Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition
1 year, 11 months ago

Ink masters who gave depth and scope to an art tradition

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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 of the Art Museum of the China Academy of Art, says the exhibition of Huang's work not only shows drawings that he made primarily between 1925 and 1948, in which he emulated works of important Song painters, but also displays landscape paintings based on his extensive journeys to present his own development. Yu says both Huang and Pan carried on the spirituality and naturalism of Song art and Chinese cultural tradition, and with an open heart and mind, they ushered Chinese painting to embrace modernism, initiating the future of the style, and they themselves became cultural peaks of their time.

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Into Chinese Art: Where the heart belongs
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Into Chinese Art: Where the heart belongs

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Chinese landscape painting has been passed down for thousands of years, following its own unique artistic principles. China Daily invites Russian contemporary artist Anna Kazmina to explore this tradition with Professor Chen Lei from the China Academy of Art, as they step into Hangzhou's Tiger Spring Park for a thought-provoking discussion on landscape sketching. As Chinese ink animation gains global …

Into Chinese Art: Ink, immensity and vistas unbound
2 weeks ago

Into Chinese Art: Ink, immensity and vistas unbound

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What happens when Western artistic perspectives encounter the timeless beauty of Chinese ink painting? Guided by Professor Han Lu, a Chinese painting expert, Anna embarks on a journey through the Pan Tianshou Art Museum, exploring the profound philosophy behind traditional Chinese painting. As Western realism meets Eastern artistic expression, Professor Han unravels the essence of Chinese artistic tradition, drawing insights …

Ink artist honors the great and the small
1 month ago

Ink artist honors the great and the small

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Bodhi Leaf, Xu Dongqing's exhibition at the art gallery of China National Academy of Painting, is a world of animation enriched by her travels and research into artistic traditions. From Marianne North, the British botanic artist who traveled the world painting plants in the 19th century, to Georgia O'Keeffe, the US artist known for her bold, modern depictions of flowers, …

Between mountains and waters, artists create a peaceful realm for hearts and minds
1 month ago

Between mountains and waters, artists create a peaceful realm for hearts and minds

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Zhi Shui Ren Shan, an exhibition at the Long Museum's West Bund venue, is a display of dozens of landscape paintings by modern artists. In one of the chapters of The Analects, a compilation of the ideas of Confucius, the master writes, "The wise man finds pleasure in waters, the virtuous man finds pleasure in hills". The making of landscape …

Between mountains and waters, artists create a peaceful realm for hearts and minds
1 month ago

Between mountains and waters, artists create a peaceful realm for hearts and minds

China Daily  

Zhi Shui Ren Shan, an exhibition at the Long Museum's West Bund venue, is a display of dozens of landscape paintings by modern artists. In one of the chapters of The Analects, a compilation of the ideas of Confucius, the master writes, "The wise man finds pleasure in waters, the virtuous man finds pleasure in hills". The making of landscape …

Exhibition honors one of China's key 20th-century talents
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Exhibition honors one of China's key 20th-century talents

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"He supported the founding of the Pudong Middle School, the Shanghai East Hospital and collaborated with Qian Hui'an to establish the Yuyuan Calligraphy and Painting Charity Society. These three institutions are still thriving," says Wu Yue, a great-grandson of Wu Changshuo who serves as executive director of the Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall in Shanghai. Wang Yichuan, executive director of the …

Exhibition honors one of China's key 20th-century talents
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Exhibition honors one of China's key 20th-century talents

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The exhibition to commemorate the 180th birth anniversary of artist Wu Changshuo is being held at the China Art Museum, Shanghai, from Dec 31 to March 31. An exhibition opened at the China Art Museum, Shanghai on New Year's Eve to commemorate the 180th anniversary of Wu Changshuo's birth. Wang Qisen, artistic director of the exhibition, chose to focus the …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

What's on

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Confronting adversity The exhibition, Enjoyable Journey After Passing Great Hurdles in Life, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, summarizes the attitude of the late ink artist Song Wenzhi. The exhibition at Shenzhen Art Museum's new venue until April 6 focuses on his paintings of rivers and streams through the high mountains that embody an optimistic tendency toward hardships. Song is recognized as …

