Waves on Faraway Journeys: 9 Chinese Contemporary Artists in Shanghai

Ren Yi (also known by his sobriquet Bonian) was born in Shangyin (modern Shaoxing), Zhejiang province. The son of a portrait painter, Ren Yi learned to paint at a young age and in ...

Painted by Wang Jiqian ( better known in the West as C. C. Wang; 1907-2003), this wall scroll represents a mountain landscape. The tall mountain that rises along the painting's cen...

The concave walls of this small dish rise from the broad, flat floor to the bracketed lip, which terminates in a raised edge with eight points. A stylized chrysanthemum blossom emb...

Dong Shouping (1904-1997) painted this short hanging scroll in ink and colors on paper. It depicts Mt. Emei's famous and very colorful sunrise. A mass of rocks--presumably the moun...

Dong Shouping (1904-1997) painted this short hanging scroll in ink and colors on paper. It depicts Mt. Emei's famous and very colorful sunrise. Diagonally set masses of rocks lead ...

Once affixed to a folding-fan frame, this painting is now mounted flat as an album leaf. The painting, which Lü Yao did in ink and light colors on gold-flecked paper, represents tw...

A title slip mounted under the silk-covered mat attributes this painting to Kim Sik, a statement that accords with the impressed seals. Skilled at landscape depictions but best kno...