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In 2003 we at artelino received our first shipment of modern Chinese art prints. We remember well how excited we were. These images were so refreshing and new. Since then our enthusiasm for contemporary Chinese art prints has never dwindled. And the virus of compassion has spread to a small group of passionate collectors and art aficionados. We are proud to have been a pioneer in offering modern Chinese art prints outside China.
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Modern Chinese Prints
Starting around 2007, the world has seen a boom in contemporary Chinese paintings with record sales at auction houses in New York, London and Hong Kong and in China. The market for contemporary Chinese prints has been little affected by this boom. It is basically still a developing market waiting to gain world attention.
The Chinese prints offered by artelino are often cheaper than in China. How come? Quite simple. Even leading Chinese printmakers are still little known outside China and they want to be shown and recorgnized in North America and in Europe as well. Chinese printmakers experienced how their colleagues from the "painting department" have become international shooting stars whose paintings achieve prices of more than one million $ like for instance Zhang Xiaogang with his "Blood Line" series.
On long term Chinese prints may turn out to be a good investment in art. Why? Because the edition sizes are usually small (not more than hundred) to extremely small (only 5 or 10). Provided the Chinese economy does not again disappear in oblivion, growing wealth and the huge Chinese population combined with a growing national pride, will act as a price booster for Chinese art prints.
Chinese Prints - a Developing Market
Prize at 16th National Print Exhibition
Modern Chinese Prints
by Luo Guirong born 1962
copyright Luo Guirong
Modern Chinese printmaking makes use of all available techniques. The most common types of prints, however, are woodblocks and a special form of it called reduction woodblock prints.
Chinese printmakers use a wide variety of subjects. Themes are frequently rooted in old folk traditions, legends and the daily life of ethnic minorities, like people from Inner Mongolia, Yunnan or Tibet. These and other remote provinces in China have developed into art centers, internationally known under names like "Yunnan Art School".
Recommended Reading and Viewing
In our entertainment section you can find a plethora of articles on Chinese art - mainly biographies. And on Chinese Videos you find a growing number of video productions.
How to Buy Chinese Art Prints
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Gallery of Chinese Art Prints
Here are a few more examples of great Chinese art prints. They were all created by leading and well-established Chinese artists.
Our experience in modern Chinese prints goes back to
2003. We know the market, we know the artists and we have the
knowledge and expertise in modern Chinese prints.
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