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.

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 ...

Sale Overview On 3 December 2022, Christie's Hong Kong will present the Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy sale, offering global collections and timeless masterpieces with historical, ...

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.

ADDIS ABABA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Standing in front of a canvas in an art gallery in the heart of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital, 50-year-old artist Dawit Muluneh is fully absorbed in the ...

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.