A Young Painter

The Life and Paintings of Wang Yani - China's Extraordinary Young Artist

By Zheng, Zhensun & Low, Alice

Publishers Summary:
Examines the life and works of the young Chinese girl who started painting animals at the age of three and in her teens became the youngest artist to have a one-person show at the Smithsonian Institution.

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ISBN
978-0-59044-906-9
Publisher
New York : Scholastic, Inc., c1991.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 1991

Gr 5-Up From the age of three, Wang Yani has shown a remarkable feeling for color and design. Her creative brushwork in the xieyi hua or free form style of Chinese art was recognized by art experts by the time she was four years old. Her work has been shown in museums and galleries around the world and has even been featured on a Chinese postage stamp. Now 16, she has advanced from animal and plant themes to more sophisticated subjects, but always with an extraordinary sense of balance and grace and with a traditionally Chinese appreciation for the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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