Top Chinese painters holds art show in Beijing

China's best oil painters are gathered in Beijing, showcasing their representative works at an exhibition at the National Art Museum of China. The exhibition opened Wednesday. Over two hundred masterpieces demonstrate the achievements of Chinese artists over three decades since the reform and the opening up policy was implemented.

"Pursuing the Source and Seeking the Truth", is sponsored by the China Arts Institute. It has assembled 230 representative works of young, veteran and senior Chinese artists. Through their approach to realism, participating artists hope to restore the essential values of truth, honesty and aesthetics to Chinese art.

Internationally renowned painters such as Wu Guanzhong, Jin Shangyi, Chen Danqing and Yang Feiyun have contributed works. It's a rare assembly. Most of the paintings have become symbolic of recent decades. The exhibits also create an artistic chronicle of Chinese history over the past thirty years.