The author explores the innovative contributions of individual masters
whose artistic work has helped shape the image of modern China, the
importance of regional artistic centres, and how the works reflect the
times in which they were created (including important events and
political climate). With reference to artistic exchanges between Picasso
and Zhang Daqian, the relationship between modern Chinese painting and
the modern Western art scene is also highlighted in this informative and
elegant introduction to the modern world of Chinese ink painting.