It is reported that lacquer art has a history of over 7000 years in China. In the 1920s, modern Chinese lacquer painting originated from lacquerware.
Lacquer painting evolved from the beard decorations of ancient Chinese lacquerware and is an important carrier of early Chinese painting. It has an uninterrupted cultural context from the Warring States period to the Ming, Qing, and Republic of China. We need to constantly summarize, sort out, and study lacquer art. The introduction of the Western painting system has severed and alienated the cultural context of Chinese sculpture art, which has been formed for thousands of years through lacquer painting. This requires us to constantly trace the origin of lacquer painting. Over the past thirty years of development, lacquer painting has undergone many changes, and its creation has become increasingly prosperous in the past five years.

Suzhou Landscape (Lacquer Painting) 1963 Qiao Shiguang
These works fully reflect the richness of the artistic language of lacquer painting. The works use lacquer as the main medium and various lacquering materials. Through different techniques and techniques such as stacking lacquer, carving lacquer, carving lacquer, grinding lacquer, inlaying, painting, splashing, and changing painting, various materials such as mother-in-law, eggshell, gold and silver foil, and gold and silver powder are used to present the characteristics of lacquer painting art, which are rich and profound, colorful, and dynamic in color.

“Deer for Horse” 180x120cm large paint 2016
The lacquer paintings exhibited this time include themes such as figures, flowers, birds, fish, insects, and natural landscapes; Exploring formal styles of decoration, realism, imagery, and abstraction; There are also original creations and explorations in lacquer painting language, materials, techniques, and other aspects. The exhibited works have diverse themes and expressive techniques, bringing citizens a feast of ancient and mysterious lacquer painting art.

Qiao Shiguang, “the Taihu Lake Lake Plum” 150 × 75cm, 1979
Lacquer painting technology is very complex, requiring dozens of processes from stacking paint, variable coating, polishing, to grinding, polishing, etc. Each process needs to be repeated several times. Every lacquer painting work is often created by the author who has spent many months of hard work.

Zhang Yuhui, “Warmth”, 2018

Lacquer painting not only inherits the long-standing Chinese culture, but also showcases the contemporary Eastern art trend, transforming and developing between tradition and modernity, inheritance and innovation. After more than a decade of adhering to the concept of “pure art, diversity” in lacquer painting creation, lacquer painters have embarked on their own unique path. Many lacquer painting artists have distinct styles, and various cities have formed their own local characteristics.

Zhang Rong, “White Horse Racing”, 2018
Lacquer painting is mainly made of natural lacquer as the main material. In addition to lacquer, there are also gold, silver, lead, tin, as well as eggshells, shells, stone chips, wood chips, etc. Lacquer painting is not only a work of art, but also a practical decoration, becoming a form of expression for wall decorations, screens, and murals.

Luo Jianbo’s Heart Classic 60x180CM
Lacquer painting, using lacquer as the main medium, has unique Eastern artistic characteristics in terms of material, color, and charm. It is a modern painting category that can represent not only the long-standing and profound ancient Chinese art style, but also contemporary Chinese culture and spirit.

Yin Qin’s “Cloud Thinking Clothes and Flower Thinking Appearance” 120×120 CM