Chinese Antique Paintings Appreciation

Chinese painting’s history can be traced to as far back as 6000 years ago in the Neolithic Age.

Chinese painting developed and was classified by theme into three genres: landscapes, figure paintings and flower & bird paintings

In the history of Chinese painting, figure painting was the first genre to appear In the history of Chinese painting, figure painting was the first genre to appear

The 4 kinds of tools used in traditional Chinese painting are called the four treasure of Chinese Culture: paintbrush, ink, Xuan paper and inkstone.

 Special for traditional Chinese painting:

Soft paintbrushes;

soft paper base, The principal kind of paper used in Chinese painting is xuan paper;

Mostly use black ink, The consistency of ink may be varied in order to give different shades of black;

Natural colors. Traditionally, the colors used in Chinese painting are made from mineral and vegetable.