Qí Báishí (1864 - 1957) - photo 1

Qí Báishí

Qi Baishi 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. After 1917 he settled in Beijing. Some of Qi's major influences include the early Qing dynasty painter Bada Shanren (八大山人) and the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei (徐渭).

The subjects of his paintings include almost everything, commonly animals, scenery, figures, toys, vegetables, and so on. He theorized that "paintings must be something between likeness and unlikeness, much like today's vulgarians, but not like to cheat popular people". In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimp or birds. He was also good at seal carving and called himself "the rich man of three hundred stone seals" (三百石印富翁). In 1953, he was elected president of the China Artists Association (中國美術家協會).

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:1 january 1864, Xiangtan, China
Date and place of death:16 september 1957, Beijing, China
Nationality:China
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Calligrapher, Painter
Genre:Animalistic, Still life
Art style:Art Nouveau, Modern art

Creators China

Shanzhuan Wu (1960)
Shanzhuan Wu
1960
Not Vital (1948)
Not Vital
1948
Zhou Siwei (1981)
Zhou Siwei
1981
Liu Guangyun (1962)
Liu Guangyun
1962
Shaoxiang Wu (1957)
Shaoxiang Wu
1957
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye (1826 - 1869)
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye
1826 - 1869
Simon Loasby (1968)
Simon Loasby
1968
Trevor Yeung (1988)
Trevor Yeung
1988
Wu Guanzhong (1919 - 2010)
Wu Guanzhong
1919 - 2010
Zhu Wei (1966)
Zhu Wei
1966
Lee Man Fong (1913 - 1988)
Lee Man Fong
1913 - 1988
Wang Lei (1980)
Wang Lei
1980
Tianbing Li (1974)
Tianbing Li
1974
Zhao Zhao (1982)
Zhao Zhao
1982
Wang Guangyi (1957)
Wang Guangyi
1957
Bian Shoumin (1684 - 1752)
Bian Shoumin
1684 - 1752

Creators Art Nouveau

Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966)
Hans Hofmann
1880 - 1966
Helmut Kolle (1899 - 1931)
Helmut Kolle
1899 - 1931
Francis Newton Souza (1924 - 2002)
Francis Newton Souza
1924 - 2002
Yang Chi Tong (1906 - 2003)
Yang Chi Tong
1906 - 2003
Wharton Esherick (1887 - 1970)
Wharton Esherick
1887 - 1970
Jens Sørensen (1887 - 1953)
Jens Sørensen
1887 - 1953
Arturo Herrera (1959)
Arturo Herrera
1959
Madeleine Gras (1891 - 1958)
Madeleine Gras
1891 - 1958
Leon Underwood (1890 - 1975)
Leon Underwood
1890 - 1975
Teodors Zaļkalns (1876 - 1972)
Teodors Zaļkalns
1876 - 1972
François-Rupert Carabin (1862 - 1932)
François-Rupert Carabin
1862 - 1932
Karin Davie (1965)
Karin Davie
1965
Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan (1903 - 1980)
Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan
1903 - 1980
Peter Tereszczuk (1875 - 1963)
Peter Tereszczuk
1875 - 1963
Paul Bürck (1878 - 1947)
Paul Bürck
1878 - 1947
Reinhold Boeltzig (1863 - 1941)
Reinhold Boeltzig
1863 - 1941