Traditionally, Chinese paintings expressed and satisfied the artist's own refinement. Wall text notes that several changes, such as 19th century painters' reintroduction of bright color, ...

A Chinese painting from 1924 is expected to fetch at least $45 million in an auction in Hong Kong, as collectors' appetite for art continues to rise even amid economic uncertainty brought about by ...

It always feels like early autumn in the Chinese painting galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The lighting is warm but low; the décor, wheat-beige and nut-brown.

Midnight off the coast of China. Two cargo ships without lights steam into the South China Sea. Their destination: Taiwan.

The most significant classical Chinese painting is the Qingming Shanghetu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival, which was painted nearly 900 years ago during the Northern Song dynasty.

The 'Chinese Paintings From Japanese Collections' exhibit at LACMA has centuries-old scrolls from 700 years of China's history that show influences on Japanese artists.

The boat motif has no fixed meaning in Chinese art, but boats are a common figure in painting, especially landscape painting. They can be especially effective in conveying a sense of fragile humanity ...

Women in Chinese Painting Removed. View My Visit. In the Confucian ideology that pervaded traditional Chinese society for more than two thousand years, women did not determine the course of their own ...

The China Cultural Centre in Malta is pleased to announce that applications are now open for its summer course in Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, beginning on 5 August. The course will ...

On view are 20 works related to orchids in Chinese painting, ranging in date from the 15th century to the 19th century. The cymbidium orchid (lan) has been cultivated in China for hundreds of ...