Scent of Ink: The Roy and Marilyn Papp Collection of Chinese Art
墨香：派帕中国书画藏品

This exhibition, organized by the Phoenix Art Museum and drawn from the Papp Collection, featured fifty masterworks of the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. These works explored the transmission of the canonical styles and ideals of Chinese paintings from masters to their students and followers. In addition, the exhibition provided an opportunity for newcomers and experts to understand the central aesthetic ideas, artistic formats, and brush techniques of this traditional Chinese art form. Throughout the exhibit, masterworks were singled out as perfect models to answer questions about the craftsmen, methods, and subjects unique to Chinese paintings. The paintings offered a compelling picture of the ways in which the central tenets and tendencies of Chinese painting were preserved through generations of artists.