Chinese Art Expert

Chinese Painting Gallery is one of the first galleries owned and operated by a specialist with a Ph.D. in Chinese Art. For more than 25 years Wei Yang has been educating the public about Chinese art. For many years she ran the education division at the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang (Gansu, China), the largest repository of Buddhist art in the world. She moved to the U.S. and earned B.A. and M.A. degrees at Smith College (Northampton, MA), and completed a Ph.D. degree in Chinese art and Tibetan Art at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in 2005. Before she started her own company, she held the position of Chinese Art Bibliographer for the Marquand Art Library at Princeton University for almost three years.

As a professional appraiser, Dr. Yang earned a certificate of Fine and Decorative Art Appraisal from Pratt Institute in New York in July 2009. In late 2008, she started to take the four Principles of Valuation courses in order to advance her career as a professional appraiser. She successfully completed the four-level-courses for Personal Property Valuation programmed by the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (2008-2009) administrated by the Appraisal Foundation, and passed a code of ethics exam required by ASA for a professional designation. Currently, Dr. Yang is an independent scholar, Chinese art adviser and appraiser.

With a scholarly focus on Chinese painting and Buddhist Art, doctoral training on Chinese art in general, a profound knowledge of the Chinese Art Market and Chinese Art Connoisseurship, as well as a mastery of a few Asian languages, such as Chinese (Both classical and modern), Japanese, and some Tibetan, Dr. Yang guarantees that her clients are offered professional services of the highest quality. As a professional and academic, she is committed to all Chinese artistic traditions, and dedicated to helping others understand and appreciate Chinese art. As an expert Chinese art appraiser, she complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (2008-2009) and conforms to the American Society of Appraisers Code of Ethics in her practice.

With a scholarly focus on Classical Chinese Painting, doctoral training in all aspects of Chinese art, including Buddhist Art, a profound knowledge of the Chinese Art Market and Chinese Art Connoisseurship, Dr. Yang guarantees that her customers and other collectors are offered only high-quality paintings that preserve the best of China's artistic traditions. Her background and training assure that she is able to ensure the highest quality of Chinese Paintings as well as the highest quality of Chinese art appraisal and consulting services. In addition to her direct experience of thousands of Chinese paintings at Chinese archaeological sites as well as museums and collections throughout Asia, Europe and North America, she relies on her doctoral training and her personal relationships with our Chinese Artists. She travels widely and often, and each year she chooses our artists, deciding on particular styles and inspecting each work before accepting it for inclusion in our gallery.

From WEI YANG CHINESE ART, you buy expertise, originality, and value. Your 100% satisfaction is guaranteed.