Traditional Chinese paintings, with a modern twist
5 years, 8 months ago

Traditional Chinese paintings, with a modern twist

China Daily  

One of a series of paintings on the topic of Zen by Ahai on show at Anyi Gallery in Shanghai through May 29. At first glance, the works of art by Kong Jinghai, who is more popularly known as Ahai, come across as traditional Chinese paintings. Although his creations, 28 of which are now being showcased at the Anyi Gallery in downtown Shanghai from April 14 to May 29, often depict people in ancient Chinese settings, he has built a name of himself with his playful introductions of modern elements such as a fedora or high-heeled shoes. Chen Manfu, the curator of Ahai's exhibition at the Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle in the Czech Republic in 2018, describes the artist as one who is unafraid to break the rules to bring ink art into the contemporary context and create a poetic representation of his spiritual world. According to Ahai, the paper and pigments of traditional Chinese ink paintings possess a certain look that is a result of aging through the centuries.

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Fascinating insight into ancient Chinese Huaniao ink paintings at Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi
23 hours, 49 minutes ago

Fascinating insight into ancient Chinese Huaniao ink paintings at Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi

The Hindu  

Four years ago when Harsha Dass, a senior executive with the Indian Railways had to shift to Taiwan with her diplomat husband, she routed her understanding of the local culture through art classes. Her strikingly different work highlighting the separate sub-genre of Chinese ink paintings on rice paper reveals a painterly brilliance of an eager student who practiced hard to …

East China and Taiwan Artists Showcase Diverse Artistic Expressions in Taipei Exhibition
2 months, 2 weeks ago

East China and Taiwan Artists Showcase Diverse Artistic Expressions in Taipei Exhibition

China Daily  

A total of 81 paintings and works of calligraphy by 47 artists from East China's Fujian province and Taiwan are on display in Taipei. The exhibition features a diverse range of Chinese artistic expressions, including traditional ink painting, color painting, calligraphy, seal carving and artistic stone collection, showcasing the rich and varied heritage of Chinese art.

East China and Taiwan Artists Showcase Diverse Artistic Heritage in Taipei Exhibition
2 months, 2 weeks ago

East China and Taiwan Artists Showcase Diverse Artistic Heritage in Taipei Exhibition

China Daily  

A total of 81 paintings and works of calligraphy by 47 artists from East China's Fujian province and Taiwan are on display in Taipei. The exhibition features a diverse range of Chinese artistic expressions, including traditional ink painting, color painting, calligraphy, seal carving and artistic stone collection, showcasing the rich and varied heritage of Chinese art.

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition
3 months, 1 week ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

China Daily  

2024 No.3, by Shen Xiaotong "Shen Xiaotong's artistic career has traversed the 40-year evolution of China's contemporary art scene," said Xing Yu, curator of the artist's Beijing solo. Quoting the Freudian theory of psychoanalysis, Xing highlighted that the artist's latest creation had departed from his early conceptual paintings rooted in the id, to the literati-style painting driven by the super-ego. …

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition
3 months, 1 week ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

China Daily  

2024 No.4, by Shen Xiaotong The paintings of Chinese artist Shen Xiaotong, who is holding a solo exhibition at Beijing's Sukie Gallery, usually give viewers two opposing impressions. At first glance, one is taken aback by the striking, unrelenting red, green, or blue hues dominating his canvases, especially his large-scale works. Upon closer examination, the intensity of his work abates …

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York

China Daily  

Liu Jingtao, a Chinese artist from Central China's Hubei province, introduces one of his works at an exhibition in New York City, the United States, on Aug 15, 2024. Chinese artist Liu Jingtao on Thursday kicked off his solo exhibition of 17 artworks on Chinese landscapes, Tibetan buddhist art, and fine-brush flower-and-bird paintings in New York City. Liu, an artist …

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York

China Daily  

Liu Jingtao, a Chinese artist from Central China's Hubei province, introduces one of his works at an exhibition in New York City, the United States, on Aug 15, 2024. Chinese artist Liu Jingtao on Thursday kicked off his solo exhibition of 17 artworks on Chinese landscapes, Tibetan buddhist art, and fine-brush flower-and-bird paintings in New York City. Liu, an artist …

