But when the art market collapsed in late 2008 and Western collectors became scarce at auction, Chinese buyers began calling the shots, and as their tastes broadened, classical paintings soared.

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

"Kung Fu Panda's" dominance of the box office this past weekend probably can't be attributed to a massive ticket-buying spree by devotees of classical Chinese painting, but if any such ...

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.

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. And while the ...