"Yan Sun - Cross Culture · Cross Century"

Published by Hayden Museum of American Art. 2007
Essay: ""Yan Sun – A True American Master" by Mr. George Korńye, Director of Galerie Kornye, Dallas, TX.
Preface by Dr. William Hayden, Director of Hayden Museum of American Art, Paris, TX.
ISBN: 978-0-9792032-0-6 (Hardcover)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007928492
Hardcover. 10.25" x 10.5" x 1.25"

This 255-page book features Yan Sun paintings of a variety of catogories, including landscape, seascape, ballet, portraiture, and still-life.

The book is available for purchase in Yan Sun Art Museum & Gallery.

"Life • Time • Space – Paintings by Yan Sun"

Author: Yan Sun
Published by Hayden Museum of American Art. 2003
Preface: Dr. William Hayden
ISBN: 1-888065-26-5
Library of Congress Control Number: 2002114514
Hardcover. 10.25" x 8.45" x 0.5"

This 57-page book features Yan Sun's introductory article and 66 paintings.

The book is available for purchase both in the museum and on the museum website. View details and purchase.

"The Spirit of Art The Splendor of Life - Artistic Talents of Ohio"

Authors: Hong Yin and Yan Sun
Published by American Art & Culture Publication. 2017
ISBN: 978-1-937130-68-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017934086
Hardcover. 10.5" x 9.5" x 0.625"

This 127-page book writes about artists and art communities of Ohio. Fifteen artists are emphasized. Extensively illustrated and researched.

The book is available for purchase both at the museum and on the museum website. View details and purchase.

"Jianmin Dou, the artist as Nature Poet"

Essays by Donna Edsall and Joseph Holmberg.
Published by Zanesville Museum of Art. 2009
ISBN: 978-0-615-28490-3
Library of Congress Control No.: 2009928962
Hardcover. 10.37" x 13.25" x 2"

This 229-page book features the art of renowned Chinese artist Jianmin Dou (1929-2019). Color plates of both landscape and other types of painting are included.

The book is available for purchase both in the museum and on the museum website. View details and purchase.

"Unified Vision: The Art of Jianmin Dou"

Essay by Donna Edsall
Published by Arbor Hill Press. 1999
ISBN: 1-888065-17-6
Library of Congress Control No.: 00-090967
Softcover. 10.25" x 10" x 0.25"

This 40-page book features paintings by renowned Chinese artist Jianmin Dou (1929-2019). Color plates of landscape painting are included.

The book is available for purchase both in the museum and on the museum website. View details and purchase.

"The Unity of Nature and Humanity - Chinese Mausoleum Stone Sculptures in the Tang Dynasty"

Authors: Hong Yin and Yan Sun
Published by Sanqin Publishers, Shaanxi Publishing Group. 2012
Foreword: Professor Shengli Wang, President of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts.
ISBN 978-7-5518-0011-2
Hardcover. 14" x 10.5" x 1"

This 200-page book comes as a result of years of research and writing about the stone mausoleum sculptures of China, especially those of the Tang Dynasty.

View Preface and sample pages of the book

The book is available for purchase in Yan Sun Art Museum & Gallery.

"Painting along the Colorful Silk Road"

Yan Sun is featured in a national publication in China recently. The book, Painting along the Colorful Silk Road, is published by the Central Literature Press, one of the largest publishing houses of China. The book records a record-making art event sponsored by Datang Museum. During this event, selected top Chinese artists traveled the many countries along the historic Silk Road, including China, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, India, Iran, etc.

Yan Sun is the only international artist invited to participate. Yan Sun and the other artists have created paintings at the sites, met with local artists, and visited art museums. Three paintings by Yan Sun become part of the permanent collection of Datang Museum: Crete Island Bay, Cappadocia Spring, and Morning of Knossos Palace.

The book is available for view in Yan Sun Art Museum & Gallery.

"The Old Silk Road, Contemporary Chinese Painting"

Authors: Yan Sun and Hong Yin
Published by Arbor Hill Press. 2006
ISBN 1-890156-11-6
Library of Congress Control No.: 2006922046
Hardcover. 10.25" x 10.5" x 0.5"

This 75-page book is published in conjunction with the 2005-2006 international invitation show in Muskingum University, Zanesville Museum of Art, and Tuscarawas Center for the Arts in the United States.

The book is available for view in Yan Sun Art Museum & Gallery.

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