Green Maize (traditional fine brushwork)

Kong Zi was born in 1952 in Tangshan. Hebei Province. In 1985 she took a refresher course in the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting at the Zhejiang Fine Arts Academy. In 1989 she graduated from the Painting Department of the P.L.A. Arts Academy. Today she is a professional painter in her army unit.     

Wu Haiyan and Her Fashion

Forty-year-old Wu Haiyan is afamous designer in China today.Sheis an associate professor in theChinese Academy of Fine Arts and also thechief designer of Hangzhou Kaidi SilkCompany Ltd.At the beginning of 1998,the     

刘瑞芳小传(英文)

Liu Ruifang, 38, is a teacher at Pingdu Normal School. As an artist especially good at drawing cats, she enjoys quite a bit of fame in the locality. She graduated from the Department of Fine Arts in Shandong Teachers' University and studied in the Central Academy of     

Dressing Splendidly

Professor Pan Shixun, of the Man nationality, was born in 1934 in. Jilin City. Jilin Province. As a young man. he learned painting through self-study. In 1950 he joined the army and worked in the Soldier's Cultural Books Publishing House as an illustrator and layout designer. In 1955 he enrolled in the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1960 he graduated from Wu Zuoren's Studio and was assigned to work in this academy. From 1984 to 1986 be did advanced study at the Paris National Academy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the Chinese Artists' Association and a council member of the Association for the     

Lotus Pond in August

Sun Weimin. born in 1946 in Helongjiang Province. graduated from the middle school attached to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1967 He went on to attend the Deparment of the Oil Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with a master's degree in 1987. Now he is the dean of the Department of the Oil Painting. associate professor and member of Chinese Artists' Association. His master works include     

Hua Mei's Study of the Culture fo Human Clathing and Ornament

OPENING up Human Clothing and Ornament Culturology, a recently. published academic work, is like entering a comprehensive museum of the history of apparel. Readers will marvel at the extensive knowledge of clothing contained in each chapter of the thick volume, which is filled with numerous photos and illustrations. Its author is Hua Mei, a professor at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. Born in 1951 to an intellectual family,     

Art Appreciation

Modern embossed forged copper has an elegant character. This art form works well as decoration for the walls of buildings. Chen Chuan, the designer, pursues a look of simplicity and powerfulness in his works Auspiciousness and Harmony, which is based on the themes of man and nature. Chen carefully plans the arrangement of convex and concave parts, adding texture by hammering or scraping in many small points and fine lines. With a steel pick, the artist creates a surface sometimes rough and matte, sometimes smooth and shiny. Chen Chuan graduated from the Hubei Institute of Arts in 1965, and was deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Art Gallery from 1984 to 1991. A member of the China Artists Association and the China Graphic Art Association, Chen Chuan is ranked as a first-class artisan, and currently serves as director of the forge copper art office of the Shandong Academy. He has won awards at exhibitions held both at home and abroad.     

Painter Liu Mi

LIU Mi graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. In following years, she worked in stage and wardrobe design for the military song and dance ensemble. She later worked for the Chongqing Foreign Trade Company where her packaging design achievements won     

The Soul of the Forest

"The Soul of the Forest." a ceramic work exhibited at the "Century Women" Art Show. is a fine example of the work of Zhang Wenzhi from Guangdong Painting Studio: this particular piece reflects the artist's concern for environmental protection. The ceramic objects created by Zhang are not for pragmatic use; instead. they are a kind of modern art: sculpture in essence. but cer amic in flavor. Zhang Wenzhi obtained her master's degree at Guangzhou Fine Arts Academy in 1993 and her book. Arts of Modern Materials. Was published in June of that year. The next year. she joined the European Synthetic Arts Soci-ety. In 1996. she held ceramics exhibition in the gallery of Illinois State University. Her work, "The World of Wine." Was collected by the former Culture Ministry. In 1997. her work. "Chinese" was selected for the first National Modern Ceramics Exhibition in Shanghai and awarded the silver medal.     

"Paper Cut Lady" Ku Shulan

WHEN the people in Xunyi County of Shaanxi Province talk about the traditional paper cut, they always speak of a "paper cut lady" Ku Shulan. Her works have been shown at the Xi'an Artists' Gallery, Beijing China Art Gallery and Exhibition Hall of Central Academy of Fine Arts. Almost seventy years old, Ku Shulan is an ordinary country lady, and her artistic achievements were closely linked with her mother countryside. The traditional paper cut created and developed in Xunyi County, has a simple and bold style of Northern Shaanxi, and an exquisitely