Gallery

The gallery, is the collection, display or sale of art works place. In sixteenth Century, the West will be collected works of art on display in the palace corridors, which is the origin of the gallery. Later, in the noble mansion also has similar settings.

After nineteenth Century, the gallery to the audience appreciate art works on public display in the exhibition place, with the attributes of Museum basically the same character, may be more than art museum in small scale, but for more works or art school. In addition, with the development of the capital market economy makes the trend of commercialization of art to strengthen in the franchise, art for the industry business also emerge as the times require painting. Place a picture dealer display and sale of art known as the gallery.

Chinese since twentieth Century after 70 years, due to the popularity of opening to the outside world and the improvement of people's living standard and the art gallery, all have appeared in some city.

Chinese old Gallery: Huaiyin mountain room, Gu yizhai, Rui Cheng Zhai, Cui Wen Ge, Matsutake Sai, Yi De Ge, Rong Bao Zhai, the prevailing winds, shop, Chinese artist gallery.

n many countries in Europe and America, the measure of a painter's worth not to see what he had won the prize, but see his contract with a gallery in the end what. As a product of the market economy, the role Chinese Gallery in the art market is a long way to go.

At the beginning of 1981, an early work "Jin Shangyi violinist", was a Hongkong Gallery, HK $7000. The news spread through the whole art world, a "Gallery" this word with the halo, in the painters awakened the dream, they vaguely felt to engage in artistic creation, there's another way out.