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Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, Coca-Cola vase, Sunflower Seeds Ai Weiwei is a film producer and film director.

Muqi Fachang Six Persimmons Muqi Fachang or Muxi Fachang was a Chinese Zen Buddhist monk and painter who lived in the 13th century, around the end of the Southern Song dynasty. His surname is thought to be Xue; Muqi/Muxi ...more

Zao Wou Ki Scene Chinoise Zao Wou-Ki was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Yue Minjun Execution Yue Minjun is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also reproduced this ...more

Liu Kang Life by the River, Adjusting the Waistband, Roast Pork Stall Liu Kang was a Singaporean artist famous for his Balinese-themed figurative paintings. He was a founding member of the Singapore Art Society, and was credited with developing the Nanyang Style. ...more

Yonfan Yonfan is a Taiwanese film director and photographer.

Xu Bing A Book from the Sky, Lost Letters, Big Tire Xu Bing is a Chinese-born artist who lived in the United States for eighteen years. Currently residing in Beijing, he serves as the president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is most ...more

Wang Wei Wang Wei and also known by other names such as Wang Youcheng, was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter, and statesman. He was one of the most famous men of arts and letters of his ...more

Cai Guo-Qiang Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows Cai Guo-Qiang is a Chinese contemporary artist currently living and working in New York City.

Qi Baishi Eagle Standing on Pine Tree, Jade Spade, Long Melons Qi Baishi was an influential Chinese painter. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi became a carpenter at 14, and learned to paint by himself. After he turned 40, he traveled, ...more

Gu Kaizhi Gu Kaizhi, courtesy name Changkang, was a celebrated painter of ancient China. He was born in Wuxi and first painted at Nanjing in 364. In 366, he became an officer. Later he was promoted to ...more

Ni Zan The Distant Cold Flow Pine, The Rongxi Studio, Sorrow While Traveling Ni Zan was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty.

Tang Yin Mountain Scene Tang Yin, courtesy name Tang Bohu, was a Chinese scholar, painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming dynasty period whose life story has become a part of popular lore. Even though he was born ...more

Wang Shimin Studio in the mountain, Summer mountain after rain, Houses in the Forest Wáng Shímǐn was a Chinese landscape painter during the Qing Dynasty. Born in the Jiangsu province, Wang grew up in an artistic, scholarly environment. His grandfather was a prime ...more

Xu Wei Grapes, Bamboo Xu Wei was a Ming Chinese painter, poet, writer and dramatist famed for his artistic expressiveness. Revolutionary for its time, his painting style influenced and inspired countless subsequent ...more

Shitao Shi Tao;, born Zhu Ruoji was a Chinese landscape painter and poet during the early part of the Qing Dynasty. Born in Quanzhou County in Guangxi province, Shi Tao was a member of the Ming royal ...more

Shen Quan Shen Quan was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name was Nanpin and his sobriquet was Hengzhai. His works became influential in Japanese Edo period art. Shen was born in ...more

Wen Zhengming Living Aloft: Master Liu's Retreat, Scholar Seated in Grove, Crossing the Bridge Wen Zhengming was a leading Ming dynasty painter, calligrapher, and scholar. Born in present-day Suzhou, he claimed to be a descendant of the Song dynasty prime minister and patriot Wen ...more

Feng Zikai Winter Holiday, Grandma Reminiscing, Tilting Dolls and Flowers Feng Zikai was an influential Chinese painter and pioneering manhua artist.

Wu Guanzhong Flower, Fishes, Toyko at Night Wu Guanzhong was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu had ...more

Zhao Xiaoding Zhao Xiaoding is a Chinese photographer and cinematographer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the film House of Flying Daggers.

Wucius Wong Waterfall Dream no. 2, Waterfall Dream no. 1, Nine Spaces No. 7

Chua Ek Kay Chua Ek Kay was a Singaporean artist hailed as the "bridge between Asian and Western art" with a unique painting style using Chinese ink on paper that demonstrated an ingenious blend ...more

Martin Wong Martin Wong was a U.S. painter of the late twentieth century.

