Today, murals can be seen in the tombs of the Han, Tang, and other dynasties. Gu Kaizhi, a famous painter of the Jin Dynasty, was good a presenting historical themes. His painting The Nymph of the Luo River portrayed poet Cao Zhi's meeting with the goddess. The Tang and Song Dynasties were the golden age of Chinese painting. Wang Wei practiced watercolor painting with vigorous strokes depicting floating clouds and flowing water.
Contemporary painters have specialties.
Some only paint figures of ladies and some only paint animals, or ever one kind of animal, such as cats ,donkeys, or horses. As a result, the more they paint, the better their painting become. The Chinese painting world is very active. The China Art Gallery and other art galleries hold individual or joint exhibitions year in, year out. Also, exhibitions of traditional Chinese paintings have been held in Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the U.S., Canada and Europe.