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Ji Qingyuan: The Cultural Vision of Literati Painting
Ji Qingyuan, born in Beijing in February 1954, is an advisor to the art committee of the Beijing Fine Art Academy, a national first-class artist, a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the Beijing Research Institute of Culture and History, a standing director of the Chinese Painting Society, and a consultant to
Zhu Xunde: Sitting with the Cosmos in Hunan Ink
On a summer morning by Houhu Lake in Changsha, painter Zhu Xunde—Tang jacket, cloth shoes, unhurried smile—welcomes a visitor to his museum on the lake’s “masters island.” The setting suits him: near Yuelu Academy, amid bamboo and birds, in a city whose artistic life he has shaped for decades. Zhu Xunde is one of China’s
Sun Jiandong: Freehand Peacocks of Yunnan
Sun Jiandong was born in Shanghai in 1952 and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Yunnan Arts University, where he stayed on to teach and became a close disciple of the celebrated painter Yuan Xiaocen. He specializes in freehand (xieyi) bird-and-flower and figure painting, with particular mastery of the freehand peacock. Now a senior
Wang Weibao: From Woodcut Prodigy to Lingnan Landscape Master
Wang Weibao was born in 1942 in Jinjiang, Fujian—a farming family so poor that he got his first pair of shoes, salvaged from an army camp, only when he entered middle school. Art began as survival: as a boy he carved seals for snacks, and at sixteen the *Fujian Daily* published his first woodcut, paying
Yao Shaohua: The Grand Spirit of Tigers in Ink
Yao Shaohua was born in 1942 into an artistic family in Beijing, with ancestral roots in Dong’e, Shandong. He studied under Hu Shuang’an and He Haixia—both celebrated disciples of the great masters Zhang Daqian and Zhang Shanzi—inheriting the finest tradition of Chinese tiger painting. Today Yao is executive vice chairman of the China Calligraphy and
Da Tu Sanyang: Snow Landscapes Without a Drop of White
Da Tu Sanyang (Li Xiaohui, courtesy name Xiao Hui, b. November 1955 in Taixing, Jiangsu) descends from a long line of scholars—the 41st generation descendant of Li Deyu, a famed Tang-dynasty chancellor. His path was hard: at fourteen he was sent to a state farm during the Cultural Revolution, spending ten years as a “educated
Yang Xiupin: Eighty Years of Writing Calligraphy as Himself
Yang Xiupin: Eighty Years of Writing Calligraphy as Himself On an autumn day in 2023, as sunlight fell in pieces through the trees by Dianchi Lake in Kunming, I knocked on the door of the calligrapher Yang Xiupin. He opened it himself: medium height, plainly dressed, slight of frame, with a serene face and bright
Chen Mo: Gongbi and Heavy Color Between East and West
Chen Mo: Gongbi and Heavy Color Between East and West Chen Mo, whose real name is Chen Qiufang, is a thinking painter in permanent search of the “new” in Chinese art. For more than twenty years she has moved between Chinese and Western painting: accomplished in xieyi (freehand) brushwork, precise in gongbi (meticulous) detail, and
Chang Zhaohui: Blue-Green Landscapes Where Ink Meets Color
Chang Zhaohui: Blue-Green Landscapes Where Ink Meets Color Chang Zhaohui was born in Jinan, Shandong, in 1968, with family roots in Jimo, Qingdao. He graduated from the Shandong College of Arts in 1991 and completed advanced study at the China National Academy of Painting in 2009. A member of the China Artists Association, he holds
Dong Shujin: The Artistic Journey of a Beijing Calligrapher
Dong Shujin: The Artistic Journey of a Beijing Calligrapher In the wide sky of Chinese calligraphy, Dong Shujin writes with a spirit all his own. Known by the courtesy name Moyan, he was born in Beijing in May 1960 and is a graduate of the advanced calligraphy program at the Academy of Arts & Design,
Zhang Hui: Monumental Bird-and-Flower Painting from Shaanxi
Zhang Hui: Monumental Bird-and-Flower Painting from Shaanxi Zhang Hui was born in Pucheng, Shaanxi Province, and graduated from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, with further study at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, and the China National Academy of Painting. He is a member of the China Artists Association and the China
Zhu Fei: A Shaoxing Calligrapher Devoted to the Ancients
Zhu Fei: A Shaoxing Calligrapher Devoted to the Ancients Zhu Fei was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, in June 1945 — the city of Wang Xizhi’s Orchid Pavilion and one of the great homes of Chinese calligraphy. He serves as vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Collection Committee of the China Collection Association, chief calligrapher
An Wenli: Calligraphy of Gansu’s Leading Woman Ink Artist
An Wenli is a director of the China Calligraphers Association and chair of the Gansu Calligraphers Association. Her prize-winning regular script has been collected by the National Art Museum of China, the National Museum of China and the National Museum of Chinese Writing—among the highest honors a calligrapher can receive. Since beginning her calligraphy practice
Four Women Masters of Chinese Calligraphy to Know
Many observers say today’s calligraphy world is “strong in the feminine.” Certainly, a growing number of women calligraphers now match—or exceed—the technical mastery of their male peers. Four women directors of the China Calligraphers Association stand out as the “four golden flowers”: Zhang Hongchun, Lin Yumei, Wei Siqin and Fang Fang. All are steeped in
Women Calligraphers Committee: 8th CCA Roster and Works
The China Calligraphers Association’s eighth Women Calligraphers Committee brings together the country’s leading female ink artists. Chaired by Sun Xiaoyun—the first woman to lead the association—the committee counts five vice chairs and forty members drawn from provinces, ministries and industries nationwide. The Leadership **Chair:** Sun Xiaoyun (b. 1955), president of the China Calligraphers Association **Vice
Li Shiliang Brings Ink Art to Sri Lanka’s Embassy in Beijing
On July 15, 2021, a World Youth Skills Day cultural exchange was held at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Beijing. Representatives from the Sri Lankan government, the China International Development Cooperation Agency, international organizations and businesses joined online and in person. Renowned painter Li Shiliang was a featured guest: he handed over ink portraits he
Yin Jinghua Paints Chairman Mao Portrait as a Gift
Yin Jinghua, a featured painter of Badou Art, painted a portrait of Chairman Mao Zedong and presented it in person to the Chairman’s daughter, Li Min. The gift expressed his deep respect and remembrance for one of modern China’s most consequential figures. The portrait was created in Yin’s characteristic rigorous realist style. Two companion works,
Shi Guoliang: Realist Master of Chinese Figure Painting
Shi Guoliang (Buddhist name Shi Huichan) is one of the most celebrated realist figure painters in contemporary China. Born in 1956, he graduated in 1980 from the graduate class of traditional Chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and by the age of 29 had become a first-class painter at the Beijing Academy
Wang Junsong: Yellow River Landscapes in China’s Great Halls
The upper Yellow River—ringed by high mountains and deep gorges—was long considered too remote for painters. Wang Junsong has spent decades changing that. His Yellow River landscapes have won national exhibition awards and now hang in some of China’s most symbolic places: the Tiananmen Gate tower, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Great Hall
