[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Since its founding in 1981, the China National Academy of Painting has gathered the foremost figures in creating and researching classical Chinese ink ...

a leading figure in the literati painting tradition, and his work reflects a blend of traditional Chinese aesthetics with personal expression. Known for his expressive brushwork and bold compositions, ...

Guó huà, meaning ‘national painting’ in Chinese ... often used in landscapes and figures, relying on the viewer's imagination ...

Chinese ink painting, a centuries-old art using ink and ... Inspired by the idea of "cross-sectional scanning," the figure is divided into contrasting halves: the left side retains the refined ...

Qi Baishi, often referred to as the “Picasso of the East,” was a highly influential Chinese modern artist famous for his ...

“The Journey of Ink: Modern and Contemporary Chinese Paintings ... Actually, he had a special aesthetic for Chinese paintings, and he was fond of figure paintings, as well as the finger paintings of ...

A small blue ghost clambers over the exposed shoulders of the legendary folk deity Zhong Kui in the opening artwork of “Qi Baishi: Inspiration in Ink,” now at the Asian Art Museum here and ...

A COLLECTION of Chinese ink paintings by artist Hon Peow depicting local nature is on display at the Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) branch in Bayan Lepas, Penang. The exhibition, titled “Depicting ...