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

Lee Man Fong (1913 - 1988)
Lee Man Fong
1913 - 1988
Ho Kan (1932)
Ho Kan
1932
Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610)
Matteo Ricci
1552 - 1610
Hong Hao (1965)
Hong Hao
1965
Jiang Tingxi (1669 - 1732)
Jiang Tingxi
1669 - 1732
Cai Guoqiang (1957)
Cai Guoqiang
1957
Yolanda Pong (1973)
Yolanda Pong
1973
Shaoxiang Wu (1957)
Shaoxiang Wu
1957
Hsiang-ning Han (1939)
Hsiang-ning Han
1939
Chi-chien Wang (1907 - 2003)
Chi-chien Wang
1907 - 2003
Wenjue He (1970)
Wenjue He
1970
Zhao Zhao (1982)
Zhao Zhao
1982
Giuseppe Castiglione (1688 - 1766)
Giuseppe Castiglione
1688 - 1766
Han Bing (1986)
Han Bing
1986
Wang Yiguang (1962)
Wang Yiguang
1962
Jiang Qiong Er (1976)
Jiang Qiong Er
1976

Creators Art Nouveau

Adolf Hoffmeister (1902 - 1973)
Adolf Hoffmeister
1902 - 1973
Hans Christiansen (1866 - 1945)
Hans Christiansen
1866 - 1945
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov (1862 - 1942)
Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov
1862 - 1942
Ernst Matthes (1878 - 1918)
Ernst Matthes
1878 - 1918
Teodors Zaļkalns (1876 - 1972)
Teodors Zaļkalns
1876 - 1972
Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903)
Paul Gauguin
1848 - 1903
Eugene Spiro (1874 - 1972)
Eugene Spiro
1874 - 1972
Ottomar Anton (1895 - 1976)
Ottomar Anton
1895 - 1976
Albert Bloch (1882 - 1961)
Albert Bloch
1882 - 1961
Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin (1861 - 1904)
Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin
1861 - 1904
Gigiotti Zanini (1893 - 1963)
Gigiotti Zanini
1893 - 1963
Karl Kauba (1865 - 1922)
Karl Kauba
1865 - 1922
Isaac Grünewald (1889 - 1946)
Isaac Grünewald
1889 - 1946
Käthe Münzer-Neumann (1877 - 1959)
Käthe Münzer-Neumann
1877 - 1959
Hans Rieder ()
Hans Rieder
Ugo Bernasconi (1874 - 1960)
Ugo Bernasconi
1874 - 1960
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