Veiled world of Chinese empresses on display in the United States
“Empresses of China’s Forbidden City, 1644–1912” was held at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in the year 2019. This major international exhibition explored empresses’ lives during the emperor-centric Qing dynasty. Despite the empresses’ accomplishments and status, they are largely
One of China’s most controversial contemporary artistS
Ai Weiwei is not only one of China’s most controversial contemporary artists, but also an influential architect, curator, and blogger. He has had over 50 architectural projects in China, including the “Bird’s Nest” in Beijing, a collaboration with the Swiss
The Western woman in a Chinese dress
Marion Patten (1889-1941) was an American female artist. One of her celebrated works is considered "A portrait of a woman in Chinese dress" (oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5cm) A native of Malden, Massachusetts, she came to painting at the age
The woman who painted the Chinese Empress
Katharine A. Carl (1865 – 1938) paintings have been exhibited at Paris Salon, later her works were displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago - both in the so-called Fine Arts Palace and in the Women’s Building. Possessing herself
The Chinese Figurine in the American interioR
The American artist William M. Paxton (1869-1941), considered old-fashioned by some modernists, was a prominent genre and portrait painter in the Beaux-Arts style. The Figurine, 1921, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National
Chinese nobles in oil paintings of the Dutch-American artist
The Dutch-American artist Hubert Vos (1855 - 1935) has graduated from Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and has been exhibited widely in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dresden, and Munich. He became famous for portraying the Dowager Empress of China- Cixi
Esther Anna Hunt: Developing Chinese themes in American art
The market of 19th-20th century American small-scaled handicrafts, postcards, and souvenirs with the Asian twist are full of objects titled “Esther Hunt Era”, “a la Esther Hunt”, “Esther Hunt workshop” or “Esther Hunt style”. Her legacy distinguishes with the oils, watercolours,
Theodore Wores: The pioneer of Chinese themes in American Art
Theodore Wores’s art helped to form a positive image of Chinese people in 19th century America. This article by Ani Margaryan is an in-depth analysis of American artist Theodore Wores' contribution to the rise of, coinage and extension of Chinese
The Armenian-American master of “Chinese still life paintings”
Hovsep Pushman (1877-1966) was a well-known and demanded American artist of Armenian background. The most distinctive feature of his artistic style and unique signature was contemplative and aesthetic still life works, involving Oriental, mainly Chinese porcelain jars, vessels, manuscripts, statues and