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

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change

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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 road of fine arts. Over the past century, it has cultivated many Chinese artists such as outstanding Chinese artist known for horse paintings, Xu Beihong, revolutionizing Chinese ink painting master, Fu Baoshi, pioneer of 20th-century Chinese oil painting Lyu Sibai and China's famous painter, fine art historian and educator Qin Xuanfu. After many years of creative experimentation, Fan gained a strong reputation among contemporary Chinese painting circles.

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Fanning a love of Chinese fans
1 month ago

Fanning a love of Chinese fans

China Daily  

Tuanshan are works of art that embrace tradition and innovation, Alexis Hooi and Zhang Li report in Guilin. It was approaching the height of summer and work at Huang Shuofu's factory was also heating up, with more than 20 employees rushing to fill orders for his local specialty product — Chinese tuanshan fans. "Many of our customers include parents buying …

Framing a portrait of innovation
6 months, 1 week 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, 1 week 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 …

Artist Zeng Fanzhi paints ‘great historical event’ in new artworks depicting ‘zero-Covid’
1 year ago

Artist Zeng Fanzhi paints ‘great historical event’ in new artworks depicting ‘zero-Covid’

Hindustan Times  

In one painting, a child sits, mouth wide open, as a worker in white medical garb extends a long cotton swab toward her tonsils. Artist Zeng Fanzhi paints ‘great historical event’ in new artworks depicting ‘zero-Covid’ These are some of the portraits that Zeng Fanzhi, 85, has painted to commemorate three years of China’s strict “zero-Covid” controls, which sparked nationwide …

Iconic artist's exhibition showcases his evolution
1 year, 1 month ago

Iconic artist's exhibition showcases his evolution

China Daily  

Portrait of Zeng Fanzhi, a photograph by Li Zhenhua. The exhibition at Shanghai's Museum of Art Pudong, Zeng Fanzhi: Old and New, is showcasing the important phases in the evolution of the artist, considered one of the most important oil painters in the country's contemporary art scene. Since graduating from the Hubei Fine Arts Academy in the 1980s, the 59-year-old …

Chinese painter forges inimitable style after decades abroad
1 year, 7 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, 7 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 …

The exhibition that changed a life
2 years, 2 months ago

The exhibition that changed a life

China Daily  

Fei Yongming, an inheritor of Yangzhou-style painting mounting and restoration techniques, works on a certificate of honor granted to the family of Gu Zhen, a martyr who sacrificed his life in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in Shanghai in 2021. What that notice said, as far as Fei recalls, was that a training course for picture mounting would …

The exhibition that changed a life
2 years, 2 months ago

The exhibition that changed a life

China Daily  

Fei Yongming, an inheritor of Yangzhou-style painting mounting and restoration techniques, works on a certificate of honor granted to the family of Gu Zhen, a martyr who sacrificed his life in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in Shanghai in 2021. What that notice said, as far as Fei recalls, was that a training course for picture mounting would …

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 …

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

Chinese artist uses modern painting to document change

China Daily  

"Supporting the Frontline," a representative work of Fan Yang. Since one of his masterpieces, "Supporting the Frontline," claimed the Bronze Award at the 6th National Art Exhibition in 1984, his passion as an artist has remained undimmed for decades as he keeps exploring new themes and ideas. Fan's works have long been praised as precious possessions, a tribute to his …

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 …

Attachment to Jiangnan at the heart of painter’s solo exhibition in Beijing
2 years, 8 months ago

Attachment to Jiangnan at the heart of painter’s solo exhibition in Beijing

China Daily  

Bridge, by Yang Mingyi. "Painting Jiangnan and painting it well is my lifetime commitment," says Yang Mingyi, an ink-color painter who hails from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, one of those sparkling towns in Jiangnan. Yang, now 79, has created a body of works praising Jiangnan's ever-changing beauty, poetic atmosphere and cultural depth which have cultivated generations of intellectuals, artists and luminaries …

Attachment to Jiangnan at the heart of painter’s solo exhibition in Beijing
2 years, 8 months ago

Attachment to Jiangnan at the heart of painter’s solo exhibition in Beijing

China Daily  

Bridge, by Yang Mingyi. "Painting Jiangnan and painting it well is my lifetime commitment," says Yang Mingyi, an ink-color painter who hails from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, one of those sparkling towns in Jiangnan. Yang, now 79, has created a body of works praising Jiangnan's ever-changing beauty, poetic atmosphere and cultural depth which have cultivated generations of intellectuals, artists and luminaries …

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago
3 years, 8 months ago

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago

China Daily  

Hidden Dragons Frolicking in Water.2017 Deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty art, Beijing-based ink artist Tai Xiangzhou has invested a lot of time in studying the philosophical meanings behind the mountain-and-water genre of classical Chinese paintings created by Song master painters, who were also learned in music, literature, geography and astronomy. He is fascinated by ancient Chinese's outlook on the …

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago
3 years, 8 months ago

Chinese artists presents ink landscapes of the cosmos in Chicago

China Daily  

Hidden Dragons Frolicking in Water.2017 Deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty art, Beijing-based ink artist Tai Xiangzhou has invested a lot of time in studying the philosophical meanings behind the mountain-and-water genre of classical Chinese paintings created by Song master painters, who were also learned in music, literature, geography and astronomy. He is fascinated by ancient Chinese's outlook on the …

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