Traditional painter Yiching Chen creates floral artworks that are delicate but exquisitely detailed, brimming with beautiful blooms that draw the viewer into whimsical scenes. Chen’s figurative and landscape paintings are made using a Japanese pictorial technique known as Nihonga. She is one of the artists credited with keeping this centuries-old painting style alive.
Chen was born in Pingtung in Southern Taiwan in 1975. She studied computer science at the University of Taichung and started pursuing a teaching career in 1998. However, in 1999, Chen took a course in Japanese Nihonga and fell in love with painting. She moved to Japan to learn more about the technique, and, in 2000, began studying at the Kyoto University of the Arts. One of her teachers was the prominent Nihonga painter Takao Yamazaki.
In 2003, Chen earned the grand prize at the Shōhaku Art Museum in Nara, Japan. She graduated with a master of fine arts degree in 2004 and held her first solo exhibition at Kyoto’s Nasic Square that year. She then relocated to Lyon, France, to continue her art studies. Chen won the top prize at a painting and sculpture salon in Décines-Charpieu, France, in 2006. She moved to Paris in 2007 and won a bronze medal at a painting salon the following year.
Chen has exhibited in Japan and Europe, as well as in Taiwan and Hong Kong. She continues to live in Paris and since 2011 has taught Nihonga at the Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts. In 2012, she wrote the first French book on the subject of Nihonga, Découvrir la peinture nihon-ga : Art traditionnel japonais. The book has become one of the leading references on the style.
On 1stDibs, find Yiching Chen paintings, mixed media works and other art.
The Spring Wind by CHEN Yiching - Japanese Painting, flowers, birds, blue
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
The Spring Wind is a painting by Taïwanese artist Chen Yiching. Chen Yiching is an expert of «nihon-ga», a form of traditional Japanese (nihon) painting (ga). This very demanding te...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Solitude by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, forest
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Solitude is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 70 × 1...
Silver
$2,606
Breeze II by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, floral, light tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Breeze II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are...
Silver, Gold Leaf
Brilliance by CHEN Yiching - Nihonga painting, flowers, earth colors
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Brilliance is a painting created by the contemporary Taiwanese artist Chen Yiching using mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf. Chen Yiching is an expert of «nihon-ga», a form of tr...
Wood Panel, Pigment
Snow of May III by Chen Yiching - nihonga painting, flowers, earth colors
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Snow of May III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 38 x 46 cm (15 ...
Wood Panel, Pigment
Snow of May II by CHEN Yiching - Nihonga painting, flora, earth tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Snow of May II (2016) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Mineral pigments and silver leaves on japanese paper mounted on wood. 50 cm × 70 cm. Sold unframed...
Silver
Wind by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, white
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Wind is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with Mineral pigments, gold and silver leaves on japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 30...
Gold Leaf
Summer II by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, nature
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Summer II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with mineral pigments and gold leaves on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 50 × ...
Gold Leaf
$16,352
Happiness by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, floral, light tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Happiness is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions (unframed) are 70 × 150 c...
Paper, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Pigment
Wind II by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, soft colors, tree
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Wind II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 30 x 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7...
Wood Panel, Pigment
$2,606
Mimosa II by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flora, light tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Mimosa II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, silver leaves on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 41 × 2...
Silver
Awakening by CHEN Yiching - Nihonga painting, flowers, nature
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Awakening is a painting by Taïwanese artist Chen Yiching created with mineral pigments and silver leaf. Dimensions are 100 cm × 100 cm (39.3 x 39.3 in). The artwork is sold framed (...
Silver
Bellflowers by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Bellflowers is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 61 × 50 cm (24 × 19.7...
Wood Panel, Pigment
$6,102
Serene by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flora, light tones, leaf
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Serene is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 61 × 50 ...
Silver
$6,102
Golden Rain by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flora, yellow tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Golden Rain is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions a...
Silver, Gold Leaf
$24,184
Spring Rain by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flowers, wisteria
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Spring Rain is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, silver leaf, dimensions are 110 × ...
Silver
$2,074
Bellflower by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, flora, light tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Bellflower is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments, gold and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions ar...
Silver, Gold Leaf
$2,417
Hide and Seek by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, floral, animal
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Hide and Seek is a unique painting by contemporary artist Chen Yiching. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 30 x 40 cm (11.8 ...
Wood Panel, Pigment
Inner Vibration 3
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In Haleh Mashian's "Inner Vibration 3," a variety of techniques and materials coalesce to give voice to the concept of an inner spirituality resonating outward into the surrounding w...
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Other Medium
$1,300
H 10 in W 8 in
Madison Street (Realistic Oil Painting of New York City Building Edifice)
By Richard Britell
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic, richly colorful oil painting of New York City edifice by Richard Britell oil on wood panel 10 x 8 inches Framed, hangs flush ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$35,861Sale Price|25% Off
H 29 in W 52 in D 2 in
Fifth Avenue Manhattan New York City Panoramic Painting by Contemporary Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Fifth Avenue Manhattan New York City Panoramic Painting by Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This is a major work from her New York Series. Art measures 48 x 24 inches Frame me...
