Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting styles. When grouped together with the inkstone, inkstick, and xuan ...

HANGZHOU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- In a township around 60 kilometers from the city of Hangzhou, home of e-commerce giant Alibaba, a group of Chinese ink brush manufacturers are struggling to survive at a ...

Work by Chinese brush artist and calligrapher Gail Threinen is featured at the Lake Travis Community Library through May 29. Threinen’s works include famous Chinese poetry and inspirational ...

HEFEI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sifting through bags of goat hairs to select quality ones for the production of Chinese ink brushes can be tough and boring, but this is routine work for Zhang Wennian, 50, ...

SOON after my arrival in the Orient in 1917, I , asked a Chinese friend why he preferred writings on his walls to paintings, of which he apparently owned none and this at a time when good originals, ...

Archaeologists have discovered that ancient Chinese who lived 3,000 years ago mainly used brush pens to write, rather than using sharp tools to carve characters. Sharp carving tools were once most ...

Surely the biggest news for contemporary art in the 21st century is the ascendancy of Chinese contemporary art and its important place in the international mix. Amazingly, exhibition-goers in Denver ...

Benjamin Wong said that for the most part, Westerners do not appreciate Chinese brush painting. Traditionally, paintings done in this style used little colour, using various shades of black to paint - ...