Chinese Folk Painting on Blue-and-White Porcelain

Painting on blue-and-white porcelain dates back to more than 700 years. Chinese elite painting is known for freehand brushwork,simplistic design and open-minded spirit, which are also characteristics of porcelain painting. In traditional Chinese painting, every brushwork is a design unit forming an integral whole while featuring independent aesthetic values. For porcelain painting, the painter uses the Chinese calligraphic brush to draw on the water-absorptive body before the porcelain is glazed.     

AGLIMPSE OF CHINESE MURALPAINTING

Mural painting enjoys a long history in China and numerous mural masterpieces .have been left over from ancient times.For example, Mogao Grotto Temples in Dunhuang house 492 caves with some 45000 square meters of mural painting. First built in 366 AD, Mogao Grotto Temples are the best-preserved grotto groups with the largest number of mural paintings in the world. In addition, there are more than 25,000 square meters of mural painting preserved in temples and tomb chambers in Shanxi Province. And mural paintings in Yongle Palace in Ruicheng, Shanxi and Fahai Temple in Beijing are considered classical masterpieces of Chinese mural art. The art of porcelain, lacquer, silk, cast copper, painted stone and brick in ancient China all have contributed to the diversity and excellence of mural painting skills. Since the 1970s, this art form has gained growing vitality, with a diversity of genres developed.[第一段]     

CLASSIC PORCELAIN PANEL PAINTING OF JINGDEZHEN

Porcelain panel painting is known as a unique genre of Chinese porcelain art which dates back to ancient times and bears profound aesthetic richness.     

Chinese Landscape Painting in Blue and Green Colors

Blue and green are natural colors and favored by ancient Chinese painters. Landscape painting in blue and green coors represents an important genre of Chinese Ink painting. Based on mineral pigments of blue and green, this painting genre primarily depicts motifs like valleys, hills, forests and springs. Painters first outline contours of depicted subjects with ink of various thickness and then paint mountain rocks with light ruby as the background. The finely grinded mineral pigment of green is applied to the painted subjects and after it dries,     

Heavenly Mountain Portrayed in Chinese Ink Painting

Man pursues elegance while painting highlights charms. An .artist＇s vitality lies in hiscontinuation of traditions and breakthrough in innovative techniques. Chinese ink painting is a result of traditional culture, which is represented by harmonious concepts of Confucianism, simplistic ways of life by Taoism and adherence to nature by the Zhuang school of thinking. All these ancient philosophical concepts comprise aesthetic and artistic principles governing evolution of Chinese ink painting and are visualized in painting creations. Chinese ink painters not only emphasize physical realness but also highlight sensibility and spirit of life.     

A Legendary Painter：In commemoration of ZhangDaqian＇s 110th anniversary

Zhang Daqian is celebrated as a legendary Chinese painter of international renown in the 20th century, With extraordinary skills, he is considered the most outstanding artist in carrying forward the traditions of Chinese ink painting. Zhang began to stand out in the 1920s and obtained a leading status in the then painting arena in the 1930s His replicas of ancient master artists＇ paintings are so superb that they can be hardly distinguished from original works. Mr. Xu Jichuan, a prestigious collector, recalled an interesting experience as evidence to highlight Zhang＇s unparalleled ability to replicate ancient painting masterpieces.     

Passion and Greatness： Miao Mo＇s Traditional Chinese Painting

Miao Mo is an accomplished painter nurtured in the time-honored artistic, tradition of Xi＇an, an ancient capital which witnessed heydays of the Chinese civilization. He showed strong interest in painting in his childhood and received academic training in fine arts in his teen years. In 1962, Miao pursued further training in the advanced course offered by the studio of traditional Chinese painting under the Artists Association of Shaanxi Province. In this three-year training program, Miao made remarkable progress in painting skills and deepened his understanding of the traditions and principles of Chinese painting, thanks to the mentorship of master Zhao Wangyun, founder of Chang＇an School of Painting, as well as the guidance of other prestigious artists like Shi Lu, He Haixia and Fang Jizhong.     

Olympic Village Permeated with Fragrance of Chinese Tea

When elegant images of Chinese porcelain and the huge character of ＂Cha＂, meaning ＂tea＂, were shown in the hi-tech scroll of Chinese ink painting at the opening gala of the Beijing Olympic Games, the global audience seemed overwhelmed by the brilliant history of Chinese ancient civilization as represented by the miraculous Silk Road through which tea and porcelain accounted for major exports of the Central Kingdom. Recognized as a symbol of Chinese culture, the art of tea has been demonstrated at the Olympic opening ceremony and in the Olympic Village for the first time in history.     

Marginalization and Combination： Liu Mingxlao＇s Oil Paintings

Efforts to localize oil painting have never stopped since this western art was introduced into China, A Chinese educational system on oil painting had not been developed until the era of master Xu Beihong. But if oil painting can be localized or not still remains a question in China. After New China was founded in 1949, influenced by Chairman Mao＇s theories on cultural development, Chinese oil painters were required to, besides serving ideological needs, pursue Chinese characteristics and cater to ordinary people＇s tastes. Dong Xiwen＇s ＂The Founding Ceremony of the New Republic＂ was the pioneer in this endeavor. Following him, almost all Chinese oil artists rushed into this direction, except some who made breakthroughs in landscape subjects. For instance, Wu Zuoren combined Chinese water and ink painting with western oil painting, creating a simplistic style.     

