Lam Wei Ching
Contributor
Lam Wei Ching trained and worked as a fashion designer. After a sting in investment property management, she returned to the art field. Her work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (1)
Examination of Country Magistrates, watercolor painting that was created by an unknown artist during the Qing dynasty in China and that dates from about 1700–20. It is held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. The Qing dynasty, which was established in 1644, retained all the protocols…
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Publications (1)
1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die: Revised and Updated (September 2011)
From Ancient Egyptian frescoes to the Renaissance masters, from French Impressionists to American Abstract Expressionists, this highly browsable guide embraces all cultures and every style of painting from 4,000 BC to the present. A visually arresting reference for art lovers and students, it provides a truly comprehensive worldwide gazeteer of paintings organized chronologically by date of completion. Each entry includes the history of the painting, information about the artist or artistic movement,...
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