Wuxi, a city rich in culture and talent, inherits the fine tradition of calligraphy and painting art. It is home to many renowned figures in the field and famous for the private collections of calligraphy and painting works.Since the 1980s, A number of calligraphers, painters and collectors generously donated their works and collections to Wuxi Museum, including Qian Songyan, Huang Yanghui, Tao Shoubo, Xu F...

It is this willful application of color anchored by ancient Chinese calligraphic forms that gives Rong Zhian’s paintings a sincerity rarely found in other syncretism works of art. There is nothing artificial about this yoking of two traditions so remote from one another in time and place. One feels that Rong Zhian is illuminating the interior of a heart at peace in two worlds.Given the increasing interconne...