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity

China Daily  

Ink painter Lyu Cuixia's new landscape paintings show her recent progress in the genre of ink tradition. When Lyu Cuixia joined veteran artist Lu Yushun's studio at the China National Academy of Painting years ago, she was already a skilled landscape painter adept at capturing natural marvels and personal sentiments, as noted by Lu. At Lyu's current exhibition at the …

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity

China Daily  

Ink painter Lyu Cuixia's new landscape paintings show her recent progress in the genre of ink tradition. When Lyu Cuixia joined veteran artist Lu Yushun's studio at the China National Academy of Painting years ago, she was already a skilled landscape painter adept at capturing natural marvels and personal sentiments, as noted by Lu. At Lyu's current exhibition at the …

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity

China Daily  

Ink painter Lyu Cuixia's new landscape paintings show her recent progress in the genre of ink tradition. When Lyu Cuixia joined veteran artist Lu Yushun's studio at the China National Academy of Painting years ago, she was already a skilled landscape painter adept at capturing natural marvels and personal sentiments, as noted by Lu. At Lyu's current exhibition at the …

Ink artist draws on imagination
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ink artist draws on imagination

China Daily  

Measuring 6 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, An Operatic Mood by Han Shuo, depicts a daily scene at a Peking Opera garden with more than 30 performers in exquisite costumes, singing, reciting, acting and practicing. Ink artist Han Shuo says painting demands the ability to coordinate smartly. More than 100 ink figure paintings from Han's industrious output since the …

Ink artist draws on imagination
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ink artist draws on imagination

China Daily  

Measuring 6 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, An Operatic Mood by Han Shuo, depicts a daily scene at a Peking Opera garden with more than 30 performers in exquisite costumes, singing, reciting, acting and practicing. Ink artist Han Shuo says painting demands the ability to coordinate smartly. More than 100 ink figure paintings from Han's industrious output since the …

Framing a portrait of innovation
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Framing a portrait of innovation

China Daily  

Lyricist-poet Wu Yunzhao depicted by renowned Ming-dynasty portraitist Zeng Jing, with the landscape painted by Hu Zongxin. "A camera of the Ming " is how Yang Danxia, an expert on ancient Chinese painting from the prestigious Palace Museum in Beijing, describes Zeng Jing, a leading portraitist active in the late 16th century to mid-17th century China. "Zeng brought something new …

Framing a portrait of innovation
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Framing a portrait of innovation

China Daily  

Lyricist-poet Wu Yunzhao depicted by renowned Ming-dynasty portraitist Zeng Jing, with the landscape painted by Hu Zongxin. "A camera of the Ming " is how Yang Danxia, an expert on ancient Chinese painting from the prestigious Palace Museum in Beijing, describes Zeng Jing, a leading portraitist active in the late 16th century to mid-17th century China. "Zeng brought something new …

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown

China Daily  

Landscape artist Yang Liuyi has donated his work to a newly opened culture park in his home village in Henan province. In a heartwarming gesture, acclaimed ink painter Yang Liuyi unveiled a cultural park in Daxing village, Suiping county, Zhumadian of Henan province, as a token of gratitude to his roots. The park, adorned with galleries, libraries, and various public …

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown

China Daily  

Landscape artist Yang Liuyi has donated his work to a newly opened culture park in his home village in Henan province. In a heartwarming gesture, acclaimed ink painter Yang Liuyi unveiled a cultural park in Daxing village, Suiping county, Zhumadian of Henan province, as a token of gratitude to his roots. The park, adorned with galleries, libraries, and various public …

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown

China Daily  

Landscape artist Yang Liuyi has donated his work to a newly opened culture park in his home village in Henan province. In a heartwarming gesture, acclaimed ink painter Yang Liuyi unveiled a cultural park in Daxing village, Suiping county, Zhumadian of Henan province, as a token of gratitude to his roots. The park, adorned with galleries, libraries, and various public …

China's ancient artworks in the international frame
8 months, 2 weeks ago

China's ancient artworks in the international frame

China Daily  

China Daily's digital employee Yuanxi travels into the digital version of the book project A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings. All the works are from or are inspired by A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings, a large book project that has systematically compiled images of paintings, some of which date back 2,000 years. One is an archive displaying …

China's ancient artworks in the international frame
8 months, 2 weeks ago

China's ancient artworks in the international frame

China Daily  

China Daily's digital employee Yuanxi travels into the digital version of the book project A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings. All the works are from or are inspired by A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese Paintings, a large book project that has systematically compiled images of paintings, some of which date back 2,000 years. One is an archive displaying …

