What happens when you combine traditional Chinese ink landscape painting with the playful creativity of Lego toys? That very fusion forms the basis of artist Zhang Xiaoli’s spiritual and artistic ...

The Chinese painting style called Xieyi literally means “writing ideas,” and marries the freehand techniques of calligraphy, line drawing and shading. Artists often use traditional Xuan rice paper ...

Zhu Wei, “Ink and Wash Research Lecture Series (unfinished)” (2015), ink and color pigment on paper (click to enlarge) Gao Qian’s painting “Hua Jian Ji No. 2” (2014) is superbly executed in ink and ...

Having trained under the guidance of Shen Shijia, a legend in the field, Yu has dedicated his life to perfecting the art of Chinese landscape painting. Opinions expressed by Digital Journal ...

Reproductions: 32.8, p. [142]34.1, p. [195]. FSG copy 39088020322343 has bookplate: Freer Gallery of Art Library. Gift of Ms. Ruth Kurzbauer in memory of Dr. Marcus Jacobson. Written by a team of ...