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Dai Xi was a native of Qiantang (钱塘) near the cultural center of Hangzhou, although he spent many years in Guangzhou. In 1832 he joined officialdom, becoming a member of the Hanlin Academy . He later became Vice Minister of the Ministry of War , although absenting himself later for illness.
Xu Beihong (Chinese: 徐悲鴻; Wade–Giles: Hsü Pei-hung; 19 July 1895 – 26 September 1953), also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter. [1]He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a modern China at the beginning of the 20th century.
Li Chevalier (born 1961) Painting; Installation Chinese born French artist ( 诗蓝 in Chinese) Li Shuang (born 1957), contemporary artist; Liang Xiao Ping (born 1959), calligrapher, from 1987 resident in Australia; Liao Jingwen (1923–2015), calligrapher and curator of the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum; Li Di; Li He; Liu Xiaodong; Liu Ye
China already had a long tradition of such paintings (designated as "Portraits of Periodical Offering"), starting from around the 6th century CE, but such paintings ended around the time of the Opium War, which shattered the ideal of the Great Chinese Empire in the middle of the world, and gave way to the awareness of China as simply one ...
Yan's paintings included painted portraits of various Chinese emperors from the Han dynasty (202 BC–220 AD) up until the Sui dynasty (581–618) period. His works were highly regarded by the Tang writers Zhu Jingxuan and Zhang Yanyuan, who noted his paintings were "works among the glories of all times". [3]
Zhang Zhenshi (Chinese: 张振仕; 1914–1992) was a Chinese portrait painter and fine art educator. [1] He is known for his portraits of the Chinese leader Mao Zedong, one of which has become the most reproduced image of Mao of all time. [2] The paintings are among the most famous portraits in China. [3]
known for his paintings of monkeys Yin Zhaohui: 1977-ambiguous scenes of the human form Yuan Jiang: Yüan Chiang: 袁江: 袁江: Qing dynasty: Yuan Yao: Yüan Yao: 袁耀: 袁耀: Qing dynasty: Yun Bing: Yün Ping: 惲冰: 恽冰: 17th century: courtesy names Qingyu and Haoru Yun Shouping: Yün Shou-p'ing: 惲壽平: 恽寿平: 1633–1690 ...
Zeng Fanzhi (Chinese: 曾梵志; pinyin: Zēng Fànzhì; born 1964) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing. Zeng's works have been praised as possessing an emotional directness, an intuitive psychological sense, and a carefully calibrated expressionistic technique.