Artworks explore modern interpretations of landscape
9 months ago

Artworks explore modern interpretations of landscape

China Daily  

A visitor in front of a painting by Yu Youhan. A new exhibition at the Jiushi Art Museum in Shanghai explores modern interpretations of the landscape, a most important subject in Chinese art for centuries. Held from April 3 to June 2, Mountain Water Wandering features 37 groups of artworks by 12 contemporary Chinese artists, such as Cao Xiaoyang, Jin …

An artist of the people
9 months, 2 weeks ago

An artist of the people

China Daily  

Jiang Zhaohe's paintings mostly feature ordinary people. And they show Jiang's longtime investments in profiling figures, by combining the outlining techniques of Chinese ink art and the three-dimensional effect of Western art, which can be traced back to his years of exploration in Shanghai in the 1930s. Back then, his gift and diligence already impressed artists of eminence such as …

An artist of the people
9 months, 2 weeks ago

An artist of the people

China Daily  

Jiang Zhaohe's paintings mostly feature ordinary people. And they show Jiang's longtime investments in profiling figures, by combining the outlining techniques of Chinese ink art and the three-dimensional effect of Western art, which can be traced back to his years of exploration in Shanghai in the 1930s. Back then, his gift and diligence already impressed artists of eminence such as …

Shanghai exhibition paints picture of change
11 months, 1 week ago

Shanghai exhibition paints picture of change

China Daily  

The Dance by Lin Fengmian is on display. "Between the 1950s and '70s, he tried to incorporate Chinese aesthetics in oil painting, creating many rural life scenes," Xiang says. "This laid a solid foundation for the arrival of his mature phase, when he developed an ingenious approach to lines, planes, and dots in landscape paintings, achieving a synthesis of Western …

Shanghai exhibition paints picture of change
11 months, 1 week ago

Shanghai exhibition paints picture of change

China Daily  

Visitors at the exhibition featuring art masters Wu Guanzhong and Lin Fengmian. "This opened new pathways for the development of Chinese painting, allowing for the emergence of a diverse modern ink art ecosystem," Xiang says. "They unveiled new possibilities in Chinese ink art and oil painting for the whole world." Entering the exhibition hall, visitors will find themselves standing in …

Brush up on the past
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Brush up on the past

China Daily  

A painting from Huang Binhong's Flowers Album, on display at the show Immortal Legacy in Beijing. Nearly seven decades after his death, Huang Binhong's art remains visually unappealing and just as difficult to comprehend as ever for many members of the public. Now hailed as one of the greatest ink artists of 20th-century China, Huang created a distinctive vocabulary of …

What's on
1 year, 2 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

Colorful vision In Chinese, the term jingse is composed of two characters, jing, meaning landscape, and se, meaning color, which stresses the importance of color arrangements in natural scenery. Jing Se, an exhibition currently on display at the Suzhou Art Museum in Jiangsu province, centers on the modern development of qinglyu landscape paintings. Surreal approach Huang Yuxing has earned fame …

What's on
1 year, 2 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

Colorful vision In Chinese, the term jingse is composed of two characters, jing, meaning landscape, and se, meaning color, which stresses the importance of color arrangements in natural scenery. Jing Se, an exhibition currently on display at the Suzhou Art Museum in Jiangsu province, centers on the modern development of qinglyu landscape paintings. Surreal approach Huang Yuxing has earned fame …

Chinese painter forges inimitable style after decades abroad
1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese painter forges inimitable style after decades abroad

China Daily  

Chinese painter Wang Xiaoyan and her artwork. Born in the famous historical city of Xi'an in Shaanxi, Chinese ink and wash painter Wang Xiaoyan studied and lived in Japan for over two decades, where she earned a diploma from the Tokyo University of the Arts. Encouraged by her father, Wang not only studied the ink-wash techniques of Chinese painting but …

Chinese painter forges inimitable style after decades abroad
1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese painter forges inimitable style after decades abroad

China Daily  

Chinese painter Wang Xiaoyan and her artwork. Born in the famous historical city of Xi'an in Shaanxi, Chinese ink and wash painter Wang Xiaoyan studied and lived in Japan for over two decades, where she earned a diploma from the Tokyo University of the Arts. Encouraged by her father, Wang not only studied the ink-wash techniques of Chinese painting but …

