The Wandering Brush
by Andre Solier

This book has become a collectors item, but is also the most excellent book on Sumi-e brush technique. Andre did all the work in the book himself, that includes all the written chapters text, which is hand lettered by brush lettering. As well as the brilliant Sumi-e stlye paintings on just about every page.

This is a hard cover book selling for AUD$50.00 ONLY ONE AVAILABLE

Chinese Paintings of the Ming and Qin Dynasties
14th - 20th cenyuries
by Edmund Capon and Mae Anna Pang

During 1981 a major Chinese painting book was jointly produced from every Australian states main Art Gallery. 81 famous artists works are shown in colour paintings in the book. With the dates of these artworks starting around 1330 upto around 1960. Many artists have multiple paintings and all have an explanatory paragraph or two. An excellent book.

This is a hard cover book selling for AUD$40.00

Chinese Seals
by T. C. Lai
with introduction by Jiu-fong L. Chang

T. C. Lai is a prolific writer of Chinese art books having over 30 publications. This book on Chinese Seals Section/Chapters cover subjects like; Seal Artists, Seal Aesthetics, Hsien Chang or Leisure Seals, Seal Scripts, and Pictographic Seals, etc. A brilliant book for the serious seal student.

A small hard cover booik selling for AUD$44.00

Chinese Watercolours
by Josef Hetzlar

Possibly the best way to describe this book is to show the table of contents; I Retrospective over a millennium. II Media of Expression. III The artists of the Shanghai School. Chronological Table of Dynasties. List of Illustrations. Selective Bibliography. Index of Names. Table of Chinese Characters.
With 115 colour prints of well known Chinese paintings of the Shanghai School, 1888 up to 1953 This book published in 1978.

A hard cover book selling for AUD$45.00

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Fundamental Chinese Painting of Plum, Orchid, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum. (hard cover)

Complete guidance to Flower and Brush painting. (soft cover)
Both books by Liang Yin-Boone

These were some of the first editions of Chinese painting books available at around 1970 for a student to study. Each book is very thorough in its approach and subject matter, and provides a good reference and resource to learn painting from.

Each book sells for AUD$17.00