A national exhibition of watercolor paintings opened Saturday in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao, Shandong Province, in a bid to promote the art form.
Jointly hosted by the Chinese Artists Association and Qingdao University, the five-day exhibition displays more than 100 works of 21 noted painters. Most of them are from art schools including the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts and Shandong Institute of Arts.
The organizing committee said the exhibits included some that had won national awards and represented China's highest level of watercolor paintings at present.
Some of the artists are also invited to hold seminars at Qingdao University on the trends and teaching of the watercolor painting.
At Saturday's opening ceremony, a watercolor painting research center of Qingdao University was launched.
(Xinhua News Agency November 16, 2002)
