Lü Peng is an eminent art historian, historiographer, critic, and curator. Born in 1956, he served as an associate professor for his alma mater, the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, in Hangzhou. He is now a professor at the Macao University of Science and Technology, as well as at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. He is Doctor of Letters from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He is the author of several books on modern and contemporary Chinese art history and artist biographies. He is also the curator of several biennales in China.

• The Influence of Western Civilization and the Adjustment of Traditional Thinking.- The Shanghai School and its Painters.- Fine Arts Revolution.- The Origins and Intellectual Background of Chinese-Style Painting.- Guohua Painters and New Guohua.- Modern Fine Arts Education.- Realism and Artists.- Modernist Art, Intellectual Trends and Encounters.- Left-Wing Fine Arts.- The Art of Yan’an and Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art.- Art in KMT Ruled Areas.- Art in the Period of Social Recovery and Construction.- The Transformation of Chinese-Style Painting and Guohua Painters.- The Influence of the Soviet Union.- The Art of the Cultural Revolution Period.- The Continuing Advance of Modernism.- The Beginnings of the Art of the ‘New Period’.- The ’85 Art Movement.- New Literati Painting and Experimental Ink and Wash.- The Flourishing of Contemporary Art.- The Emergence of Problems in the Market.- Conceptual Art in the 1990s.- The Artistic Environment and the Political System in the New Century.- Performance Art.- Issues of Women’s Art and Women Artists.- Contemporary Artists.- Artists Addressing Political Questions.- Contemporary Sculpture and Sculptors.- New Painting and Its Evolution.

Lü Peng is an eminent art historian, historiographer, critic, and curator. Born in 1956, he served as an associate professor for his alma mater, the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, in Hangzhou. He is now a professor at the Macao University of Science and Technology, as well as at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. He is Doctor of Letters from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He is the author of several books on modern and contemporary Chinese art history and artist biographies. He is also the curator of several biennales in China.

• The Influence of Western Civilization and the Adjustment of Traditional Thinking.- The Shanghai School and its Painters.- Fine Arts Revolution.- The Origins and Intellectual Background of Chinese-Style Painting.- Guohua Painters and New Guohua.- Modern Fine Arts Education.- Realism and Artists.- Modernist Art, Intellectual Trends and Encounters.- Left-Wing Fine Arts.- The Art of Yan’an and Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art.- Art in KMT Ruled Areas.- Art in the Period of Social Recovery and Construction.- The Transformation of Chinese-Style Painting and Guohua Painters.- The Influence of the Soviet Union.- The Art of the Cultural Revolution Period.- The Continuing Advance of Modernism.- The Beginnings of the Art of the ‘New Period’.- The ’85 Art Movement.- New Literati Painting and Experimental Ink and Wash.- The Flourishing of Contemporary Art.- The Emergence of Problems in the Market.- Conceptual Art in the 1990s.- The Artistic Environment and the Political System in the New Century.- Performance Art.- Issues of Women’s Art and Women Artists.- Contemporary Artists.- Artists Addressing Political Questions.- Contemporary Sculpture and Sculptors.- New Painting and Its Evolution.

Lü Peng is an eminent art historian, historiographer, critic, and curator. Born in 1956, he served as an associate professor for his alma mater, the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, in Hangzhou. He is now a professor at the Macao University of Science and Technology, as well as at Sichuan Fine Arts Institute. He is Doctor of Letters from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. He is the author of several books on modern and contemporary Chinese art history and artist biographies. He is also the curator of several biennales in China.

• The Influence of Western Civilization and the Adjustment of Traditional Thinking.- The Shanghai School and its Painters.- Fine Arts Revolution.- The Origins and Intellectual Background of Chinese-Style Painting.- Guohua Painters and New Guohua.- Modern Fine Arts Education.- Realism and Artists.- Modernist Art, Intellectual Trends and Encounters.- Left-Wing Fine Arts.- The Art of Yan’an and Talks at the Yan’an Forum on Literature and Art.- Art in KMT Ruled Areas.- Art in the Period of Social Recovery and Construction.- The Transformation of Chinese-Style Painting and Guohua Painters.- The Influence of the Soviet Union.- The Art of the Cultural Revolution Period.- The Continuing Advance of Modernism.- The Beginnings of the Art of the ‘New Period’.- The ’85 Art Movement.- New Literati Painting and Experimental Ink and Wash.- The Flourishing of Contemporary Art.- The Emergence of Problems in the Market.- Conceptual Art in the 1990s.- The Artistic Environment and the Political System in the New Century.- Performance Art.- Issues of Women’s Art and Women Artists.- Contemporary Artists.- Artists Addressing Political Questions.- Contemporary Sculpture and Sculptors.- New Painting and Its Evolution.