Discover China Through Art (DCTA), China Institute Gallery’s innovative art education program for groups of all ages. This beloved program that mainly draws on each of China Institute Gallery’s exhibition to provide a lively experience for learning Chinese art and culture.
Flower-and-bird painting is one of three major genres of Chinese painting, alongside landscape and figure painting. The exhibition Flowers on a River: The Art of Chinese Flower-and-Bird Painting, 1368-1911 showed at the China Institute Gallery from March 23 – June 25, 2023 provided a rare opportunity to appreciate over 100 Chinese masterworks of flower-and-bird painting by 59 artists through 500 years of Ming and Qing dynasties.
Peony, the beautiful flower once regarded as the national flower of China, symbolizing wealth and prosperity. We chose a painting from the exhibition, Broken-Branch Flowers by a 17th century painter Zhang Sheng, as our workshop sample. Participants will learn and apply fundamental ink and brush techniques to create a unique artwork after practice.
