That auction set a record price for a classical Chinese painting sold in the United States: $3.44 million. Buyers also snatched up classical paintings at Sotheby's Hong Kong spring sales in April.

The most significant classical Chinese painting is the Qingming Shanghetu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival, which was painted nearly 900 years ago during the Northern Song dynasty.

Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong practically defined the canon of classical Chinese painting, but his reign was in other ways disastrous. Skip to main content. Search Input. Sections ...

A master of classical Chinese painting who later reimagined modern art in his adopted American homeland, Zhang’s work spanned traditions from ink landscapes to abstraction.

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China – and the global art market at large – he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese ...

C.C. Wang, 96, a Chinese American art expert who sold classical Chinese paintings and also created his own works, died July 3 in New York City. Born Wang Jiqian near Suzhou, China, Wang began ...

Lauded as a "pinnacle of Chinese aesthetics," The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting premiered in 2021 at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts and rose to international ...

A master of classical Chinese painting who later reimagined modern art in his adopted American homeland, Zhang’s work spanned traditions from ink landscapes to abstraction.

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese ...

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China — and the global art market at large — he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese ...