Qi Zilai's Chinese Painting

Qi Zilai inherited the painting skills of her grandfather Qi Baishi, a giant of contemporary Chinese painting. She is the only woman of the third generation of Qi family painters, Qi Zilai has been deeply influenced by her     

Natural Born Painter

Halida in her painting room. HALIDA has been keen on paintingsince her childhood, which wasspent with a pile of drawing paperand a box of crayons. In primary school, heifavorite subject was painting. After shegained the first prize in the municipalitychildren's calligraphy and paintingcompetition, she decided that painting washer future. In 1989, Halida selected the CentralUniversity for Ethnicities, far away fromher hometown, to finish her college     

Art Appreciation

Wang Erkeis a middle-aged woman with deep feelings and a strong character She has lived on the black land of the Great North Wilderness and gained abundant experience from her ups and downs She has tasted the happiness of marriage and as well the pains of divorce in the new life she has made for herself, she feels as fresh and vital as the spring. She tried to discover the type of painting that enabled her to express her inner feelings Though she lost the chance to study at an art academy. she studied and practiced ink and     

Mountains in Mist and Clouas

Wu Lizhu, 54, of Changli. Hebei Province, is a graduate of the department of traditional Chinese painting at the Central Institute of Fine Arts. Her teachers have included the famous traditional Chinese painters Li Keran, Ye Qianyu, Li Kuchan and Jiang Zhaohe. Since her graduation, she has been doing publishing work. Wu is an accomplished landscape painter. She has visited scenic spots in many parts of the country, and based on her observations and experiences, she expresses her own pure     

人与自然的对话(英文)

Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Zhang Na is now an art designer for Chinese Culture Pictorial. As a notable artist, who mainly draws flowers and plants, she is never bound by the weighty tradition of still-life painting. The unity of tradition with modern painting skills is realized in her unique style of drafting, which reflects her     

Farmer Artists

THERE is a huge tree stump in front of my house, and clumps of mushrooms grow on it. I always stand there looking at them and wondering how to include them into my painting." On the second floor of the China Art Gallery, Liu Suying stands in front of her work, "Picking Mushrooms," and vividly describes the process of creation. The color of the painting resembles that of the yellow earth in her hometown. Eight huge stumps are     

A Girl of Hani Nationality

Traditional Chinese painting stresses the techniques of line. Line constitutes the bone or seam of a painting. The seamless painting style once appeared in ancient China but its popularity didn't last. This painting depicts a native Hani girl with woods and flowers in the background The painter has left a trace of line which is well blended into the entire painting. This is a new technique which enables the painter to achieve more unrestrained     

Time (print)

“Time” shows a feeling in a twinkling: life is like a poem or a song. it twinkles, undulates and unfolds to offer us beauty, optimism and warmth. Li Xiu. 51. a printmaker of the Yi nationality, is quite familiar with the life of the Yi people. She has produced many works about the Yi because she has lived in her native area of Yunnan Province for many years. Her prints display exquisite compositions, cool and simple colors that evoke a rich, modern flavor. Li graduated in 1968 from the Fine Arts Department of Guangxi Art College. Today she is a senior painter with the Yunnan Art Academy and a council member of the Chinese Artists Association. Story by LIU NAN     

Flood Overflows Jinshan Temple (Chinese Painting)

The Chinese painting Flood Ouerflows Jinshan Temple draws its subject from a beautiful and well-known legend,The white Snake.In the tale Jinshan was an islet in the Yangtze River of yesteryear.Inorder to aave her husband kept in a temple at the top of the isle.Bai Niangzi.incarnation of the whitesnake.bravely fought Monk Fahat.She borrowed the Yangtze River’s water to overcome Jinshan Templeand force Fahai to release her husband.     

The Littlest Painter

THE girl with a birthmark on her right cheek is named Jiang Naihan. She is said to be quite well-known in her hometown of Haikou City, Hainan Province. She is a primary-schooler obsessed with painting. Previous to 1988, Hainan Island was under the administration of Guangdong Province. When it was raised to the status of province, people swarmed to the island to pursue new opportunities; Naihan's parents were among them.     

Wong Leung Kit-Wah and Her Exhibition Tour

BEAUTIFUL ladies painted by beautiful woman Annie Wong Leung Kit-Wah, a renowned painter from Hong Kong recently came to Beijing. Upon the first anniversary of Hong Kong's return to its motherland, Leung held an exhibition of her work at the China Art Gallery. Each piece conveyed her ability to use the unique techniques of Chinese painting to manifest the beauty of women, and her own admiration for women's qualities: grace and poise, modesty and     

A Creative Miao Painter

IF Xiangxi is a landscape painting, the ancient town of Fenghuang is the gem in the painting. Some overseas friends have praised its landscape and its people by calling it the "town of painting." Fenghuang has not only attracted many artists to come paint its scenery, but has also nurtured masters like Huang Yongyu and younger artists such as Chen Yanhong. Chen Yanhong graduated in 1992 from the Fine Art Department of the Central Institute for Nationalities. Half     

A Painter for Women

HUANG Shaohua paints traditionally. All of her subjects are females under the background of rural scenery. Her remarkable painting skills reflect an objective aesthetic stand.Her paintings combine traditional folk art with scholar-style modern Chinese painting. After graduating from the art school at Anhui Normal University in 1981, Huang Shaohua, a painter of the Anhui school, stayed there to teach. Zhou Sicong, a wellknown Chinese painter, became Huang's mentor in 1994. When Zhou died he left words evaluating Huang's work.     

So Man-yee's Design Work

SO Man-yee started to learn Western painting in1971. In 1973 she graduated from the Linhai ArtSchool in Hong Kong after spending three yearsstudying commercial design. After leaving the schoolshe started work with advertisement agencies. Thatexperience prepared her for further development inthe design field. So founded her own design company in 1976 withher friend Han Binhua. Apart from this project, So isalso involved in art education. So is a member of theboard of the Hong Kong Zhengxing Design School,executive member of the Association of Designers inHong Kong, member of the board of Hong KongArtists, chief director of the board of Hong Kong'sKinggraphic Co. Ltd., and also chairperson of theHong Kong Women Painters Association. A famous watercolorist in Hong Kong, So has heldseveral eye-catching exhibitions there. Her exhibitionsinclude the one-woman show entitled "So Man-yee'sRhythm of Watercolors" held in 1987 at the HongKong Art Center. In 1996 a grand exhibition of HongKong artists hosted by the     

Warm Breeze

Middle-aged female painter Wang Yingchun is a first-grade artist at the Research Instituteof Chinese Painting. With a solid foundation in: Chinese painting, oil painting andsculpture she began to experiment in the early 1980s with stone carving, murals, folkart, landscapes, flowers and birds, cubism, expressionism and abstractionism. Living ina time of social transformation, she felt pressed to create her own artistic style. Aftervisiting South America, she produced a batch of works which drew the essence of theBeast Group and used a new technique, without sketching the contours of flowers, sothat the paintings look wild, romantic and exuberant. This painting Warm Breeze displaysWang's style: While extensively studying the paintings of various schools, she makes hertraditional Chinese ink paintings tinted with modern color.     

After Sang Lan Fell

SANG Lan lies quietly in her bed, her pretty face composed and sweet. The 17-year-old Chinese gymnast looks more like a little girl than an experienced athlete, and yet she has displayed tremendous strength after a terrible accident on the vault on July 21st that left her paralyzed. Sang was sleeping when Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen arrived at her Nassau County Medical Center room for a visit. Since the most frightful tragedy of the Goodwill Games happened right before the eyes of thousands of audience members, the Chinese national vaulting champion has become the focus of people all over the     

Painter Piao Chunzi

Piao Chunzi,a rising star in painting,specializes in realistic depictions ofChinese ethnic women.Fresh and vibrant,her works comprise a compellingmixture of quiet calm and creative Vitality,introducing the beauty that lies withinthe Chinese ethnicites.     

Speaking for the Common People and Taking Action for Women

WU QING has become a well-known figure among an increasing number of people in recent years. Those in the literary world know her as the daughter of Bing Xin, the most celebrated contemporary writer in the country. Wu has often participated in important events in literary circles on her mother's behalf. People in academia know her as an excellent English professor at the Beijing University of Foreign Languages Studies. Her educational philosophy of teaching and cultivating morals simultaneously makes many of her     

"Pearl Sister"

HE Xiuying is the general manager of the Beihai Pearl Company in a small city by the Gulf of Beibu in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Local people like to call her "Pearl Sister," because they have seen with their own eyes how He Xiuying has been transformed from an ordinary fisherwoman into a pearl expert and entrepreneur as pearl production has developed in Beihai. Born into a poor family, He Xiuying had to help her parents support her     

Woman's Hobby Enjoyed by Many

TODAY many people in China, like people all over the world, have begun collecting things. In Shanghai, where the hobby has a long history, membership to the Association of Collection and Appreciation has exceeded 3,000, and its members cross social strata. Du Baojun. vice secretary-general of the association, is well known for her collection of yuhuashi, which, literally translated, means flower rain stone. She has established a family museum fbr her collections. The young and old, experts and scholars, Chinese and foreigners all enjoy her collections.