Artist Couple Dedicates Themselves to Ceramic Art

The history of ceramics can date back to the Neolithic Age several thousand years ago. But ceramic making as an art sees only a brief course of history. In ancient China,every major dynasty highlighted its unique ceramic style, such as the tri-color painted pottery of the Tang Dynasty, the glazed porcelain of the Song Dynasty and the blue-and-white porcelain of the Ming Dynasty.     

Beyond the Beauty of Colors White-glazed Porcelain of Ding Kiln （11）

Modern Development Ding Kiln porcelain began to be re-produced in the 1970s after several hundred years of discontinuation. With over 30 years of exploration and research, modern Chinese artists rediscovered and restored ancient techniques and produced Ding Kiln porcelain by integrating modern elements. Contemporary Ding Kiln     

Chinese Porcelain Collection in Topkapi Palace：A Witness of Friendship

The Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, the royal palace of the Ottoman Empire in ancient times, serves as Turkey＇s national museum today, As one of the museums with the largest Chinese porcelain collection in the world, the Topkapi Palace boasts a total of 10,358 pieces of Chinese porcelain made during the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. These porcelains fall into such categories as celadon, blue-and- white, single-color and multi-color porcelain, and were obtained as tributes, gifts, trophies or trade commodities in history.     

Oriental Magic Glass On the History and Artistic Charm of the Chinese Export Porcelain

When mentioning porcelain, people will always associate it with China.The colorful porcelain in various kinds, suffused with pearl-like luster, has witnessed the glory and splendor of the history of the Chinese porcelain production.The integration of clay and fire gives birth to the unique, charming and legendary art treasure - porcelain. When you touch it, its tender texture and crystal-clear luster will make you feel so grateful for God for bringing this magical gift to China     

Splendor of Chinese Porcelain The exhibition of porcelain art of ancient China held in the National Museum of China

China is the world’s earliest ceramic producer and porcelain inventor. As early as in the Xia Dynasty (ca. 2070 BC – ca. 1600 BC), green-glazed ceramics, quite similar to porcelain wares, appeared in China. By the 2nd century AD, ancient Chinese succeeded in producing porcelain wares with radiant glaze, transparent texture, low water absorption and clear resonance, at the     

Rosy Clouds in the Sky

From January 16 to February 10, the National Art Museum of China held a painting exhibition on its collection of ethnic minority motifs. On display included 180 pieces of painting works from the museum＇s collection, most of which are masterpieces by accomplished painters in modern China. These painting exhibits fall into such diverse categories as Chinese tTaditional painting, oil painting, print painting, watercolor painting and serial illustrations of story books. Subjects from various ethnic minorily groups of China have been depicted, which bring viewers with an opportunity to appreciate cultural diversity of China.     

Abstract Painting of Zhang Daqian

Zhang Daqian is a master painter of Chinese traditional painting who enjoys worldwide reputation. He is also an artist with strong individuality and legendary experience. His artistic career can be divided into three different stages: following ancient masters before age 40, following the law of nature between age 40 and 60 and following mind after age 60. In his early years, Zhang     

COLLECTION ＆ AUCTION

China Guardian Auction Launches Collection Event Recently China Guardian launched an event to collect auctioned objects for its autumn auction series 2009. Objects to be solicited include Chinese calligraphies and paintings, jade and porcelain works of the Ming and Qing dynasties, handicrafts of modern masters, oil paintings and sculptures by Chinese artists, ancient and rare books, stamps, coins and jewelries. Experienced experts were invited to evaluate solicited objects.     

Hardwood Painting Frames of Lingnan

Hanging painting frames originatedfrom the Renaissance Period in the West.Most of early painting frames were madeof wood and gilded with gold. Paintingframes embedded with glass appearedin the mid-18th century to protectpainting works from damage andpollution.Old painting frames in Lingnan weremostly made of hardwood. Guangdongis the earliest place in China in whichtrading with foreign countries wasallowed and western influence came. Bythe late Qing Dynasty, glass was appliedto home furnit…     

Calligraphic Seal Carvings of the Qing Dynasty

Seal carving is an art closely associated with Chinese poetry,calligraphy and painting. Carved sign marks are usually added to Chinese calligraphic and painting works in order to     

Classical Guqin Maker Tian Shuangkun

The quiet and melodious music led me to Tian Shuangkun＇s courtyard house in the depth of a hutong （alley） in the downtown of Beijing. Tian is a master maker of the Guqin, a seven-stringed zither known as China＇s oldest stringed instrument.His studio is furnished with traditional Chinese stuffs - old- style furniture, calligraphic and ink painting works, old pictures and the guqin as well. While I appreciated all these, Tian explained to me the long history of the guqin and his lifelong pursuit of perfection in making the guqin.