Monthly Archives: December 2013

Folk Life in Chinese Genre Paintings

Posted on December 6, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Genre painting is one of important subjects of Chinese figure paintings that usually takes folks’ daily life as its content. As a distinctive form of Chinese paintings, genre painting is extraordinarily close to the life of the mind of masses … Continue reading →

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Eight Immortals the Chinese gods in Paintings

Posted on December 4, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Each Immortal has a magic tool that can give life or destroy evils. Tieguai Li had an iron crutch and gourd, Zhang Guolao always rode the donkey back to front, Han Zhongli waved his palm-leaf fan, Lan Caihe carried his … Continue reading →

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What are Chinese Scroll Paintings

Posted on December 2, 2013 by CNArtGallery

Chinese Scroll mounting is a traditional mounting form to make Chinese paintings/calligraphy as scrolls that is time-honored and has distinct national characteristic. According to the surviving historical records, the scroll mounting was invented as early as 1,500 years ago. And the … Continue reading →

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