In 1925, Taichung-born Wang Shui He was said to be the " painting prodigy" at a young age, show extraordinary talents in the field of art.
In 1932, just like other kids at the same age, Wang entered the a public elementary school and got a great place in the fine art competition of four counties. Later he joined more and more exhibitions and often got the glory of first place, which gave great encouragement to Wang.
Having great score record at school, Wang said”My own record only had As and Ds. Except drawing, writing and P.E., I am not good at anything else. But because of the outstanding performance on art, many of the hanging charts(materials for teachers to use) were made by me. ”
One of the most meaningful, inspiring sticking points for Wang to engage art was the work of ‘Cho’ won the second place in Japan in the age 11. He got 200 dollars for the winning. Compared to the monthly salary 35 to the bank teller, 200 dollars is a huge deal. Besides the first place was often awarded to the local student of Japan, the work unsurprisingly became the spotlight of medias.
1938, he couldn’t go to school because of the environment of family. He transferred to painting shop as an apprentice. The deprived of education didn’t brought him to the bottom rock, but made Wang more concentrate on polishing his skills of art. He started a billboard shop called "Cherry" in only the age 16. Not with the service delivering the billboard himself but wrapping it up.