Chess & Art by Chinese Women

Xueping Zhang

I first saw this painting on the excellent blog Deludoscachorum. It was done by the  talented Chinese born artist Xueping Zhang, who now lives in America.

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Wang Neng Jun

‘The Girl and Chess’ by the talented Chinese artist Wang Neng Jun (b.1982).

Wang NENG JUN (王能俊) was born in Chongqing, China in 1982. Contemporary figurative realist artist graduated from the Chongqing Arts and Crafts School in 2001. In 2008, he graduated from the “Integrated Painting Language” seminar of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Currently living in Beijing. Good at realistic oil painting. The work is in a realistic way. Ethereal, using the faces of modern people, the costumes of the ancients, through the dramatic concept to express the artist’s fear of nature and the modern understanding of the traditional. In 2010, “Red Mountain” and “Wife’s Eyes” were selected into the “Time Cup” Chinese Youth Realistic Oil Painting Exhibition. Received the Excellence Award. LINK