Chinese Traditional Painting (guo hua 国画)

All the works in my collection are mounted as hanging scrolls and represent both the "fine brush" 工筆 (gong-bi) and the "free hand" 寫意 (xie yi) styles.

For more information see Suggested Readings.

Chinese transcriptions and translations courtesy of Daniel von Brighoff unless otherwise noted. Some transcriptions may use the simpfied form of Chinese rather than the traditional form.

Traditional categories or genres are noted after each painter:

• landscape paintings (山水画): includes "blue-and-green" landscapes (青綠山水) and "ink-and-wash" landscapes (水墨山水)—the former use bright blue, green and red mineral-based pigments to create a rich effect, the latter use mainly black ink and wash techniques to express the artist's conception of nature, his own emotions and individuality;
• bird and flower paintings (花鸟画): includes flowers, fruits, birds, animals, insects and fish;
• figure paintings (人物画): includes religious figures, historical subjects, and scenes of everyday life.

In all cases the metadata describes the original work, not the digital reproduction.

Art Collections