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China DailyInk exploration Pathway to Art, an exhibition of classical paintings and oil works, shows artists who have, since the 1980s, striven to uphold ink traditions or explore Chinese approaches to oil painting. The exhibition, until July 18, at the Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, features prominent painters, including Jin Shangyi and Yang Feiyun, who are known for bringing the art form, which was introduced to the country more than a century ago by European missionaries, into a Chinese context. Natural talent The mountain-and-water genre of classical Chinese paintings was a major style adopted by ancient artists to celebrate the magnificence of natural landscapes. Besides the ink paintings, the exhibition also shows other types of artifacts themed on landscapes, such as ceramics and carved lacquer objects.