(1904–1965), Chinese painter. Fu Baoshi was one of the most influential figures in earlytwentieth-century Chinese painting. Born into an impoverished family in Nanchang, Jiangxi, Fu studied art history and sculpture at the prestigious Tokyo...

In Chinese culture, painting joins poetry and calligraphy as one of the "three perfections" of the scholar-gentleman. These three art forms use essentially the same materials: ink, brush, and silk or paper and depend on line to give...

Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology. Different forms of art have been influenced by great philosophers, teachers,...

The great China investment boom has many facets. A fortnight ago at a Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong of Chinese works of art, wealthy mainland collectors and their representatives became so excitable during the bidding that along with the rest of the audience they...

Chinoiserie is back. We are not talking lacquerware boxes or pagodas, but photographs of strippers on the Great Wall, or woodblocks of Chairman Mao holding a Big Mac - and investors are loving it. Five years ago, a work by one of the...

The Los Angeles Zoo paid $4,500 to an expert in the ancient Chinese art of feng shui to ensure three endangered golden monkeys on loan from China can have a strong life force.Consulting the feng shui expert was part of the cost for a $7.4...

Stylist and fashion guru Isabella Blow, a vibrant and often outrageous presence on the British fashion scene, has died, her husband said. She was 48.Detmar Blow said she died in the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in western England. News reports said she had recently been diagnosed...

Explores the history of Chinese ceramics and the classic Chinese ceramic traditions. Details the decline of the quality of porcelain. Describes the current status of pottery in China.