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

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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 brushwork. The other direction Mo has worked with is to reinterpret themes of ancient Greek and Rome styles with the Chinese ink traditions. He adopted the compositions and colors of murals in Dunhuang, a meeting point of cultures and civilizations along the ancient Silk Road, to paint tales, sculptures and decorative motifs on vases from the ancient Greek and Roman eras.

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Artist displays pride in culture
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Artist displays pride in culture

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Thangka artist Nyingbum often spends weeks, or even months, on even the smallest detail in his studio in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. Nyingbum recently concluded his latest exhibition, Inheritance and Beyond, in New York, presenting 16 pieces celebrating Tibetan Buddhism — a culture deeply tied to the Xizang autonomous region, known for its towering mountains and sweeping river …

Artist displays pride in culture
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Artist displays pride in culture

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Thangka artist Nyingbum often spends weeks, or even months, on even the smallest detail in his studio in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. Nyingbum recently concluded his latest exhibition, Inheritance and Beyond, in New York, presenting 16 pieces celebrating Tibetan Buddhism — a culture deeply tied to the Xizang autonomous region, known for its towering mountains and sweeping river …

A Journey Through the Mogao Caves: Exploring the Vision of a Master Painter
2 months, 1 week 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
2 months, 1 week ago

Art crosses boundaries to exciting era

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Golden Land, by Shen Xiaoming. CHINA DAILY Liu Wanming, an ink artist who heads the China National Academy of Painting, says he is surprised that "many painters insist on exploring creation in large format, a challenging undertaking to blend techniques and content well". An example at the exhibition is Through Thick and Thin, 2.4 meters in height and 2 meters …

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Artist's Beijing solo continues literati painting tradition

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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
2 months, 3 weeks 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. …

What's on
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Bringing Dunhuang's murals to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bringing Dunhuang's murals to life

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Artist and choreographer responsible for devising dance tradition based on Mogao's images are focus of touring exhibition, Chen Nan reports. In a grand hall at Beijing's Chinese Traditional Culture Museum, a captivating scene unfolds as 93-year-old artist Chang Shana and 89-year-old choreographer Gao Jinrong walk into the room holding hands. Their bond has been forged by their shared vision of …

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Chinese artist showcases traditional paintings in New York
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Artist's works reflect profound heritage
5 months ago

Artist's works reflect profound heritage

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Jidi Majia introduces his creations on display at the ongoing exhibition, The Freedom Reconstructed by Lines and Philosophical Thoughts: Another World of Jidi Majia at the Tingtaoguzhong Art Museum in Xichang, Liangshan prefecture, Southwest China's Sichuan province. On Wednesday, the exhibition The Freedom Reconstructed by Lines and Philosophical Thoughts: Another World of Jidi Majia opened at the Tingtaoguzhong Art Museum …

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

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity

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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 ago

Ink artist's landscape painting bridging tradition and modernity

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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 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 ago

Ink artist draws on imagination

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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 ago

Ink artist draws on imagination

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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, 1 week ago

Framing a portrait of innovation

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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

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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

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A Qing-dynasty portrait of a woman, painted using mogu fa, or the technique of structuring with ink, as first employed by Zeng. Still visible under the translucent colored paint, these inky parts would add dimension to a face that would otherwise look much flatter, emphasizing details from the brow ridge and cheekbones to wrinkles and eye bags. "By doing so, …

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction
6 months, 1 week ago

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction

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Paintings, calligraphy and antique objects of arts and crafts are on show at the preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's upcoming spring sales. At the current preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's spring sales, running from Wednesday to Saturday, visitors are treated to a captivating display of fine artworks by these esteemed artists. Their works, imbued with a profound reverence for nature's …

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction
6 months, 1 week ago

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction

China Daily  

Paintings, calligraphy and antique objects of arts and crafts are on show at the preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's upcoming spring sales. At the current preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's spring sales, running from Wednesday to Saturday, visitors are treated to a captivating display of fine artworks by these esteemed artists. Their works, imbued with a profound reverence for nature's …

