Top 10 national painting art masters in China

With the boom of Chinese painting market, more and more Chinese art masters and their art works begin to obtain more attentions in the world. Here is a list of the top 10 painting artists in China recently released by USIAA (the United States International Artists Association).  The list recognizes their painting accomplishments, academic influence and achievements of Chinese culture and art in the world.

1. Li Keran  李可染

Li Keran is a maestro in landscape painting, founder of modern Chinese art education in landscape painting. He a prominent figure in 20th-century Chinese art.
2. Wu Guanzhong 吴冠中

Wu Guangzhong is a painting artist in abstract formalism.He is widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting.

3. Lin Fengmian 林风眠

Lin Fengmian is a painting artist in oriental impressionist, modern Chinese art educationalist.He is considered a pioneer of modern Chinese painting for blending Chinese and Western painting styles.

4. Fu Baoshi 傅抱石

A famous painting master in landscape painting, theorist in art history.His works of landscape painting employed skillful use of dots and inking methods, creating a new technique encompassing many varieties within traditional rules.

5. Xu Beihong 徐悲鸿

Painting art master in academic realism, founder of modern painting. He was primarily known for his Chinese ink paintings of horses and birds.

6. Chen Laotie 陈老铁

Maestro in abstract expressionism, founder of tension expressionism.

7. Fan Zeng 范曾

Fan Zeng is a Chinese painter in neo-classical portrait, master of Chinese culture.Fan is especially skilled in figure painting. His works fuse elements of landscape, flower-and-bird and figure painting, as well as forms of poetry and calligraphy.

8. Jia Youfu 贾又福

Jia Youfu is a famous maestro in structuralism and ruralism landscape painting, art educationalist. Jia is famous for cloudy, atmospheric and monumentaltraditional landscape paintings.

9. Shi Qi 石齐

Shi qi is a paiting artist in representationalism, expressionism and abstractionism.

10. Chen Ping 陈平

Chen Ping is a painter in imagery and nostalgia landscape painting, calligrapher.

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