Those qualities began to emerge very clearly during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.), when Chinese artisans perfected the manufacture of the basic materials still used by calligraphers today: ...
Christie’s has described the Song dynasty (960-1279) artwork as “one of the world’s rarest Chinese paintings”. Entitled Wood and Rock, the ink-on-paper handscroll depicts a dragon-like old ...
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Wu is well known in China and throughout Asia for "his experimental, sometimes abstract variations on traditional Chinese ink painting." Last year, an oil painting ...