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction
6 months, 1 week ago

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction

China Daily  

Paintings, calligraphy and antique objects of arts and crafts are on show at the preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's upcoming spring sales. At the current preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's spring sales, running from Wednesday to Saturday, visitors are treated to a captivating display of fine artworks by these esteemed artists. Their works, imbued with a profound reverence for nature's …

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction
6 months, 1 week ago

Landscapes of natural awe imbued with poetic mood to be on offer at auction

China Daily  

Paintings, calligraphy and antique objects of arts and crafts are on show at the preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's upcoming spring sales. At the current preview exhibition of Beijing Poly's spring sales, running from Wednesday to Saturday, visitors are treated to a captivating display of fine artworks by these esteemed artists. Their works, imbued with a profound reverence for nature's …

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

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Visitors appreciate the artworks of the exhibition Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting at the Met Fifth Avenue galleries in New York. SU QIANG/CHINA DAILY Literati painting Self-expression, filtered through literary sensibilities, was at the heart of a unique Chinese art phenomenon known as "the literati painting", of which Zhao Mengfu was a powerful exponent. Zhao came up …

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

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Visitors appreciate the artworks of the exhibition Vision and Verse: The Poetry of Chinese Painting at the Met Fifth Avenue galleries in New York. SU QIANG/CHINA DAILY Literati painting Self-expression, filtered through literary sensibilities, was at the heart of a unique Chinese art phenomenon known as "the literati painting", of which Zhao Mengfu was a powerful exponent. Zhao came up …

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown

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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 …

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Exhibition expounds on 'vision and verse' in Chinese art

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By Zhao Xu | China Daily | Updated: 2024-05-28 14:59 This landscape painting of an album by Wang Jian was made in response to a line of poetry by Du Fu. "As there happened to be a volume of Du Fu's poetry on the table, I selected one suitable couplet for inscription on each of my landscapes," wrote Wang Jian, …

Renowned ink painter gifts cultural park to hometown
6 months, 3 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
6 months, 3 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 ago

China's ancient artworks in the international frame

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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 ago

China's ancient artworks in the international frame

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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 …

Brush up on the past
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Brush up on the past

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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, 5 months ago

What's on

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Design pioneer Chen Zhifo was a renowned figure in the flower-and-bird genre of Chinese painting. Tribute to Design, an exhibition at Guan Shanyue Art Museum through to July 16, in Shenzhen, introduces Chen's accomplishment in designing graphic patterns, book covers and magazines. Chen studied graphic design in Japan, during which he came to understand its importance in modern life, and …

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

Chinese painter forges inimitable style after decades abroad

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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

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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 culture, art showcased at London Book Fair
1 year, 8 months ago

Chinese culture, art showcased at London Book Fair

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Chinese culture, art showcased at London Book Fair chinadaily.com.cn Updated: Apr 21, 2023 Attendees of the London Book Fair flick through a volume introducing A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains and the history of ancient Chinese landscape painting. An exhibition of books about Chinese culture and art titled A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains was held as part …

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

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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 …

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 …

What's on
1 year, 10 months ago

What's on

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Highlighting rituals Figure paintings that depict Taoist and Buddhist themes add to the distinction of classical Chinese art, in terms of the richness of the palette, content and brushwork. The abundance of underlying historical and cultural messages reflect the exchanges between the East and the West, with the communication inspiring local artists, artisans and art patrons to create and enrich …

What's on
1 year, 10 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

Highlighting rituals Figure paintings that depict Taoist and Buddhist themes add to the distinction of classical Chinese art, in terms of the richness of the palette, content and brushwork. The abundance of underlying historical and cultural messages reflect the exchanges between the East and the West, with the communication inspiring local artists, artisans and art patrons to create and enrich …

Ink art, reframed approach
2 years, 1 month ago

Ink art, reframed approach

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Begonia and Bee and Morning Glory Flowers and Insects. Li Jun, a professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, says Qi captured the vigorous moments of those common lives normally seen, while he portrayed them in a manner of careful consideration. To echo the exhibition at the Beijing Fine Art Academy, an exhibition of Qi's art, Grand …

Modern masters
2 years, 2 months ago

Modern masters

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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 …

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

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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