Baoding has a long history of art and calligraphy. From the large number of exquisitely crafted cultural relics unearthed from Han tombs, we can see the high level of art at that time. Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, famous painters in Baoding include Tian Hanqing, Wang Pu, Jin Baitao, Xie Xianli, Wu Huancai, etc., who are quite famous. In the early Republic of China, there were three other famous painters, Yao Danpo, Yao E and Yao Zhaohua, all of whom were famous for their paintings. Calligraphy and painting were famous for a while. Among the famous stone carvings are the unsigned "Cotton Pictures". "Lianchi Academy Famous Artists' Posters" has a great influence on Baoding calligraphy circles. The most outstanding representative of calligraphers is Zhang Yuzhao, the former dean of Lianchi Academy. His extraordinary calligraphy skills attracted Japanese scholars to come across the sea to study. As a result, Zhang Yuzhao's calligraphy art flourished in Japan and became an important school in the world of today's calligraphy, with tens of thousands of followers.
Before the Anti-Japanese War, Baoding also established the "Lotus Pond Painting Academy". The host Zhu Maiqun was good at flowers, and the painter Zhang He'an was famous in Beijing and Tianjin. Masters such as painter Fan Xueli are highly regarded by connoisseurs.
After liberation, the party's "Double Hundred" literary and artistic policy was conscientiously implemented, and a large number of calligraphers and painters emerged one after another. The famous painter Han Yu first became famous for his cartoons, and later became famous at home and abroad for his opera paintings. He was known as "Nanguan (Guanliang) North Korea". His works have won many international and domestic awards. The famous painters whose ancestral home is Baoding mainly include Liang Huangzhou and others.