Discover the fascinating art of Chinese brush painting and try your hand at this expressive medium with artist Chi Zhang. You can explore the cultural significance of the lotus in China, where it ...

A Lotus Flower Just Rose from Under Water, by Wu Bin from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Exhibited in the Beijing Palace Museum, it is the oldest lotus painting collected by the Museum. [Photo/qq.com] ...

Over 100 masterworks by 59 artists spanning the Ming and Qing dynasties are on view at China Institute Gallery in New York. Zhu Da (1626–1705), “Flowers on a River” (1697), hand scroll; ink ...

The largest survey of its kind outside of China and the first in the U.S., Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911, Masterworks from Tianjin Museum and Changzhou ...

Chinese ink painting, a centuries-old art using ink and brushwork, has influenced and inspired global art. For Chen Hongyi, director of the Minsheng Art Museum and Minsheng Calligraphy Museum, ink ...

Yes, it’s the stamp! Another emphasis of Chinese ink painting is the negative space on the artwork. For example, in a painting of fish, you will feel the fish naturally swimming around the canvas.

NEW YORK, April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ "Ink Lotus," a painting by His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III, sold for $16.5 million at a recent auction held at Gianguan Auctions in New York.