Xuexiaohong Graduated at the Art Department of Ningbo Institute of Education in 1986
she then made an advanced study at the Chinese Academy of Art.
An artist of Kaiming painting academy in Zhejiang. So far many
literary works and Art works have been published in paper and
Magazines in China.

Art works include oil paintings, printmaking ,watercolor ,mixed
materials and more..
Her Art works have been awarded the following prizes. The silver prize for painting
and calligraphy competition for Chinese teachers and students. Twice she has been
awarded first prize in Ningbo,Zhejiang and also the silver prize, respectively, in
Ningbo,Zhejiang …

Monet
Not seen since its first showing in 1876 Monet’s Dans La Prairie which features the artist’s wife Camille goes under the hammer at Christie’s. The painting filled with colour in brush strokes that embody impressionism is expected to fetch around 15 million pounds sterling when it goes up for auction in an evening sale of Impressionist and Modern works in London on February 4. Other famous pieces including works by Toulouse-Lautrec, Modigliani, Sisley, Renoir, sculptor Henry Moore, Matisse and Van Dongen are also up for sale and are expected to …

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Art Turner winner’s greatest gamble: 5,000 of his original works for free Tyson harnesses power of the internet to spread art inspired by roulette wheel * Charlotte Higgins, chief arts writer * The Guardian, Tuesday December 9 2008 * Article history December, Broadway, Westminster, London - one of Keith Tyson’s History Painting prints, created using spins of a roulette wheel to determine where the colours fall …

If Chinese art is hot right now then perhaps GuangXie Piao Born in 1970 is an artist we should pay attention to. His paintings will soon be on sale (from £10,000) at Kounter Kulture.
GuangXie Piao paintings are a stark contrast from what we normally expect to see. Breaking the conventional rectangular format and producing large circular bubble figurative paintings which show lotus flowers, young Chinese people, and the artist himself drowning or swimming through water. Each vast circular canvas painted in hues of pink gives the observer a pair of …

Just 22 years old and recently graduated from St Martins college of Art in London Johan has already made the shortlist for the BP Portrait Award as one of its youngest artist ever to receive an accolade. Interest in the young Swedish painter has been huge and already some of his larger oil on canvas paintings have sold for over $9,000 USD
National Portrait Gallery London Johan Andersson. Oil on canvas
Challenging our perceptions of beauty and capturing the physical nature of simple existence in a human face has become Johan’s primary …

Stuart Semple is a recent sensation sweeping the British art scene. His pop art images on canvas have been compared…

 
Born Marcus Rothkowitz (Latvian: Marks Rotko; September 25, 1903–February 25, 1970),  In Russia, Rothko, was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker who is classified as an abstract expressionist. Rothko emigrated to the U.S in 1913. He studied briefly at Yale and in New York, although he considered this to have little Born Marcus Rothkowitz (Latvian: Marks Rotko; September 25, 1903–February 25, 1970), In Russia, Rothko, was a Latvian-born American painter and printmaker who is classified as an abstract expressionist. Rothko emigrated to the U.S in 1913. He studied briefly at …

When I think of the works produced by Henri Matisse it is perhaps the collages that he produced and not so much his paintings which I most associate with him. In 1941 he was diagnosed with cancer and confined to a wheelchair. Having recently divorced he was cared for by one his longtime models, Lidia Delektorskay a Russian woman who looked after him until his death. Having the aid of assistants, at his disposal, Matisse began using scissors and color paper to create shapes and contrasts. He demonstrates to us …

Picasso had always shown a passion and skill for art from an early age. His mother recalls his very first word to be ‘piz’ in Spanish or ‘Pencil.’ As a child Picasso developed a love for art that would hinder development in his other subjects at school. Picasso’s father, Ruiz, who was also an artist and whose subject matter was wild birds and other game began to school his son in classical, formal art techniques and would often get Picasso to finish off one of his sketches. The family moved …

In Colonial times it was self-evident that aspiring Africa artist were required to have a solid foundation in European styles of painting. Later it became apparent that for African artists, such knowledge and influences was actually having a negative and counter productive effect. Fortunately for Samba Cheri, his only influence of western art/culture was through magazines and cartoons and the graphic art featured in contemporary newspapers. It was through this medium that he began to develop his own style. In 1975 he graduated from simply drawing cartoons to putting paint …