Paintings by Ye Qianyu on display at the Central Academy of Fine Arts' museum in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily]

New show sees artist sketching out his own path

Painters normally make sketches as preliminary studies for the completion of a major artwork. But Ye Qianyu (1907-95), an important artist and educator in the field of 20th-century Chinese art, said sketching helped him to build his imagination, and he also regarded it as "an independent form of art".

Is It Simply Sketching, an exhibition currently running at the Central Academy of Fine Arts' museum in Beijing, displays some 180 sketches made by the artist.

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If you go:
Through Feb 25. 3/F, Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts , 8 Huajiadi Nanjie (South Street), Chaoyang district.
Ticket: Free