First published in 1984, this index of Chinese paintings includes entries for approximately 3,500 traditional-style artists along with lists of their works, reproduced in some 264 monographs, books, journals, and catalogs published from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Formerly Professor of Oriental Art, University of Oregon, Ellen Johnston Laing is a research associate at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan. She has written many articles on Chinese painting and popular culture, as well as The Winking Owl: Art in the People's Republic of China.
