Shao Yixuan (1886-1954), who spent most of his life as a well known journalist and artist in Beijing in the first half of the 20th century, and Zeng Xiaojun (b. 1954), living and working in 21st century Beijing, are separated by generations but linked by the 2000 year uninterrupted tradition of Chinese painting. Just as the tradition of Chinese painting remains steadfast in the face of a contemporary world that threatens it with oblivion, so too do these two artists find in it a common technical approach and the most perfect expression of their own resolute spiritual attitudes. The exhibition that is displayed at the gallery location and at the International Asian Art Fair on Park Avenue consists of forty paintings evenly divided between the two artists. These paintings use traditional materials for Chinese painting, ink and color on paper, with fine brushwork as the standard of quality. Several paintings are of monumental size.