The most significant classical Chinese painting is the Qingming Shanghetu or Along the River During the Qingming Festival, which was painted nearly 900 years ago during the Northern Song dynasty.

Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong practically defined the canon of classical Chinese painting, but his reign was in other ways disastrous.

That auction set a record price for a classical Chinese painting sold in the United States: $3.44 million. Buyers also snatched up classical paintings at Sotheby's Hong Kong spring sales in April.

A 13th-century classical Chinese scroll painting fetched $49 million from an anonymous bidder at a New York auction recently. The ink brush painting titled Six Dragons once belonged to Emperor ...

China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. presents Classical Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 中国古代书画(LOT 1001--1319) on 11/19/2019 . View all auction details, and browse China Guardian Auctions Co., Ltd. lots ...

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China – and the global art market at large – he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese ...

A 700-year-old Chinese painting sold Thursday for nearly $40 million after a marathon 75-minute bidding war — the “longest in living memory.” The 6.6-feet scroll, titled “Five Drunken P… ...

Compared with Western-style oil painting — a hardy, meat-and-potatoes, survivalist medium — Classical Chinese painting is fragile. Often done in ink on silk, it has two natural enemies: time ...

M embers of the Flying Fairies Dance Center perform the Chinese classical dance Ink Plum Blossom at the inaugural Mid-Autumn Festival Carnival on Sept. 22 at the Mercer Island Community and Event ...

C.C. Wang, 96, a Chinese American art expert who sold classical Chinese paintings and also created his own works, died July 3 in New York City. Born Wang Jiqian near Suzhou, China, Wang began ...

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China – and the global art market at large – he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. A master of classical Chinese ...