What's on
3 months, 2 weeks ago

What's on

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Authentic beauty Beijing Fine Art Academy has in its collection several works that are considered iconic in the depiction of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, such as A Harvest of Delight in which late painter Huang Zhou drew a vivid harvest scene of singing and dancing. In September, resident painters of Beijing Fine Art Academy traveled to Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, for …

What's on
3 months, 2 weeks ago

What's on

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Authentic beauty Beijing Fine Art Academy has in its collection several works that are considered iconic in the depiction of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, such as A Harvest of Delight in which late painter Huang Zhou drew a vivid harvest scene of singing and dancing. In September, resident painters of Beijing Fine Art Academy traveled to Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang, for …

Memories of a master
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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Memories of a master

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Exhibition sheds light on late artist paying tribute to the man who guided him on the odyssey, Lin Qi reports. Lin had been Wu's headmaster at the Hangzhou National College of Art, today's China Academy of Art, in Zhejiang province. Xu Hong, a co-curator of the exhibition, says whether it is Chinese ink paintings or oils, Lin's work reveals the …

Memories of a master
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Memories of a master

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Visitors to The Road to China Modern Art, an exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing running until Jan 3. CHINA DAILY In an article written to commemorate the death of Lin Fengmian, painter Wu Guanzhong recounted the events of a trip to Hong Kong in 1989, when he attempted to call the former teacher. Lin had been Wu's …

Memories of a master
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Memories of a master

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Pipa and Fair Lady, also by Lin. Currently part of the collection of Shanghai's China Art Museum, the painting depicts jiashan, or a faux mountain, an important part of classical Chinese gardens that are piled with hollow rocks of varying sizes, shapes and textures. In a departure from the traditional way of depicting gardens, Wu used ink lines and colored …

Memories of a master
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Memories of a master

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Visitors to The Road to China Modern Art, an exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing running until Jan 3. CHINA DAILY In an article written to commemorate the death of Lin Fengmian, painter Wu Guanzhong recounted the events of a trip to Hong Kong in 1989, when he attempted to call the former teacher. Lin had been Wu's …

Memories of a master
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Memories of a master

China Daily  

Visitors to The Road to China Modern Art, an exhibition at Tsinghua University Art Museum in Beijing running until Jan 3. CHINA DAILY In an article written to commemorate the death of Lin Fengmian, painter Wu Guanzhong recounted the events of a trip to Hong Kong in 1989, when he attempted to call the former teacher. Lin had been Wu's …

Ink artist brings his land to life in landscape works
4 months ago

Ink artist brings his land to life in landscape works

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Xue Liang's landscape paintings are on display at the National Art Museum of China. The energy delivered by Xue's strokes reminds one of Fu Baoshi, a great landscape artist of the 20th century who more than six decades ago led a team of Jiangsu painters to travel across the country, depicting "new scenery" after the founding of the People's Republic …

Exhibition steps back into Song style
4 months ago

Exhibition steps back into Song style

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In a Straw Cloak Spend My Life in Mist and Rain — Su Shi, a digital art exhibition, opened on Tuesday at the World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument in Beijing. The exhibition centers on Su Shi, a towering cultural figure from the Song Dynasty and the exhibition space draws inspiration from the aesthetics of that era, incorporating …

What's on
4 months, 1 week ago

What's on

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Dramatic era After seeing the photographic images his German contemporary Heinrich Heidersberger created with experimental techniques, French artist Jean Cocteau wrote a letter to him in 1962 in which he said, "Let us admire, even if we don't understand". These words summarize the collective feelings of the audience at Creative Machine, a newly opened exhibition at the Taikang Art Museum …

What's on
4 months, 1 week ago

What's on

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Dramatic era After seeing the photographic images his German contemporary Heinrich Heidersberger created with experimental techniques, French artist Jean Cocteau wrote a letter to him in 1962 in which he said, "Let us admire, even if we don't understand". These words summarize the collective feelings of the audience at Creative Machine, a newly opened exhibition at the Taikang Art Museum …

What's on
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What's on

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Legacy of the south South China's Guangdong province has been a gateway for exchanges between the country and the rest of the world since ancient times. Its thriving art scene exhibits the integration of various regional cultures across the country and the introduction of Western art. A selection of collections from the Guangzhou Museum of Art now on show at …

What's on
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What's on

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Legacy of the south South China's Guangdong province has been a gateway for exchanges between the country and the rest of the world since ancient times. Its thriving art scene exhibits the integration of various regional cultures across the country and the introduction of Western art. A selection of collections from the Guangzhou Museum of Art now on show at …

East China and Taiwan Artists Showcase Diverse Artistic Expressions in Taipei Exhibition
5 months, 1 week ago

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

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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
5 months, 1 week 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.

