Novels about Artists and art makers

Novels about Artists and art makers
The reading list consists of Korean and Chinese novels about people rising to stardom, making a name for themselves as behind-the-scene contributers, or talented traditional painting artists who strive for pure beauty of art.

Some chinese novels are yaoi and BL so it might not suit your taste, korean novels are either out of romance aspect or depict love between a man and a woman after great challenges.

The list is not a place where I put all the alike novels in. I have chosen novels with good to excellent plot, writing and translation, in other words, they the novels I love and have praised the most out of hundreds of art-related novels out there.

Hope you enjoy it! ~\(≧▽≦)/~
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Created: Apr 17th, 2022, Updated: Jan 30th, 2023
Created Apr 17th, 2022
Updated Jan 30th, 2023
KR (4.6)
193 Chapters Every 119.3 Day(s) 7765 Readers 104 Reviews 08-25-2019
Awesome
KR (4.2)
20 Chapters Every 56.9 Day(s) 3112 Readers 58 Reviews 12-09-2021
This is good enough with new plotline
KR (4.3)
283 Chapters Every 78.1 Day(s) 3726 Readers 57 Reviews 11-23-2017
So informative about music
KR (4)
21 Chapters Every 96.3 Day(s) 3802 Readers 84 Reviews 04-26-2020
Absolutely incredible. It's like seeing myself in the story
KR (4.2)
0 Chapters Every 980 Day(s) 788 Readers 4 Reviews N/A
Too much cliche but it's good enough
CN (4.4)
101 Chapters Every 34.2 Day(s) 4849 Readers 81 Reviews 11-14-2022
This is BL but the plot is so good
KR (4.5)
197 Chapters Every 3.1 Day(s) 2080 Readers 14 Reviews 02-27-2024
So informative about Art itself
CN (4.5)
78 Chapters Every 232.6 Day(s) 6132 Readers 139 Reviews 01-19-2018
The most admirable part of the story is the world building. The story is great too
KR (4.4)
34 Chapters Every 58.6 Day(s) 1650 Readers 10 Reviews 01-03-2022
Great enough so far, I hope it wouldn't decline in quality in the following chapters
CN (4.4)
122 Chapters Every 40.9 Day(s) 5924 Readers 89 Reviews 10-17-2022
Soft, sweet BL but the focus is inclined to MC's acting career. READ IT OR ELSE YOU'LL REGRET
KR (4.1)
13 Chapters Every 175.2 Day(s) 704 Readers 3 Reviews 02-06-2018
KR (4.7)
211 Chapters Every 20.2 Day(s) 7149 Readers 77 Reviews 06-12-2023
Mature and calm MC. A good one
CN (4.5)
171 Chapters Every 21.6 Day(s) 9474 Readers 71 Reviews 03-28-2024
Too racist but BL novels lovers will like it
KR (4.2)
492 Chapters Every 2.9 Day(s) 4431 Readers 49 Reviews 03-25-2024
CN (4.2)
158 Chapters Every 58.3 Day(s) 2934 Readers 53 Reviews 12-05-2021
CN (4.4)
6 Chapters Every 235.3 Day(s) 5031 Readers 32 Reviews 05-29-2020
KR (4.1)
95 Chapters Every 7 Day(s) 1525 Readers 10 Reviews 03-21-2024
Promising novel
KR (4.1)
112 Chapters Every 3.1 Day(s) 1552 Readers 5 Reviews 02-26-2024
Very promising when it comes to plot line. I expect it to be kinda slow
KR (4.2)
177 Chapters Every 2.9 Day(s) 2465 Readers 16 Reviews 03-27-2024
KR (4)
201 Chapters Every 2.9 Day(s) 1887 Readers 9 Reviews 02-27-2024
Handsome munchkin MC cliche 
KR (4.1)
96 Chapters Every 3.1 Day(s) 1528 Readers 6 Reviews 02-27-2024
KR (4.3)
27 Chapters Every 3.5 Day(s) 644 Readers 3 Reviews 03-22-2024
Like above
CN (4.2)
238 Chapters Every 17.4 Day(s) 3974 Readers 45 Reviews 03-18-2024
CN (4.3)
244 Chapters Every 48.3 Day(s) 11677 Readers 228 Reviews 01-02-2021
Racist but BL novels lovers will like it 
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  1. MangoK
    MangoK· May 10, 2022 06:23 AM
    Thanks for creating this list!
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  2. Life is warm
    Life is warm· Apr 24, 2022 04:10 AM
    Nice list
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