With a joint career spanning nearly five decades, artist couple Yang Lizhou and Wang Yingchun, both 70, have developed a vigorous, solemn and sublime style in their large joint paintings with historical themes.

They have also produced work independent of each other. Yang embraces a strong sentiment for homeland in his work, while his wife, Wang, expresses compassionate feelings for humankind. Yang employs the elements of Expressionism and three-dimensional structure in his Chinese paintings of "xieyi", or freehand style; and Wang has experimented with various texture strokes in ink-and-water painting.

9 am-5 pm, no admission after 4 pm, until May 14. National Art Museum of China, 1 Wusi Street, Dongcheng district, Beijing. 010-6400-1476.

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