In a late 12th-century Chinese scroll painting entitled " Wind and Snow in the Fir Pines," famed landscape artist Li Shan depicts a lone scholar warming himself by a crackling fire.

The distinctiveness of Chinese culture, as observed in Cailiang Yu’s work, suggests that the Chinese landscape painting evolution has transcended binary choices of tradition or Western influences.

Twenty-seven iconic works of Chinese painting from the Freer’s permanent collection will be on view June 12 – Nov. 28. “Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” offers an exquisite selection of rarely ...

Wesley Tongson, "Untitled," from the Mountains of Heaven series (2000), ink and color on board, 28 3/8 x 38 3/8 inches (all images courtesy BAMPFA, gift of Lilia and Kenneth Tongson) ...

For generations of painters and admirers, rare and seldom-displayed landscape painting from China’s Song dynasty rank among the most outstanding achievements of Chinese culture. On view May 17–Oct. 26 ...

Wang Ximeng, a luminary of ancient Chinese artistry, was born in 1096 during the Northern Song Dynasty. Despite his brief ...

Many of these works are available in the Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting Collection. The exhibition, " Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy," is on view through May 31, 2015.

In paintings like “Winter Landscape,” attributed to the 16th-century artist Jiang Song, or “Autumn Colors Among Streams and Mountains” by the great Ming dynasty master Shen Zhou, nature ...

Sesshū, a medieval master of Japanese painting, became versed in Chinese art during a trip to the continent and went on to develop his own highly influential style. Six of his works have been ...