Huang Binhong (1865-1955): Chinese Ink Painting in Qing Dynasty (Sales totaling $99million)

A work by Huang Binhong [Photo: arts.cultural-china.com]

Huang Binhong is a famous Chinese painter and art theorist of the 20th century. Through his deft usage of thick dark ink, he realized a simple yet profound effect, incorporating ideas of Western Impressionism and Modernism. His landscape paintings featuring "black, dense, thick and heavy" exhibit his consummate mastery of coloring techniques in traditional Chinese painting.