Mi Fu Mi Fu was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher born in Taiyuan during the Song Dynasty. In painting he gained renown for his style of painting misty landscapes. This style would be deemed ...more

Yan Pei-Ming Yan Pei-Ming is a Chinese painter born in 1960 in Shanghai. Since 1982 he has lived in Dijon, France. His most famous paintings are "epic-sized" portraits of Mao Zedong worked out in ...more

Huang Yong Ping Huang Yong Ping is a well-known French contemporary artist and one of the most famous Chinese Avant-garde artists. He was born Xiamen, China. He is recognized as the most controversial and ...more

Xu Beihong Loquat, Magpie, Longevity of Pine and Crane Xu Beihong was a Chinese painter born in Yixing, Jiangsu province. He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds and was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate ...more

Su Shi Han Shi Tie, Dongting Chunse Fu, Withered Tree and Queer Rock Su Shi, also known as Su Tungpo, was a Chinese writer, poet, painter, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and a statesman of the Song dynasty. A major personality of the Song era, Su was ...more

Guo Xi Guo Xi Chinese landscape painter from Henan Province who lived during the Northern Song dynasty. One text entitled "The Lofty Message of Forest and Streams" is attributed to him. The ...more

Chang Dai-chien Temple in the Mountains, Splashed Ink on Gold, Spring Clouds Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a guohua painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned as ...more

Zhang Huan Insects No.2, Sunshine II, Paintings of Sage's Traces No.1 Zhang Huan is a Chinese artist based in Shanghai and New York. He began his career as a painter and then transitioned to performance art before making a comeback to painting. He is primarily a ...more

Song Dong Song Dong is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installations, performance, photography and video. He has been involved in many solo and group exhibitions around the world, ...more

Qiu Ying Autumn to be crossing, Weeping willow chess, Akiyama and Streams Qiu Ying was a Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique. Qiu Ying's courtesy name was Shifu, and his pseudonym was Shizhou. He was born to a peasant family in Taicang and ...more

Lin Fengmian Autumn in the Village, Lady in Blue, Two Egrets Lin Fengmian, originally Lin Fengming, was a Chinese painter and is considered a pioneer of modern Chinese painting for blending Chinese and Western styles. He was also an important innovator in ...more

Cao Fei Cao Fei (born 1978) is a Chinese artist.

Tian Yuan Tian Yuan is a Chinese singer-songwriter, actress, novelist and photographer. Born in Wuhan, China, she majored in English at Beijing Language and Culture University, and graduated in 2007.

Yang Fudong Yang Fudong (born 1971) is a Chinese photographer, video artist, and filmmaker.

Qu Lei Lei Hands - Time Generations, Lying figure III, Asha - A Girl of Yi Nationality form Sichuan Qu Leilei is a modern Chinese calligrapher, painter and author currently based in the UK. Qu grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution and spent some time forced to work as a lumberjack ...more

Li Keran Jinggang Mountains, Monk, Play with the Cattle Li Keran was a renowned contemporary Chinese painter. He was born on March 26, 1907 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, as Li Yongshun.

Miao Xiaochun Miao Xiaochun is an artist and photographer based in Beijing.

Fu Baoshi Never Wanting to be a Busy Man, Water Pavilion in an Autumn Forest, Drinking Together on a Pine-Covered Cliff Fu Baoshi, or Fu Pao-Shih, was a Chinese painter from Xinyu, Jiangxi Province. He went to Japan to study the History of Oriental Art in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1933. He translated many ...more

Gai Qi Gai Qi was a poet and painter born in western China during the Qing dynasty. As an artist, he was active in Shanghai. In painting his works mainly concerned plants, beauty, and figures. However ...more

Wu Daozi Bodhisattva, The Eighty-seven Immortals, Confucius Wu Daozi, later 道玄, was a Chinese artist of the Tang Dynasty. Michael Sullivan considers him one of "the masters of the seventh century," Some of his works survive; many, mostly ...more

Puru Puru, also known as Pu Xinyu with Xinyu as his courtesy name, was a traditional Chinese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan, the ruling house of the Qing ...more

Shen Jiawei At the Turn of the Century, Red Star over China, Tolerance Shen Jiawei is a Chinese Australian painter. He is a winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize.

Zheng Xie Zheng Xie, commonly known as Zheng Banqiao was a Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He began life in poverty, but rose in the exam system to become a magistrate at Shandong. However, after 12 years, ...more

Pan Yuliang Mum and Woman's Body, Spring Song, Woman's Body Pan Yuliang, born Zhang Yuliang, was an award-winning Chinese painter, renowned as the first woman in the country to paint in the Western style. She had studied in Shanghai and Paris. Because ...more

Wu Zuoren Wu Zuoren was a Chinese painter. A native of Jing County, Anhui, he was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting.

Dong Yuan Dong Yuan was a Chinese painter. He was born in Zhongling. Dong Yuan was active in the Southern Tang Kingdom of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. He was from Nanjing, which was a ...more