Painting gallery for Zhao Mengfu, 赵孟頫 1254-1322, one of the most famous and important calligraphers and painters in Chinese art history.
Wang Zirang a follower of Huang Binhong and leading Xin'An artist tells us about Chinese Su ink painting.
According to legends of the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220–280), when fighting continued along the Qiang and Shu (蜀) borders, the Qiang women were brave and…
Who are the Qiang? Qiang is a very old name in China, recorded on Oracle bone scripts more than 3,000 years ago. Qiang is the…
Meng Tian and the writing problem Meng Tian (蒙恬) was a famous general of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of Qin dynasty who united…
inkston.com founder Yan is from Chengdu area of Sichuan. After the 2008 Sichuan earthquake Yan worked as a volunteer on the disaster relief effort. The…
Huang Guohong (黄国鸿), GongBi painter from Shexian, Huizhou, near Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) in Anhui tells us about Chinese GongBi detail Painting.
Cancong is described as having bulging eyes and colourful clothes: he developed early silk industry and became known as Qingyishen 青衣神 cyan-cloth-god. The name Can…
