Baboons With Basket Canvas Print

Born in 1975 in Gongcheng, Guangxi Province, in China, child prodigy Wang Yani began painting at the very young age of two-and-a-half. As a curious young girl, Wang painted over a beautiful painting of her father's. When asked why she had done this, she replied, "Papa, I was helping you paint. I want to paint and paint!" Her work was exhibited across China when she was only four, and appeared on a Chinese postage stamp when she was just eight. Particularly fond of painting monkeys, baboons and cats, Wang had already received a solo exhibition at a London museum by the time she turned fifteen. Yani's work incorporates traditional Chinese brush strokes and traditional tools, which include brushes of animal hair, black liquid ink and handmade rice or vegetable paper called xuan. Yani uses the xieyi hua style of painting, which is freer than gonghi hua -- the more precise and detailed Chinese style.

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