Contemporary Art. Made in China
Hail Luo Ping! 18th Century Visionary Painter And Poet
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Garlands of Greatness for the Astonishing 20th Century Chinese Artist Zhang Daqian
June 20, 2018Zhang Daqian is considered the greatest Chinese artist in the last 500 years. If this is true, then what in fact makes Zhang Daqian so important? This short introduction can only sketch a brief outline of the artist’s...
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Qi Baishi, China’s Master of the Ordinary in an Extraordinary Way
May 26, 2018Qi Baishi, is probably the most unlikely person to become one of the highest valued artists in the world, right next to Andy Warhol and Picasso, but he is. It’s been sixty-one years since his death in 1957...
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Let’s Sing Praises to Song Dynasty Genius Artist Ma Yuan
April 18, 2018There’s more to the paintings of Ma Yuan than meets the eye. Ma Yuan, (1160-1225) was a Southern Song Dynasty, Chinese painter from an illustrious family of academy artists. He lived during a cultural zenith when Chinese achievements...
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Meet Kun Can – Chinese Artist, One Of The “Four Great Monk Painters”
March 29, 2018A Chinese painter and Buddhist monk who lived 1612-1674, Kun Can was known as one of the ‘Four Great Monk Painters’ of the early Qing Dynasty. As a youth Kun Can studied the classics and prepared himself for...
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