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Zhong Wenlong Calligraphy | 壽
Wu Jingyan Chinese Freehand Painting・Four‑Panel Flower‑and‑Bird Screens（花鸟四条屏）
Liu Liyong Landscape Painting | Riverside Mountain Hamlet (山居江远)
Liu Liyong Animal Painting | Eight Steeds (八骏图)
Jin Yunchang Calligraphy | 鳳笙龍笛數巡酒
Jin Yunchang Calligraphy | 智者樂水仁者樂山
Han Jinshui Calligraphy | 羣龍 (A Group of Dragons)
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Nie Yuanxin: From Stonemason to Master Seal Carver
Nie Yuanxin: From Stonemason to Master Seal Carver Nie Yuanxin learned to carve characters into stone at twelve. More than fifty years later, the man who calls himself “the Tujia mountain man” is one of China’s most accomplished seal carvers — chief seal carver at Badou Art — with a career running from tombstones in
Weng Fangyou: Roots in Tradition, a Modern Brush
Weng Fangyou: Roots in Tradition, a Modern Brush Weng Fangyou works in the teaching department of the China National Academy of Painting, where he also runs the studio class of the painter Cheng Dali. A graduate of Peking University’s first calligraphy graduate program and a member of the Shen Peng studio elite class, he has
Xia Mo: Painting Jilin’s Historic Buildings in Ink
Xia Mo: Painting Jilin’s Historic Buildings in Ink What happens when a painter studies a city’s old buildings one by one? The exhibition *Ancient Charm, Radiant Color — Xia Mo’s Research Exhibition on Jilin City’s Historic Architecture* answers with brush and ink. Turning to the historic buildings that anchor Jilin City’s tourism, Xia Mo treats
Xu Kuangda: Plein-Air Paintings Celebrating Nature
Xu Kuangda: Plein-Air Paintings Celebrating Nature The painter Xu Kuangda (academic name Xu Zhiwei, Dharma name Dada) was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, and has built a career on painting directly from life. A national first-class artist, he is a member of both the Chinese Artists Association and the Chinese Calligraphers Association, as well as
Huang Guomin: Building Atmosphere in Blue-Green Landscapes
Huang Guomin: Building Atmosphere in Blue-Green Landscapes Chinese criticism has a word with no tidy English equivalent: *yijing*, the atmosphere or imagined realm a work of art creates. For the landscape painter Huang Guomin, it is the whole point of the picture. Huang (born 1964 in Xiaogan, Hubei Province) has painted for more than forty
Zhou Xianglin: Fresh Breeze, Bright Moon at Tianyi Pavilion
Zhou Xianglin: Fresh Breeze, Bright Moon at Tianyi Pavilion In November 2025 the exhibition *Fresh Breeze, Bright Moon — the Calligraphy and Painting of Zhou Xianglin* opened at Tianyi Pavilion in Ningbo, the storied library long praised as the “Book City of the South”. Hosted by Tianyi Pavilion and on view from November 4 to
Xu Hongquan: The Literati Painter of Lingering Cloud Studio
Xu Hongquan: The Literati Painter of Lingering Cloud Studio Some artists make a living from painting; Xu Hongquan (courtesy name Fangxi) makes a life from books. Writer, editor, critic, collector and painter, he is a rare thing in contemporary Chinese art: the complete literati. A Scholar’s Studio Born in Hexian County, Anhui Province, and based
Yao Mingjing: Zen Atmosphere in Chinese Ink Landscapes
Yao Mingjing: Zen Atmosphere in Chinese Ink Landscapes Yao Mingjing (born 1959 in Beijing, with family roots in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is one of the most distinctive figures in contemporary Chinese landscape painting. A professor and graduate supervisor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), he formerly served as deputy dean of its School of