Themed exhibitions on Buddha trail open in Zhejiang
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Themed exhibitions on Buddha trail open in Zhejiang

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Three themed exhibitions are opened on Tuesday at Mount Xuedou, in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, to trace the spread of Buddhism in the country and the manifestation of its ideas and values in various kinds of art and crafts. There are also photos of temples and monasteries around the world, as well as paintings and works of Chinese calligraphy …

A Journey Through the Mogao Caves: Exploring the Vision of a Master Painter
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A Journey Through the Mogao Caves: Exploring the Vision of a Master Painter

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An exhibition showcasing the works of artist Chang Shuhong, who played a significant role in preserving and promoting the Mogao Caves, is currently on display at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou. Visitors can explore the artist's journey through the caves, with his paintings reflecting the beauty and cultural significance of the place.

Art crosses boundaries to exciting era
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Art crosses boundaries to exciting era

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Award-winning works and entries at the 14th National Exhibition of Fine Arts are on show at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing. ZHENG BINBIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Exhibition gives panoramic view of intricate skill and design in China, offering vivid portrayal of ordinary people, Lin Qi reports. The elliptical Hall No 1 on the ground floor of the National …

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition
6 months 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 …

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition
6 months ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

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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. …

Zhejiang painters revive legacy of elegance
6 months, 1 week ago

Zhejiang painters revive legacy of elegance

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Lacquer art of Yi Ethnic Group, by Gu Shengyue. "Imperial academy" painters serving the court of Southern Song period developed a style in which the fine brushwork, neat composition and vibrant colors jointly accentuate a majestic and serene mood that not only pleased the rulers but has also been followed by artists of future generations. Today in Hangzhou, the provincial …

What's on
6 months, 2 weeks ago

What's on

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Poetic painting A poetic sense with philosophical overtones has long been pursued by Chinese landscape painters. When layering strokes either boldly or subtly, artists tried to build a spiritual link with the universe and to give the viewers a sense of time and space, while leaving room for imagination and meditation. Poetry in Chinese Mountains and Waters Paintings is a …

Artists create strokes of genius
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Artists create strokes of genius

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CBD, a work by Bai Yuping, is part of the ongoing exhibition Picturesque Land at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Several decades ago, Gu Yizhou and five artists from the Beijing Fine Art Academy who specialized in traditional Chinese ink painting conducted staged city walks from east to west across Beijing. It replicates the blooming spring, documenting the …

Artists create strokes of genius
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Artists create strokes of genius

China Daily  

CBD, a work by Bai Yuping, is part of the ongoing exhibition Picturesque Land at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Several decades ago, Gu Yizhou and five artists from the Beijing Fine Art Academy who specialized in traditional Chinese ink painting conducted staged city walks from east to west across Beijing. It replicates the blooming spring, documenting the …

Artists create strokes of genius
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Artists create strokes of genius

China Daily  

CBD, a work by Bai Yuping, is part of the ongoing exhibition Picturesque Land at the National Centre for the Performing Arts. Several decades ago, Gu Yizhou and five artists from the Beijing Fine Art Academy who specialized in traditional Chinese ink painting conducted staged city walks from east to west across Beijing. It replicates the blooming spring, documenting the …

Painting with the colors of nature
7 months ago

Painting with the colors of nature

China Daily  

Yuan Xiaolou's exhibition at the National Museum of China demonstrates his exploration of mineral pigments to convey the cultural spirit of the country. People have used mineral pigments, the colors of nature, for tens of thousands of years to capture scenes of their lives and cultures, as rock paintings and murals vividly attest. He seeks not only to interpret his …

Painting with the colors of nature
7 months ago

Painting with the colors of nature

China Daily  

Yuan Xiaolou's exhibition at the National Museum of China demonstrates his exploration of mineral pigments to convey the cultural spirit of the country. People have used mineral pigments, the colors of nature, for tens of thousands of years to capture scenes of their lives and cultures, as rock paintings and murals vividly attest. He seeks not only to interpret his …

