Ma, the Met curator, was introduced to the artist in 2010, but she had admired her calligraphy since childhood. “I grew up in Taipei, and I remember that we had a catalog of hers,” Ma recalled. “At ...
They include “Chinese Lions,” which is painted on a folding screen by Kano Eitoku (1543-1590) and regarded as one of his most important ... that four paintings and a work of calligraphy ...
From exquisite craftsmanship to traditional Chinese medicine, from solemn rituals to vibrant folk art, intangible cultural ...
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one of the most famous Chinese artists of the 20th century. Initially, painting thangka was merely a way for Nyingbum to earn money, but he soon developed a deep passion and talent for it.
Lujiazui was named after Lu Shen (1477-1544), a Ming Dynasty scholar and collector, who spent much of his life there. The ...
Rather than talk about the most famous items in the collection ... “The market is so strong for imperial Chinese pieces, and these pieces are so famous,” Harrison-Hall tells me.
As co-chair of the France China Committee, I firmly believe that collaboration and dialogue are what we need most today ... of renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing's Square Word Calligraphy ...
Drawing from motifs embedded within Chinese poetry and calligraphy, Dr. Chih-Ping Chen created a collaboration of paintings and poems encompassing ... his unwavering ethic and human rights advocation.
The businessman moved to London in 1914 from where he began to collect large amounts of Chinese art and books ... making it one of the most important collections of such items of any public ...
Seoul is a city of contrasts, where centuries-old palaces stand beside sleek skyscrapers, traditional markets bustle next to ...