New exhibition navigates four centuries of Western art
1 year, 8 months ago

New exhibition navigates four centuries of Western art

China Daily  

Bonaparte Crossing the Great St. Bernard, a work attributed to the studio of French artist Jacques-Louis David, is among the pieces to be exhibited in Shanghai. Unlike the exhibition at the Tsinghua University Art Museum five years ago, which gave a general review of Western art, works shown this time are arranged progressively, showing the changing roles of figure painting …

Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition
1 year, 8 months ago

Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition

China Daily  

Landscape paintings by Pan Tianshou and Huang Binhong are on display at the Art Museum of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The two are often viewed as the modern-day equivalent of the Ma-Xia school, named after prominent Song artists Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, whose innovation also added new levels to Chinese painting. Yu Xuhong, director …

Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition
1 year, 8 months ago

Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition

China Daily  

Landscape paintings by Pan Tianshou and Huang Binhong are on display at the Art Museum of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The two are often viewed as the modern-day equivalent of the Ma-Xia school, named after prominent Song artists Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, whose innovation also added new levels to Chinese painting. Yu Xuhong, director …

Modern masters
2 years, 2 months ago

Modern masters

China Daily  

A portrait of Hongfu, a legendary woman in Tang Dynasty folklore. While they took different paths in their careers, Qi and Zhang both represent the exploration of Chinese art development in the modern age, reflecting "how an ancient civilization could creatively refresh its tradition to adapt to the new times", Xie says. The current exhibition will help today's audiences to …

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change
2 years, 2 months ago

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change

China Daily  

Fan Yang in his younger days. Over the past decades, he has used the traditional forms of Chinese painting to portray major historical events in the country, using his brush to record the sweeping changes. He credits the guidance and support of his uncle Fan Zeng, a contemporary master of traditional Chinese painting, for his decision to embark on the …

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change
2 years, 2 months ago

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change

China Daily  

Fan Yang in his younger days. Over the past decades, he has used the traditional forms of Chinese painting to portray major historical events in the country, using his brush to record the sweeping changes. He credits the guidance and support of his uncle Fan Zeng, a contemporary master of traditional Chinese painting, for his decision to embark on the …

Modern masters
2 years, 2 months ago

Modern masters

China Daily  

A portrait of Hongfu, a legendary woman in Tang Dynasty folklore. While they took different paths in their careers, Qi and Zhang both represent the exploration of Chinese art development in the modern age, reflecting "how an ancient civilization could creatively refresh its tradition to adapt to the new times", Xie says. The current exhibition will help today's audiences to …

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change
2 years, 2 months ago

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change

China Daily  

Fan Yang in his younger days. Over the past decades, he has used the traditional forms of Chinese painting to portray major historical events in the country, using his brush to record the sweeping changes. He credits the guidance and support of his uncle Fan Zeng, a contemporary master of traditional Chinese painting, for his decision to embark on the …

Modern masters
2 years, 2 months ago

Modern masters

China Daily  

A portrait of Hongfu, a legendary woman in Tang Dynasty folklore. While they took different paths in their careers, Qi and Zhang both represent the exploration of Chinese art development in the modern age, reflecting "how an ancient civilization could creatively refresh its tradition to adapt to the new times", Xie says. The current exhibition will help today's audiences to …

Painter's exhibition pursues cultural infusion and an ode to life
2 years, 3 months ago

Painter's exhibition pursues cultural infusion and an ode to life

China Daily  

Mo Xiaosong has been endeavoring in the flower-and-bird style of classic Chinese painting. Ink artist Mo Xiaosong's one-man show, Tracing and Pondering, at the Beijing Olympic Forest Park surveys two directions of painting he has explored for a dozen years. One way he has been endeavoring with is the flower-and-bird style of classic Chinese painting, using the meticulous, refine gongbi …

Painter's exhibition pursues cultural infusion and an ode to life
2 years, 3 months ago

Painter's exhibition pursues cultural infusion and an ode to life

China Daily  

Mo Xiaosong has been endeavoring in the flower-and-bird style of classic Chinese painting. Ink artist Mo Xiaosong's one-man show, Tracing and Pondering, at the Beijing Olympic Forest Park surveys two directions of painting he has explored for a dozen years. One way he has been endeavoring with is the flower-and-bird style of classic Chinese painting, using the meticulous, refine gongbi …

