Ink painting is one of the traditional Chinese painting techniques that only paint with ink. The origin of ink painting can be traced to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), when Wang Wei (one of the great Tang poets and painter) raised the idea of 「ink painting as superior」. The Development of ink painting began in Five Dynasties (907-960 AD) and reached its peak in Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD) and Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD), and continuously developed during Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD)and contemporary era.
Calligraphy is to write Chinese characters with brushes; it is a unique formative art in China. Calligraphy has different types of scripts, such as seal script, clerical script, regular script, semi-cursive script and cursive script. In terms of writing principles, the gesture of holding brush, the use of brush and ink, structure, points, layout and styles are specially focused.
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The holy figures and their bodies have remained the carriers of LIN Ju’s meditative religious though... (Read more)
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There is a romantic rhythm in YU Peng’s work, comprised of hasty, wild brushstrokes, layers of refin... (Read more)
The “landscape of lust” has remained an important painting theme for YU Peng since the late 1990s. B... (Read more)
According to tradition, a landscape must feel as if it can be appreciated, lived and traveled in the... (Read more)
YU Peng’s landscapes present a romantic spirit which is incompatible and far removed from the nervou... (Read more)
YU Peng’s landscapes present a romantic spirit which is incompatible and far removed from the nervou... (Read more)
One Man’s Cultural Revolution– the Battle between Dragon and Tiger in the Mountains reveals the arti... (Read more)
A Couplet of Landscape Painting is an innovated work which deconstructs the traditional couplet form... (Read more)
In the work UFO, the dot-like gold leaf scatters on the thick ink diffusion, bringing some strange a... (Read more)
For the artist, Thirty-three Guanyin Bodhisttvas Drawings is more like a “conceptual” work of art. I... (Read more)
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“Know the Right yet Speak Nothing Against the Wrong” comes from Chapter Twenty Eighth of Daodejing w... (Read more)
In this landscape, free-flowing, dynamic splashes of ink are layered upon static color fields. Toget... (Read more)
Vitality is composed of strings of dots of different colors, sizes and shades. These dots seem to be... (Read more)
A Love Affair with the Mountain is inspired by poems written by Buddhist Master Hsian-wan of the Son... (Read more)
Mysteries of the Tienshan Mountain is a psychological landscape inspired by the author’s personal tr... (Read more)
In Eye of Typhoon, Lee Chung-chung uses two thick masses of ink on the top and the lower left, light... (Read more)
Yuan Zhan’s Wonderland series in is one inspired by her own imagination. Spring is Long in the Wonde... (Read more)
Huang Chau-hu was constantly experimenting and searching for breakthroughs in his art. In his post- ... (Read more)
Huang Chau-hu's 1990s Color Fantasy World series, also known as the Color Ink works, were an express... (Read more)
In the 1980s, Huang Chau-hu experimented with modern techniques and forms. This abstract-like painti... (Read more)
Huang Chau-hu incorporating modern media, techniques and styles in his experiments with ink wash pai... (Read more)
Numerous white spaces lie in the large expanse of furrowed ink layers. From amongst the seemingly fo... (Read more)
Under the influence of the modern art movement in the post-war Taiwan, many artists were devoted to ... (Read more)
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Shiao Chin has lived in the foreign country for a long time, where he was influenced by the Western ... (Read more)
Feng’s abstract ink paintings are best featured by the combination of Chinese literati painting meth... (Read more)
Using modern painting and texturizing techniques, Feng Jung-ruei transforms traditional landscapesin... (Read more)
Cheng Shang-hsi often portrays scenes of everyday life in his modern ink painting works. Created aft... (Read more)
Cheng Shan-hsi believes that, to reform ink painting, one does not have to “refer to the traditional... (Read more)
Cheng has taken a wide variety of creative methods throughout his painting career. When it comes to ... (Read more)
Cheng Shan-hsi not only has a solid set of skills for traditional Chinese painting that helps him cr... (Read more)
Folk cultural events are Cheng’s much cherished childhood memories. He loves folk art so much that m... (Read more)
Influenced by the minimal art movement in the 1970s, Liu used spray guns to create the Metamorphosis... (Read more)
To create a landscape painting, Liu would paint on a special kind of modern Xuan (cotton) paper with... (Read more)
Liu Kuo-sung is good at fulfilling a picture with different materials and techniques. To create this... (Read more)
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According to the artist, this painting is based on pine words in Erzihping, Taiwan. The two trees in... (Read more)
Waterfall and Rainbow (1989) incorporates ink-and-wash painting skills and plein-air painting skills... (Read more)
This painting portrays a scene from “Rhapsody of Autumn Sounds” by Ou Yang Xiu from the Northern Son... (Read more)
Jiang learned poetry and prose with master painter Pu Hsin-yu in the early years of his career. The ... (Read more)
Wu Ping is good at flower and bird painting. The artist’s paintings are featured by anthocyanin pigm... (Read more)
The piece is one of the The Earth Ⅲ series. He used Feibai (half-dry stroke) technique of Chinese ca... (Read more)
Hsia Yi-fu’s work has evolved through several incarnations from his early freehand method, to a dry-... (Read more)
Professor Jang Guang-bin is a specialist of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting, mastering ... (Read more)
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Solitude (1933), which was honored with Direct Entry at the 7th Taiwan Arts Exhibition, was inspired... (Read more)