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Best Taiwan Ink Painters Exhibition held in Beijing

China's Ministry of Culture organized a trip to Taiwan by the mainland's best young artists of ink paintings and an exhibition in the summer of 2004. In return, 12 of Taiwan's best ink painters of different generations brought nearly 120 works and showed them at the National Art Museum of China on November 3-8.

Ink painting is a traditional Chinese art form and is an important aspect of the country's cultural heritage. Artists from both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan inherit the same cultural resources and illustrate it in their own ways, but well-remain within the context of the Chinese culture.

Painters exhibited included leading contemporary artist Au Ho-nien. Born in Guangdong Province in 1935, Au became a student of renowned masters of the Lingnan School of painting in 1952. After almost half a century, Au is now himself one of the great masters of this school of painting. He now works as Hwakang Professor of Art at the Chinese Culture University, Taipei, a prestigious post and Taiwan's highest accolade for an artist.