Shanghai Brush-pen and ink Museum

Chinese litarary writing, caligraphy art and Chinese painting were the province of the wealthy, the officials or those supported by them. The writers and artists wrote and painted with writing implements such as brushes and pointed pens that they dipped in ink. At the Shanghai Museum of Pen and Ink in Shanghai’s Huangpu district, you can not only see displays of art and writing utensils of past dynastic eras but also be instructed on masterpieces of various styles of ancient art and calligraphy.