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.
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Awakening II by CHEN Yiching - Japanese painting, flowers, bird, earth tones
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Awakening II is a painting by Taïwanese artist Chen Yiching created with mineral pigments on Japanese paper mounted on wood. The painting is sold framed (white shadow box). The dime...
Paper, Pigment
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
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
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...
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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
$1,769Sale Price|40% Off
H 42.52 in W 32.29 in
Naturalistic British painter - 19th century landscape painting - Highland cattle
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (late 19th century) - Landscape with Highland herd at the lake. 102 x 77 cm without frame, 108 x 82 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded woode...
Canvas, Oil
$11,830Sale Price|30% Off
H 29.5 in W 41 in D 2 in
The Ancient Beeches, Sunset Shadows and River, English Lsndscape, 19th century
By Alfred de Breanski Sr.
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine 19th century landscape oil on canvas by Alfred de Breanski Sr., this sunset, color and light, are exceptional in this work. Alfred De Brea...
Canvas, Oil
$1,120
H 14.57 in W 11.42 in
1916 Idyllic Green Landscape With Grazing Cows, Oil Painting By Danish H. Brasen
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
This idyllic landscape painting depicts two grazing brown cattle in a green field before an old Danish farmhouse, partially surrounded by mature trees. The scene is imbued with a qui...
Oil, Board
$2,900
H 24.81 in W 30.71 in D 1.58 in
Twilight in the Forest with Flying Woodcocks - Oil on Canvas 1910´s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A nordic light nocturnal scene by Rolf Mellström (1896–1953) Two Eurasian woodcocks cross above the dark forest, their compact bodies reading as quick silhouettes against a late blue...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
H 8 in W 10 in
"Social Media" - Original Soft Pastel Still-Life Painting on Sanded Paper
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement: I suppose it's just the time that we now live in. The phone is a lifeline. No matter where you are you can't help but check in and see what's going on. Even the hor...
Paper, Pastel
$5,178
H 21.66 in W 29.53 in D 1.97 in
Deer in a Mountain Landscape, Karl-Heinz Wenzel, 20th Century, German Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Deer in a Mountain Landscape Wenzel Karl-Heinz 1932 – ? 20th Century German Painter Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Im...
Canvas, Oil
$1,330Sale Price|65% Off
H 20 in W 23.5 in D 1.75 in
Mare and Two Foals in Pastoral British Landscape
By Robert Alexander
Located in Hillsborough, NC
This oil painting of mare and two foals is set in an idyllic landscape with mature old tree, stone well and cottage in the background; by Robert Alexander, signed and dated indistinc...
Oil, Board
$1,380
H 35.4 in W 49.6 in
Marina Diptych, Abstract Seascape Gestures in Blue, Acrylic Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Paper, Acrylic
$2,000
H 17.72 in W 14.57 in D 1.58 in
The Heron by the River: atmospheric 19th Century Naturalist school landscape
Located in Norwich, GB
One wonderful thing about this painting is its light. It’s pitch-perfect: if it were a tad darker, it would be gloomy; a tad lighter, and it there would be less to discover. The joy ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,197
H 27 in W 37 in D 2 in
River Landscape, Late Autumn, 19th-Century British Landscape Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This late 19th-century oil painting by English artist Frank Walton (1840-1928) depicts a tranquil river landscape, most likely set within the Surrey countryside near the artist’s hom...
Canvas, Oil
$1,840
H 29.1 in W 74 in
Mediterranean Patterns, Blue, Yellow, Multi Panel Painting, Paper, Abstract Fish
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Oil Crayon, Oil, Archival Paper
$2,232Sale Price|20% Off
H 23.5 in W 29 in D 2 in
Highland Stone Bridge, 19th century Landscape
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine work by celebrated 19th century artist, Colin Hunter (1841-1904) ARA, RI, RSW, RE. 'Highland Bridge' shows one of the old stone bridges in the Scottish countryside with horse an...
Canvas, Oil
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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
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H 27.56 in W 39.38 in
The Spring Wind, Contemporary Nihonga (Japanese Painting)
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
The Spring Wind (2020) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen. Earth and mineral pigments, Japanese paper mounted on wood, 70 x 100 cm. Artwork sold unframed. A...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Hanami - Large-Scale Contemporary Nihonga Painting
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Hanami is a quadriptych painting by Paris-based Taiwanese artist CHEN Yiching. Its title refers to the Japanese tradition of « flower viewing », especially cherry blossoms like the o...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Quiétude (Tranquility)
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
Amour (Love)
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Amour (Love, 2008) is a painting by contemporary Taiwanese artist Yiching Chen, made with mineral pigments on Japanese paper. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese paintin...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Printemps (Spring)
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Spring (Printemps) is a painting by Paris-based Taiwanese artist CHEN Yiching made of mineral pigments on Japanese paper. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting), ...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment
Souffle (Breath)
By Yiching Chen
Located in Paris, FR
Souffle (Breath 2013) is an artwork by Paris-based Taiwanese artist CHEN Yiching made of mineral pigments on Japanese paper. As a specialist of Nihonga (traditional Japanese paintin...
Paper, Wood Panel, Pigment