Painting with the colors of nature
7 months ago

Painting with the colors of nature

China Daily  

Yuan Xiaolou's exhibition at the National Museum of China demonstrates his exploration of mineral pigments to convey the cultural spirit of the country. People have used mineral pigments, the colors of nature, for tens of thousands of years to capture scenes of their lives and cultures, as rock paintings and murals vividly attest. He seeks not only to interpret his …

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York

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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 …

What's on
7 months, 2 weeks ago

What's on

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Spirit of creativity The Spirit of Zhong, an exhibition now on in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, gathers workmanship and design by dozens of artists, designers and inheritors of traditional handicrafts. The CAFA art museum is now showing a selection from this assembly of works, including oil works, Chinese ink paintings, prints and sculptures, to offer a glimpse of the evolution of …

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York
7 months, 2 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 …

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist
8 months, 1 week ago

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist

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Visitors at the exhibition, Elegance, Refinement, Style: Paintings of Hua Yan, in Guangdong Museum. ZHENG ERQI/CHINA DAILY An exhibition featuring Qing Dynasty artist Hua Yan, which opened at Guangdong Museum on July 10 in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, allows audiences to sense and appreciate the essence and beauty of landscape paintings from the dynasty. Hua was known for his …

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist
8 months, 1 week ago

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist

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Visitors at the exhibition, Elegance, Refinement, Style: Paintings of Hua Yan, in Guangdong Museum. ZHENG ERQI/CHINA DAILY An exhibition featuring Qing Dynasty artist Hua Yan, which opened at Guangdong Museum on July 10 in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, allows audiences to sense and appreciate the essence and beauty of landscape paintings from the dynasty. Hua was known for his …

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist
8 months, 1 week ago

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist

China Daily  

Visitors at the exhibition, Elegance, Refinement, Style: Paintings of Hua Yan, in Guangdong Museum. A video was also recorded to enhance knowledge and awareness of the exhibition, analyzing traditional Chinese painting techniques and restoring the creation process of some of his paintings to the public. During the exhibition, Guangdong Museum has organized a series of expert lectures, on-site guided tours …

Citywide celebration of culture
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Citywide celebration of culture

China Daily  

The exhibition by the China Academy of Art displays works by nearly 3,000 young artists who graduated this year from the academy, in eight venues across Hangzhou. At the beginning of 2020, he and his wife co-founded a company, Shanshui Projects, to promote contemporary Chinese painting in magazines, exhibitions, lectures and workshops. His Chinese painting through which visitors were able …

Citywide celebration of culture
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Citywide celebration of culture

China Daily  

The exhibition by the China Academy of Art displays works by nearly 3,000 young artists who graduated this year from the academy, in eight venues across Hangzhou. At the beginning of 2020, he and his wife co-founded a company, Shanshui Projects, to promote contemporary Chinese painting in magazines, exhibitions, lectures and workshops. His Chinese painting through which visitors were able …

Creating of an eternal audience
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Creating of an eternal audience

China Daily  

Huang drew a remake of his own design of the Golden Monkey stamp, issued in 1980, which attracts admirers to the National Art Museum of China exhibition For So Long, and Colorful in Beijing. In an article he wrote in 1979, Landscapes Under the Sun, the prolific artist Huang Yongyu recounted anecdotes about his uncle-once-removed, Shen Congwen, a writer and …

Exhibition highlights new generation of artists
9 months ago

Exhibition highlights new generation of artists

China Daily  

Artist Nhozagri's works aim to create a cosmological self-consistent life system.CHINA DAILY Alongside this piece, 69 other works are on display, all created by Chinese artists under 35. The exhibition Era of Encore opened in June at the Beijing Times Art Museum, featuring diverse works by 32 artists born in the late 1980s and 1990s, offering their unique perspectives on …

What's on
9 months ago

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Real or illusion Among the portraits of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, there is one titled Is It One or Two, which shows the ruler dressed in a scholar's suit, seated in a study room decorated with objects of culture and arts. This unique composition of a portrait inside a portrait has aroused discussions among modern scholars and historians, …

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity
9 months, 1 week 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
9 months, 1 week 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
9 months, 1 week 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 …

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