Porcelain artist transforms plain china into art Ruth Widener, 98, shares her talents with students eager to learn the art of china painting To stream WBIR on your phone, you need the WBIR app.

"Porcelain painting was still popular in the city when I was small. There were vendors and painters all over the streets," recalls Li Chunmin, 57. He started learning the art when he was 16 and ...

He says she spent all her free time “in that china-painting studio.” In late 2007, everything in Holder’s world started to crumble, almost simultaneously. One of her sisters died in August.

Tung Wu is author of Tales from the Land of Dragons: 1,000 Years of Chinese Painting. ... By the Sung Dynasty, 12th century A.D., the Chinese had totally mastered the art of porcelain.

Painting on china, or porcelain, included scrollwork, gold inlays and raised enamel. The paints themselves were purchased in powder form that contained minerals such as copper, gold and lead, and ...

PONTIAC — Though china painting may be what Linda Schneeman and Karen Wiegand call a "dying art," both ladies hope that sharing their passion for porcelain art will inspire young ...

The Montana China Painters Art Association's 2011 statewide convention continues Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Best Western Grant Cree… Watch Now: Related Video ...

Lai is a Chinese master of arts and crafts with an extended family heritage in porcelain and ceramic art. The 69-year-old was born and lives in Jingdezhen, a city in East China's Jiangxi province.

J iazhen Zhang is an art consultant specializing in Chinese antiques, with a passion for uncovering the historical and cultural narratives behind objects. A graduate of Sotheby’s Institute of ...

Few Chinese art collectors have ... Mr. Liu paid a record $36.3 million for an ancient Chinese porcelain ... He paid $170.4 million for Amedeo Modigliani’s risqué “Nu Couché” painting a ...