Chinese ink

Example Sentences

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The works blend traditional Chinese ink techniques with Western art influences, and Ms. Siyang-Le said they displayed a “deliberate intent to bridge cultural boundaries.”

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Iri was trained in traditional Chinese ink and wash painting.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2020

Like the work of a traditional Chinese ink painter, her words sketch around spots of blankness, leaving suggestive lacunae.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

The setting at the Aug. 19 meeting was calm: A room with plush cream carpets, Chinese ink brush landscape paintings and a vase of purple orchids.

From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2014

Even Chinese ink, a black which will not decompose, is often susceptible to this gentle procedure by means of which it may be wiped away.

From Book Repair and Restoration by Buck, Mitchell