From Shanghai to Ohio: Woo Chong Yung
Woo Chong Yung 吳仲熊 (1898–1989), also known in the United States as C.Y. Woo, was a highly accomplished painter, calligrapher, and poet from Shanghai. From the 1920s to 1949, Woo was at the center of China’s cultural world, recognized in the art circles of both Shanghai and Beijing. Faced with political persecution in the 1960s, […]
Painting Anime: Up the River During Qingming
Up the River During Qingming is a masterpiece of genre painting, with many replications done over the centuries. This version, completed in 1736, the first year of the Qianlong Emperor’s reign, was the collaborative effort of five Qing court artists. The scroll can be divided into several major parts, including the rustic setting at the […]