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Panel, Varnish, Gesso, Board, Paint, Wood
$3,300
H 36 in W 60 in
A Distant Call Whispers - Original Vibrant Mixed Media Surrealist Figurative Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
Venice Beach
By Carole Garland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Depicts Carole Garland reveling in a hot summer day at the Venice Beach. Colorful beach umbrellas shield the timid from the burning sun while sunbathers bask in the searing heat. Yellow and blue ribbons floating on the wind celebrate Venice’s chaos and its whimsy. To focus the figure of a preteen who stands sentinel, Garland fades out the foreground sunbather on right and obfuscates the crouching man on left. The artist leads us to the groups of mysterious standing and sitting figures in the shadows and beyond. Garland’s collection of figurative work speaks to a contemporary sensibility in her approach to painting, while expressing a curiosity about the human form and an irrepressible concern for the human spirit. Carole Garland graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. She has worked privately with artists Keith Finch and Ron Pekar, taken numerous workshops and was mentored by David Gallup...
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,829Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.25 in W 16.5 in D 2 in
Figures at Empire State Building New York Night by Contemporary British Artist
By Angela Wakefield
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Figures at the Empire State Building in New York City at Night by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her New York Series. This original illustrates An...
Paint, Wood Panel, Wood, Gesso, Acrylic, Board
$2,100
H 18 in W 24 in D 1 in
Brood (Collage Landscape of Chicken Farm and Reclining Female Figure)
Located in Hudson, NY
Brood (Collage Landscape of Chicken Farm and Reclining Female Figure) by Olan Quattro 2024, gouache, paper, and acrylic on wood panel, 18 x 24 inches Olan Quattro's subtle and sophi...
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
$3,556
H 14.77 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
View of Rome - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden paneld realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1970. Includes a coeval wooden frame cm. 42x53. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano...
Oil, Wood Panel
Memory VII - Paint by Paolo La Motta - 1997
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on wooden panel realized by Paolo La Motta in 1997. Hand signed. Dated and titled on rear. Includes a wooden frame cm. 53.5x53.5. Very good condition.
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
$1,480Sale Price|29% Off
H 13 in W 6.5 in
Matador, mixed media portrait of nude woman in dark garden
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016 presidential election. Little did I know. I had gone to the Woman's March in Washing...
Metal, Gold Leaf
$2,100
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
Summer Lawn (Elegant Collage of Three Female Figures Playing Croquet)
Located in Hudson, NY
Summer Lawn (Elegant Collage of Three Female Figures Playing Croquet) by Olan Quattro 2025, gouache, paper, and acrylic on wood panel, 24 x 18 inches Olan Quattro's subtle and sophi...
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
$2,900
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
Float (Whimsical Landscape Collage of Swans and Figure Against Blue Sky)
Located in Hudson, NY
Float (Whimsical Landscape Collage of Swans and Figure Against Blue Sky) by Olan Quattro 2024, gouache, paper, and acrylic on wood panel, 24 x 36 inches Olan Quattro's subtle and so...
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
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H 16.15 in W 13 in
Vincennes Forest by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, dark tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Vincennes Forest is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions are 41 cm x 33 cm ...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
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H 27.56 in W 59.06 in
Silva by Chen Yiching - Contemporary nihonga painting, forest, trees, green
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Silva is a unique painting by contemporary artist Yiching Chen. The painting is made with natural mineral pigments, oxidized silver leaf, Japanese paper mounted on wood, dimensions a...
Silver
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H 18.9 in W 13.39 in
Cosmos by CHEN Yiching - Contemporary Nihonga painting, flowers
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Cosmos, painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist CHEN Yiching. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting), the painter expresses all the...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
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H 23.63 in W 47.25 in
An afternoon in Meudon by CHEN Yiching - Contemporary Nihonga painting, forest
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
An afternoon in Meudon, painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting), the painter expresses all the poetry she ...
Silver
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H 13.12 in W 17.92 in
Bond by CHEN Yiching - Contemporary Nihonga painting, flora, blue
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Bond, painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, 2021. 33.3 cm × 45.5 cm. This artwork is sold framed with a white f...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
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H 27.56 in W 59.06 in
Yozakura by CHEN Yiching - Contemporary Nihonga painting, flowering tree
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Yozakura, painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting), the painter expresses all the poetry she finds in natur...
Silver
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H 47.25 in W 23.63 in
Dance by CHEN Yiching - Contemporary Nihonga painting, flowers
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Dance, painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting), the painter expresses all the poetry she finds in nature w...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
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H 20.87 in W 13.12 in
Manjushage by CHEN Yiching - Nihonga painting, flora, red and pink
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Manjushage (2018) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, 53 cm × 33.3 cm. Artwork sold framed As a speciali...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
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H 16.26 in W 10.83 in
Research III by CHEN Yiching - Nihonga painting, squirrel, earth tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Research III (2020) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood, 41.3 cm × 27.5 cm. Artwork sold unframed As a sp...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Quiétude (Tranquility) - Landscape painting, large size
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Quiétude (Tranquility) is a panoramic large-scale painting by Paris-based Taiwanese contemporary artist CHEN Yiching. On this dominantly gray/green toned painting, the artist has use...
Silver
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H 44.1 in W 51.97 in
The Summer Wind - Contemporary Nihonga (Japanese Painting)
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
The Summer Wind (2020) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Earth and mineral pigments, silver and copper leaves, Japanese paper m...
Silver, Copper
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H 39.38 in W 55.12 in
Hope by CHEN Yiching (Cosmos series) - Contemporary Nihonga (Japanese Painting)
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Hope (2020) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Earth and mineral pigments, Japanese paper mounted on wood, 100 x 140 cm. This artwork is a diptych composed...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment