Chinese Painter Rao Yongtang

Rao Yongtang, born in 1929 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is a listed artist of national first grade, member of the Artists Association of Sichuan Province and the Artists Association of Chengdu City, council member and fellowship of Sichuan Province Painting Society for Senior Artists, honorary president of the international Xizhi Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, and tenor professor of the China Art Creation Center for Calligraphers and Artists.     

Wen Guichang＇s Paintings

Wen Guichang, born in Neijiang, Sichuan Province in 1962, learned traditional Chinese painting from famous painter Qiu Xiaoqiu. He is currently a professional painter, member of the Stage Artists＇ Association of Sichuan Province, fellowship of Shangri-La Colored Ink Painting Academy of Sichuan Province, executive council member of the Artists＇ Association of Neijiang, executive council member of Daqian Painting and Calligraphy Academy of Neijiang and member of the Dramatists＇ Association of Sichuan Province.     

MIAO MO＇S INK PAINTING

Miao Mo, born in Hua County, Henan Province in 1940, learned Chinese traditional painting under the mentorship of such masters as Zhao Wangyun and Shi Lu. He is currently professional painter with Shaanxi Province Traditional Painting Academy and member of China Artists Association. Miao is awarded the national firstgrade artist.[第一段]     

Chen Jinpeng’s Colored Ink Painting

Chen Jinpeng is currently a council member of the Artists Association of Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. Born in Yanjin, Yunnan Province in 1957, he was taught flower-and-bird painting in Chinese traditional style by     

Chen Jinpeng＇s Colored Ink Painting

<正>Chen Jinpeng is currently a council member of the Artists Association of Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. Born in Yanjin, Yunnan Province in 1957, he was taught flower-and-bird painting in Chinese traditional style by     

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]     

Fan Mingdong： a Talented Young Oil Painter

<正>Fan Mingdong, born in Yanyuan County, Liangzhou Prefecture, Sichuan Province in 1971, is a professional painter and member of the Artists Association of Sichuan Province.     

Modern Finebrush ink color： Zhao Yufeng＇s Painting

Zhao Yufeng, a celebrated painter on modern fine brush ink color, was born of a farmer family in Guxian County, northern Shanxi Province in 1942. Graduating from Shanxi Art Academy, Zhao is currently member of Beijing Artists Association and Beijing Modern Fine-brush Ink Color Painting Society. Zhao has dedicated herself to Chinese ink painting and scored remarkable achievements. She said, ＂It is my most willing choice to take painting as my lifetime career.＂     

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.     

Tibetan-style Woodprint Exhibited in China＇s Top Art Gallery

Woodprint is pronounced “Shiangba” in the Tibetan language. Shiangba features its own distinctive style, which makes it different from other forms of woodprint. Not long ago, an exhibition on Shiangba works was held in the National Art Museum of China （NAMOC）, jointly organized by the print art committee under the Chinese Artists Association, Sichuan Provincial Association of Artists and Aba Higher Normal School. It is the first exhibition on Tibetan-style woodprint ever held in China＇s top art gallery, which set a milestone in the history of Chinese painting.     

AN ARTIST WITH GREAT VISION：In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of master painter Li Keran

Li Keran（1907 - 1989） is one of the greatest Chinese painter, and educator, in the 20th century. He was professor with China Central Academy of Fine Arts, president of the institute of Chinese Painting Research, vice president of China Artists＇ Association and member of the CPPCC National Committee （China＇s top advisory committee）.     

Ethnic Artist Hazi Aimaite Shares Homeland with the World

In October 2002, at the age of 67, Hazi Aimaite retired from the position as chairman of the Literature Association of Xinjiang. He pledged to devote his time and energy to his painting, so that more people in the world could better understand the scenery and culture of the autonomous region, and also see for themselves how fine art is flowering among the Uygur people of China's far west.     

Chinese Calligraphy： Past and Present

Sculpture and painting are all that Western art means while calligraphy is unique to China, which is an art form between philosophy and design art. It is more concrete and lively than philosophy, but more abstract than painting and sculpture. Calligraphy is the very core of Chinese culture and homeland for Chinese spirit. --Xiong Bingming, renowned sculptor, painter and art theorist     

URBAN SCULPTURE WORKS OF FAN WEN

Fan Wen, born in Linfen, Shanxi Provicc and graduated from the Sculpting Department of Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts, is currently member of China Sculpture Society and a professional artist working in the Institute of Sculpting Art of Sichuan Province. She holds such academic qualifications as the first-grade national level artist and the national registered artist for urban sculpture. Shc is also a resident artist in the art area of He Tang Yue Se （lotus pond in moonlight）.     

Wu Jiantang： An Accomplished Artistin Twisted Painting

Twisted painting is a unique genre of traditional Chinese painting invented by Wu Jiantang and his father. Known for vigorous and chaoticbeauty, twisted painting has obtained a recognized status in the art arena of the world.     

Li Qing Dedicated to Art of Fire

Ceramics is an art of fire. The tension and flexibility of earth are extended in the artist＇s hands to show the unique textural beauty and subtle feelings of the artist and original materials from the nature are mixed and tempered by fire. This complicated process demonstrates the artist＇s particular ideas, feelings and dispositions. In the eyes of Li Qing, a young artist from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, that is the very nature of ceramics that fascinates him so much.     

Along The Footprints of an Artist

Amdo Bvamsba is a Tibetan artist of great reputation over eighty years of age. At childhood, he became a sramanera or novice in compliance with the local tradition. When he showed his first talent in painting, he engaged himself fesolutety to learning the art of painting.     

Gao Xiaohua： Painting the Truth of Life

As an initiator of ＂Wounded Art＂, a representative of ＂Rural Realism＂ and one of the founders of the ＂Sichuan School of Painting＂, Gao Xiaohua has unarguably been recognized as one of the leading artists in contemporary Chinese art history. In 1978 his oil painting entitled ＂Why＂ daringly broke the political taboo and boldly raised the touchiest social question with awesome guts. Therefore his name and his painting become everlasting in Chinese art history. In 1982 he had another great success of completing his oil painting entitled ＂Rush to the Train＂, which is highly praised as the contemporary version of ＂Riverside Scenery on Pure Brightness Festival＂, one of the greatest Chinese classical painting. He focuses on everyday life of general public with stunning realness and sensation. It becomes an epitome Red Crag＂ and ＂Chongqing on a Bomb-site＂. He demonstrates his open mind, lofty ideal and strong sense of historical and social responsibility nowadays when the domestic art market is booming up in an unprecedented manner.     

Zhang Lucheng＇s Ink Painting

Painting requires skills. A painting without basic skills in design and layout will not be a good painting. But for a painter,the equally important or the more important is his life experience. Without true feelings, a painting is just a sentimental twaddle. Zhang Lucheng, a professional painter serving in Xinjiang Military Area in northwest China has lived in the vast prairie at the foot of the Tianshan Mountain since he graduated from fine arts academy.     

Harmony in Diversity Xu Jianjun’s Freehand Ink and Wash Painting

Chinese ink and wash painting is an exceptional expression of Oriental fine arts enshrined in the world’s pantheon of art.It enjoys popularity among both Chinese and Western people,in particular because of its cultural richness and distinct artistic values. Over the sweep of history,Chinese ink and wash painting has developed an independent system,