The museum, which already houses a dozen fine examples of classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy, acquired the painting at Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Oct 8, for HK$306 million ($39 ...

The most significant classical Chinese painting is the Qingming Shanghetu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival, which was painted nearly 900 years ago during the Northern Song dynasty.

A Chinese horse painting is on display at the Liaoning Provincial Museum, in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, January 21, 2014. [Photo/icpress] ...

Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter best known for his traditional ink paintings of horses, birds, and landscapes. With a masterful command of his medium, the artist was able to achieve a sense of ...

A woman looks at a painting entitled 'Tiger' by Qi Baishi, auctioned in Hong Kong on March 4, 2010. Qi's works were among those forged by a Chinese art academy curator from 2004 to 2010.

A 700-year-old Chinese painting sold Thursday for nearly $40 million after a marathon 75-minute bidding war — the “longest in living memory.” The 6.6-feet scroll, titled “Five Drunken P… ...

Christie’s Fall sale of Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy presents a wide range of works from the most important ink and brush painters of the 15th to 19th centuries, spanning both the ...

Carlos Barria—Reuters Fireworks illuminate a residential area to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year of Horse and cause severe air pollution on Jan. 30, 2014 in Beijing.

A woman looks at a painting entitled 'Tiger' by Qi Baishi, auctioned in Hong Kong on March 4, 2010. Qi's works were among those forged by a Chinese art academy curator from 2004 to 2010.