赴武藏野美術大學，並獲得早稻田大學及東京藝術大學碩士學位。郭教授曾任國立嘉義大學視覺藝術系（含碩士班）特約講座教授，且榮獲國立嘉義大學傑出校友。他於1957年與劉國松（1932-）、李芳枝（1933-）等同學共同創立五月畫會，此畫會對於臺灣現代繪畫運動影響深遠，也帶動戰後臺灣畫壇的抽象風潮及水墨的創新。
郭教授畢生熱愛藝術，致力於西畫創作。他不拘泥於單一的繪畫風格，因此從具象到抽象的藝術風格都是他擅長的表現形式。他受過嚴謹的油畫技法訓練，在寫實畫作中，其短促有力的筆觸讓色彩堆疊交織成斑斕細緻的畫面，畫風主要涵蓋西方印象派以降（含新印象、後印象、野獸派…等）的現代藝術特色。對於人物的描繪則以靈活流暢的線條與筆觸刻畫出人物的個性、姿態與神情。而抽象畫作常以隨機滴流的自動性技法以及色相、明度與彩度的適當掌握，營造出畫面的空間及律動感，反映其敏銳而豐富的內心世界。其繪畫理念，如同他曾自言：「沒有固定風格的畫風是我的個性，也就是我的畫風。」
Professor Kuo, Tong Jong was born in Chiayi in 1927. He graduated from Chiayi Agriculture and Forestry Public School in 1945. After World War II, he was admitted to the Art Department of Taiwan Normal College in 1950. After completing his studies in Taiwan, he went to Japan to study in 1962, first at Musashino Art University, and received master's degrees from Waseda University and Tokyo University of the Arts. Professor Kuo once served as a distinguished chair professor in the Department of Visual Arts (including master’s program) of National Chiayi University, and was awarded the Outstanding Alumni of National Chiayi University. In 1957, he co-founded the Fifth Moon Art Group with Liu, Kuo Sung (1932-), Li, Fang chih (1933-) and other classmates. This painting group had a profound influence on Taiwan's modern painting movement, and also led to the abstract trend and ink painting trend in post-war Taiwanese painting innovation.
Professor Kuo had enthusiasm for art through his life and devoted himself to the creation of Western paintings. He did not stick to a single painting style, so artistic styles from concrete to abstract were all forms of expression he was good at. He had received rigorous training in oil painting techniques. In his realistic paintings, his short and powerful brushstrokes allowed colors to overlap and interweave into colorful and detailed pictures. His painting style mainly covered modern times from Impressionism to (including Neo-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, etc.) artistic features. The depiction of characters used flexible and smooth lines and brushstrokes to depict the character's personality, posture and expression. Abstract paintings often used the automatism of random dripping and the appropriate control of hue, brightness and chroma to create a sense of space and rhythm in the picture, reflecting his keen and rich inner world. His painting philosophy was as he once said: "The painting style without a fixed style is my personality, that is, my painting style."