No matter what you love, you'll find it here. What will you discover on eBay today? Find Almost Anything With eBay Qi Baishi (1 January 1864 - 16 September 1957) was a Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his works. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi taught himself to paint, sparked by the Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden. After he turned 40, he traveled, visiting various scenic spots in China.
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Qi Baishi (1 January 1864 - 16 September 1957) was a Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his watercolor works. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi became a carpenter at 14, and learned to paint by himself. After he turned 40, he traveled, visiting various scenic spots in China. Qi Baishi (born November 22, 1863, Xiangtan, Hunan province, China—died September 16, 1957, Beijing) with Zhang Daqian, one of the last of the great traditional Chinese painters. Qi was of humble origins, and it was largely through his own efforts that he became adept at the arts of poetry, calligraphy, and painting. Qi Baishi (齊白石, 1864-1957) was one of the most well-known contemporary Chinese painters. His original name is Qi Huang (齊璜) and courtesy name Weiqing (渭清). Baishi ("white stone") is one of his pseudonyms. Some of Qi's major influences include the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei (徐渭) and the early Qing dynasty painter Zhu Da (朱耷). Qi Baishi was one of the most beloved and well-known Chinese artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Despite his humble beginnings and unorthodox artistic trajectory, his works now number amongst the most expensive ever sold at auction. He was born into poverty in 1864 to a peasant family.
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Qi Baishi was an influential Chinese painter who is credited for modernizing the gongbi style of classical Chinese painting. View Qi Baishi's artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Qi Baishi, China's Master of the Ordinary in an Extraordinary Way Barry Russell 20 April 202312 min Read Qi Baishi, Stealing the Wine Vat, before 1957. Wikimedia Commons (public domain). Detail. Qi Baishi is probably not someone you expect to become one of the highest-valued artists in the world, right next to Andy Warhol and Picasso, but he is. Provenance Exhibition History 現代 齊白石 蝦柳圖 軸 Title: Shrimp Artist: Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957) Period: Republic period (1912-49) Date: dated 1927 Culture: China Medium: Hanging scroll; ink on paper Dimensions: 38 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. (97.5 x 47.6 cm) Classification: Paintings 'Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957) modeled his flower paintings primarily on Xu Wei (1521 - 1593), Zhu Da (1626 - 1705) and Li Shan (1686 - circa 1760). Having undertaken his "late-year reforms" subsequent to his meeting with Chen Shizeng (1876 - 1923) when he settled in Beijing in 1917, Qi began to paint flowers in a highly expressive style.'.
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QI BAISHI (18631957)
Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957) is considered the most popular painter in 20th century China. Born in Hunan Province, he painted in a traditional Chinese style, despite having no formal training in painting or calligraphy. Qi is best known for his works featuring flowers, trees, and small animals, such as birds, mice and shrimp. Qi Baishi's great admiration for the paintings of Bada Shanren (1626-1705), in which a few deft brushstrokes might conjure forth a fish, bird, or plant that is at once beguilingly simple yet psychologically complex, convincingly solid yet set within a composition that is spatially ambiguous, is conveyed in his frankly imitative Catfish, with its self-mocking inscription: I once saw Zhu Xuege.
Qi Baishi emerged as an artist of distinctive genius late in life when he was able to integrate the study of calligraphy into his brushwork. This painting shows his tendency, even into his fifties, to rely on loose visual suggestion rather than on a calligraphic system of expressive brush lines. Each stroke that defines the crab's body and legs. Who is Qi Baishi? Qi Baishi was a man of humble origins who painted humble things, who breathed new life into traditional Chinese painting, his artwork hailed by Communist revolutionaries and still taught in Chinese schools today. Born at the end of the Taiping Rebellion in 1864, Qi didn't seem destined for much.
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Qi Baishi ( Simplified Chinese: 齐白石; Traditional Chinese: 齊白石; pinyin: Qí Báishí, also Ch'i Pai-shih or Ch'i Huang) (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a Chinese painter. His pseudonyms include Qí Huáng (齊璜) and Qí Wèiqīng (齐渭清). Together with Chang Ta-ch'ien, he was one of the last of the great traditional Chinese painters. 1-20 out of 91. List of all 91 artworks by Qi Baishi. Go to Artist page.
