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JAMES TAN

In his years of study with established masters of the Lingnan school and more than fifteen more years of teaching other aspiring artists, James Tan has now emerged as a leader of the next generation of Lingnan brush painting masters.  James Tan's contemporary work retains the same e......

 
RECENT WORKS
Mr. Tan has won an extensive list of awards and honours and has exhibited extensively. 36 one-man shows in Singapore, Japan, Thailand, Dubai, Bahrain, Australia, England, Germany, the U.S.A., and Canada.  James' recent works retain the same exquisite ..........

   
2009 AsiaNetwork Asian of the Year Awards

Mr. James Tan is a Chinese Canadian Brush Artist/Painter from Vancouver, British Columbia. In his years of study with established masters of the Lingnan school and more than fifteen years of teaching other aspiring artists, Mr. Tan has now emerged as a leader of the next generation........

 
 Lingnan School of Painting
Lingnan' or 'South of the Ranges' refers to that part of China to the south of the 'Five Ranges' which are Tayu, Qitian, Dupang, Mengzhu, Yuecheng. These ranges separate the river basin of Changjiang, or the Yangzi River, in the central part of China fr'om ...................
   
Lingnan Master Gao Jian-Fu
Gao Jianfu began studying with a prominent local artist, Ju Lian, in Keshan, Guangdong at the age of fourteen. He learned under his master's tutelage to paint flowers, plants, and insects in a subtle and highly naturalistic manner. Immediately before he executed this set of paint...
 
Lingnan Master Gao Jian-Fu
Gao Jianfu younger brother, Qifeng, accompanied him to Japan, where the younger man studied the art of Japanese realism, or Nihonga. This painting, with its combination of Western naturalism and Japanese decorative style, is a superb example of the manner he learned in Japan.
   
 Lingnan Master Chen shu-ren
Chen Shu-Ren, whose original name was Shao, alias Nianhua-weixiaozi, Dean-laoren and Ershan-shanqiao, was born at Mingjing Village of Panyu District in the Guangdong Province. At the age of seventeen, he studied painting under Ju Lian, the great flower painter of ......

 
Japanese Connection
Although the Lingnan School stresses renewal and creativity, its essential spirit does not reside in rejection of traditional methods and inspiration. Rather, we consider ourselves heirs of tradition and we strive, clearly, toward a catholicity which reassesses traditional techniques and values, .......

   
 Ink-Wash Master Au Ho-Nien
A painter with the bearing of a master, one can almost hear birdsong sounding through the mountains/ As he rises aloft to the Milky Way, he looks back on the innumerable peaks below . . . (Chao Shao-Ang)Thirty years ago Au Ho-nine master Chao Shao-Ang, whose paintings of flora and fauna
 
Lingnan Master Chao Shao-Ang
Chao Shao-Ang is a native of Guangzhou, Guangdong. He founded the Lingnan Art Studio in Guangzhou. In 1937 he served as the head of the Department of Chinese Painting at the Guangzhou Municipal College of Fine Arts and in 1948 as a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at

   
Art in Action

 
Coming & Past EVENT-James Tan

2003   Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada More ...... >>

1995   Chinese Museum, Melbourne, Australia. More ...... >>

1993   Old Luxter's Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, England.  More ...... >>

   
Art Course

Instructor : James Tan

Graduated from the Singapore Academy of Art in 1972 and continued his studies with Chinese brush painting masters in Singapore, Taiwan and San Francisco until 1980   ............................

 

The Student  Gallery

|Students From Singapore | Students From Johore | Students From Vancouver |Students From other City |Exhibition - 1986 | Exhibition - 1994 | Abemys Art Exhibition-1997 | Linda Chua - 1999 | Dancing With The Brush - 2000 |......

   
Lectures & Demonstrations

The James Tan Art Gallery offers Lectures & demonstrations will be on a monthly basis held on Sunday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Gallery.  limited up to 12 - 15 only. Information on these demonstrations, called "Painters in Action", .........call 604-677-4082      

    

 
 Bichon Frise

The Artist hand signs each card,  Greeting card

size: 5" x 8".Cards are CDN$4.50 each ?minimum of 10 assorted cards, Shipping is actual cost, no handling fees.

 

   
 Web Sign

James Tan Gallery provides one-stop web development services, from web  design to programming, from domain registration to hosting. Our web design services include:

Web design concept and creative work Web development

Professional graphics and

 
Chinese Zodiac

More than 30,000 years ago, Chinese ancestors invented the 10 Tian Gan (or heavenly stems) and 12 Di Zhi (or 12 earthly branches for chronological purpose. Later, people used 12 animals to symbolize the 12 earthly branches in order to make things easier to memorize ...........

   
Gallery Online

The youthful, innovative spirit of the founders of the Lingnan School has inspired James Tan to extend his own work well beyond tradition. He blends mastery of Chinese brush painting with an ability to capture the essence of Western culture, ..........

 
 ART PRINT

The Artist hand signs each print Available in without frame   7" x  7" ( image Size ) US $ 15.00 and  11" x  11"  ( image Size )US$ 45.00 with frame   12" x  12"  ( frame Size )US $ 45.00 and  20" x  20"  ( frame Size )US$ 90.00

 

   
 LIMITED EDITION Giclee by JAMES TAN

Giclee: Giclee (pronounced "zhee-clay") is French for "sprayed".   Briefly, it is a process whereby the original painting is professionally photographed, then scanned and converted to a high-resolution computer image and rendered digitally.  

 

 
 Rental Gallery

James Tan Art Gallery has been established to support Fine Artists working in all media to develop professionally, to obtain venues for exhibitions, demonstrations and classes, and to reach wider audiences.  We believe in helping artists to develop .........

   
 ART SUPPLY

The Four Treasures

of Chinese Painting

The four stationery items indispensable to any traditional Chinese scholar are a brush pen, an ink stick, paper, and an ink stone. They are the main tools with. .......

 

 
 ART  BOOK

Chinese Brush Painting

by James Tan and his Students

 

12"x 12" book full colour with more than 70 pcs  of art work by James Tan and his  students in Singapore.   US $ 30.00 plus postage.  

 

 

   
 ART CARDS

The Artist hand signs each card,  Greeting card

size: 5" x 8".Cards are CDN$4.50 each ?minimum of 10 assorted cards, Shipping is actual cost, no handling fees.

 

 
 Online Lesson

James Tan  The youthful, innovative spirit of the founders of the Lingnan School has inspired James Tan to extend his own work well beyond tradition. He blends mastery of Chinese brush painting with an ability

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