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Spring Festival in the eyes of Chinese painters

(Chinaculture.org) Updated: 2016-01-26 10:44 Comments

Spring Festival in the eyes of Chinese painters

A painting by Xu Cao. [Photo/artron.net]
Xu Cao (1899—1961) was a famous character painter born during the Qing Dynasty. He was a skilled painter and specialized in portraits of ladies from ancient times, gongbi style, xieyi style (sketching thoughts), and line drawing (simple and straightforward style). The painting above depicts the dragon-lion dance during the Spring Festival's celebration.

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