Born in Anhui province, China and coming from a long family origin, he has been exposed to traditional poetry paintings early. In 1949, Jiang came to Taiwan to follow his studies of poetry with Pu Ru and also becoming the curator for the Taipei National Palace Museum.

His pen stroke presents a sense of confidence and at ease, water ink vividly painted on and each layer rich to present a clean elegance of self original style.

Jiang Zhao-Shen is adept in book painting seals, artistic style appreciations and the history of art. Due to his painting name he inherits a tradition and contributes a new achievement to Chinese water ink painting. He is also appraised by both Taiwan and China as a model for artists and has been dubbed ...