Zhu Shaocheng – Chinese Painter About the Artist Zhu Shaocheng is a meticulous gongbi painter celebrated for his lifelike animal paintings — pandas, tigers, leopards, wolves and cats rendered with exquisite detail and vivid character. A painter of the Benxi tradition, he captures both the anatomical truth and the inner spirit of his subjects. Artist

Guo Xiaotu – Chinese Calligrapher & Painter About the Artist Guo Xiaotu is a rare all-round artist who unites poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal carving in one body of work. A member of both the China Artists Association and the China Calligraphers Association, he excels in freehand flower-and-bird painting, wild cursive calligraphy and classical seal

Zhang Hui – Chinese Painter About the Artist Zhang Hui is a figure painter of the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts tradition, known for two contrasting worlds: realistic portraits of the weathered people of the Guanzhong plains, and lyrical ink paintings of ancient scholars. His work is sincere, deeply human and grounded in a serious

Yang Zhesan – Chinese Painter About the Artist Yang Zhesan is a Chongqing landscape painter whose art is rooted in “tradition as the source, nature as the teacher”. A student of the celebrated painters Jiang Youqiao and Yan Jiyuan, he has painted for more than fifty years — his vigorous, free-flowing brushwork praised by the

Zhang Jielong – Chinese Painter About the Artist Zhang Jielong is a Dunhuang artist devoted to the study and reproduction of the great murals of the Mogao Caves. Trained at the Dunhuang Academy and under gongbi master Ma Fudan, he recreates the flying apsaras and Buddhist wall paintings of the Silk Road in meticulous mineral

Guo Hongxing – Chinese Painter About the Artist Guo Hongxing is a military painter whose monumental depictions of the Great Wall and frontier landscapes have made him one of the most recognised names in Chinese landscape art. A member of the China Artists Association with a master’s degree from the PLA Academy of Art, he

Fan Jinling – Chinese Painter About the Artist Fan Jinling is a meticulous gongbi painter of the Northern school, heir to the refined tradition of Chen Shaomei and the great masters of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. His precise brushwork and classical compositions — landscapes, figures and antiquarian scenes — have earned him

Miao Zaixin – Chinese Painter About the Artist Miao Zaixin is one of the most decorated figure painters in contemporary China — winner of the Grand Gold Prize of the China Art Award for his masterpiece “Snow Wolf Commando” at the 11th National Art Exhibition. A National First-Class Artist proficient in both Chinese painting and

Liu Mingjie – Chinese Painter About the Artist Liu Mingjie is a Guilin-born painter of archaistic landscape painting — the tradition of reinterpreting ancient masters in living brushwork. His works, praised for their “vivid rhythm and spirit” (qiyun shengdong), carry collectors into the poetic world of classical Chinese mountains and waters with contemporary freshness. Artist

Linghu Weipeng – Chinese Calligrapher & Painter About the Artist Linghu Weipeng is a painter and calligrapher in the direct lineage of Liu Wenxi, founder of the Loess School and creator of the portrait of Chairman Mao on China’s fifth-series renminbi banknotes. A graduate of the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts and Vice-Chairman of the

He Xiaolong – Chinese Painter About the Artist He Xiaolong paints the loess highlands of northwest China — its villages, persimmon trees and vast skies — in a bold, earthy idiom that has made him one of the distinctive landscape voices of his generation. A member of the China Artists Association and National First-Class Artist,

Li Yi – Chinese Painter About the Artist Li Yi is a master of the “Silk Road school” of figure painting — rich mineral colour, full compositions and passionate portrayals of the peoples of China’s western frontier. Vice-President of the Li Keran Academy of Painting and a member of the China Artists Association, he was

Tan Zhengyi – Chinese Painter About the Artist Tan Zhengyi is a young Guizhou landscape painter who brings the dramatic scenery of southwest China — red cliffs, layered peaks and misty rivers — into the classical ink tradition. A graduate of the Guizhou Minzu University Academy of Fine Arts, he blends realistic observation with ancient

Du Shanhe – Chinese Painter About the Artist Du Shanhe is a Qingdao-based landscape and flower-and-bird painter whose works celebrate the mountains and coast of Shandong — from the sacred peaks of Laoshan to the city’s celebrated seascapes. A member of the Shandong Provincial Artists Association and Vice-President of the Qingdao Chinese Painting Society, he

Yin Jinghua – Chinese Painter About the Artist Yin Jinghua is a leading contemporary figure painter celebrated for his sensitive portraits of modern life. A council member of the Chinese Painting Society and member of the China Artists Association, he has been honoured in national exhibitions for two decades — his works praised for their

Fan Di’an – Chinese Painter About the Artist Fan Di’an is one of the most influential figures in the Chinese and international art world — President of the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), former Director of the National Art Museum of China, and Vice-Chairman of the China Artists Association. As a critic, curator and

Liu Liyong – Chinese Painter About the Artist Liu Liyong is a landscape painter of the China Artists Association whose monumental ink paintings of misty rivers, verdant mountains and the karst peaks of Guilin have won China’s highest landscape-painting honours. His works combine traditional brush discipline with a modern sense of atmosphere and light. Artist

Chao Gu – Chinese Painter About the Artist Chao Gu is a Beijing artist whose flower-and-bird paintings — squirrels among grain ears, herons among lotuses — are celebrated for their freshness, vitality and quiet Zen-like serenity. A member of the China Artists Association and one of the acknowledged masters of contemporary freehand painting, he sees

Wu Jingyan – Chinese Painter About the Artist Wu Jingyan is a master of freehand flower-and-bird painting in the tradition of Wang Peidong, celebrated for his bold, vigorous brushwork and his renowned plum blossoms. A graduate of the Beijing Academy of Painting and National First-Class Artist, he combines the energy of xieyi expression with modern

Wang Kuohai – Chinese Painter About the Artist Wang Kuohai is the creator of the celebrated “New Han Painting” (Xin Han Hua) — a revolutionary style that transforms the imagery of Han-dynasty stone reliefs into living ink painting. A council member of the China Artists Association and former Chairman of the Central State Organs Artists