An artist of the people
2 years, 3 months ago

An artist of the people

China Daily  

Ye Qianyu's sketches shown at an ongoing exhibition at the China National Academy of Painting include examples of work the artist created for Mao Dun's novel Ziye and drafts for his seminal piece The Liberation of Beiping. Of his oeuvre, comprising ink paintings, drawings and cartoons, Ye is best known for his depictions of dancers－ballet dancers, folk dancers and dancers …

An artist of the people
2 years, 3 months ago

An artist of the people

China Daily  

Ye Qianyu's sketches shown at an ongoing exhibition at the China National Academy of Painting include examples of work the artist created for Mao Dun's novel Ziye and drafts for his seminal piece The Liberation of Beiping. Of his oeuvre, comprising ink paintings, drawings and cartoons, Ye is best known for his depictions of dancers－ballet dancers, folk dancers and dancers …

An artist of the people
2 years, 3 months ago

An artist of the people

China Daily  

Ye Qianyu's sketches shown at an ongoing exhibition at the China National Academy of Painting include examples of work the artist created for Mao Dun's novel Ziye and drafts for his seminal piece The Liberation of Beiping. Ye's works were drawn from his personal experiences of living in Shanghai and socializing with people from different backgrounds. These drawings are on …

Facing up to the past
2 years, 4 months ago

Facing up to the past

China Daily  

A painting depicting Qing Dynasty emperor Kangxi in his study. Qi Baishi, one of the most well-known masters of classic Chinese art in the 20th century, gained popularity for his vivid depictions of comparatively smaller living beings such as shrimps, insects, fish and crabs. His works deliver an auspicious, playful atmosphere and express an optimistic, lighthearted attitude toward life. But …

Facing up to the past
2 years, 4 months ago

Facing up to the past

China Daily  

A painting depicting Qing Dynasty emperor Kangxi in his study. Qi Baishi, one of the most well-known masters of classic Chinese art in the 20th century, gained popularity for his vivid depictions of comparatively smaller living beings such as shrimps, insects, fish and crabs. His works deliver an auspicious, playful atmosphere and express an optimistic, lighthearted attitude toward life. But …

Facing up to the past
2 years, 4 months ago

Facing up to the past

China Daily  

A painting depicting Qing Dynasty emperor Kangxi in his study. Qi Baishi, one of the most well-known masters of classic Chinese art in the 20th century, gained popularity for his vivid depictions of comparatively smaller living beings such as shrimps, insects, fish and crabs. His works deliver an auspicious, playful atmosphere and express an optimistic, lighthearted attitude toward life. But …

Shenzhen museum spotlights xieyi-style oil paintings
2 years, 6 months ago

Shenzhen museum spotlights xieyi-style oil paintings

China Daily  

Ngari, by Fan Di'an. The Guan Shanyue Art Museum in Shenzhen of Guangdong province has held an exhibition of oil paintings done in the xieyi style every year since 2015, and taken it across the country. The effort has inspired oil artists to integrate the semi-abstract technique of xieyi, of classic Chinese painting, into the creation of oil paintings, seeking …

Vigor of daily life at heart of ink artist's creation
2 years, 7 months ago

Vigor of daily life at heart of ink artist's creation

China Daily  

Ren Jianguo's work Clear Wind is on display. Ren Jianguo rose to fame in the world of ink art in the 1980s with his figure paintings that depict the vitality of ordinary people's life, in the traditional gongbi style marked by meticulous brushwork. A graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, he produced several paintings that were shown at …

New book records evolution of art in China
2 years, 7 months ago

New book records evolution of art in China

China Daily  

History of Chinese Art: Elegant Inheritance of 24 Dynasties, a new book by Yang Qi, professor in art history from Tsinghua University, was released recently. Yang also tries to interpret the spiritual pursuits of Chinese people reflected in artworks throughout the 24 dynasties. Works presented in the book include rock paintings from the Old Stone Age, bronze ware from the …

New book records evolution of art in China
2 years, 7 months ago

New book records evolution of art in China

China Daily  

History of Chinese Art: Elegant Inheritance of 24 Dynasties, a new book by Yang Qi, professor in art history from Tsinghua University, was released recently. Yang also tries to interpret the spiritual pursuits of Chinese people reflected in artworks throughout the 24 dynasties. Works presented in the book include rock paintings from the Old Stone Age, bronze ware from the …

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