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

Roger Ing (1933 - 2008)
Roger Ing
1933 - 2008
Hongnian Zhang (1947)
Hongnian Zhang
1947
Cheong Soo Pieng (1917 - 1983)
Cheong Soo Pieng
1917 - 1983
Han Bing (1986)
Han Bing
1986
Hu Yongkai (1945)
Hu Yongkai
1945
Wen Hsi Chen (1906 - 1991)
Wen Hsi Chen
1906 - 1991
Chen Ke (1978)
Chen Ke
1978
Pang Jiun (1936)
Pang Jiun
1936
Zhang Yong (1971)
Zhang Yong
1971
Vasily Vasilievich Vereshchagin (1842 - 1904)
Vasily Vasilievich Vereshchagin
1842 - 1904
Sarah Lai (1983)
Sarah Lai
1983
Chu Teh-Chun (1920 - 2014)
Chu Teh-Chun
1920 - 2014
Xu Beihong (1895 - 1953)
Xu Beihong
1895 - 1953
Zhang Xiaogang (1958)
Zhang Xiaogang
1958
Zhu Wei (1966)
Zhu Wei
1966
Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610)
Matteo Ricci
1552 - 1610

Creators Art Nouveau

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (1865 - 1953)
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1865 - 1953
David Rabinowitch (1943)
David Rabinowitch
1943
Nikolai Pavlovich Ryabushinsky (1877 - 1950)
Nikolai Pavlovich Ryabushinsky
1877 - 1950
Konrad Vilhelm Mägi (1878 - 1925)
Konrad Vilhelm Mägi
1878 - 1925
Ignazio Gardella (1905 - 1999)
Ignazio Gardella
1905 - 1999
Gene Kloss (1903 - 1996)
Gene Kloss
1903 - 1996
Philipp Harth (1885 - 1968)
Philipp Harth
1885 - 1968
Anna Lois White (1903 - 1984)
Anna Lois White
1903 - 1984
Pierre Châtillon (1885 - 1974)
Pierre Châtillon
1885 - 1974
Pablo Curatella Manes (1891 - 1962)
Pablo Curatella Manes
1891 - 1962
Heinrich Lefler (1863 - 1919)
Heinrich Lefler
1863 - 1919
Oskar Laske (1874 - 1951)
Oskar Laske
1874 - 1951
Arnold Blanch (1896 - 1968)
Arnold Blanch
1896 - 1968
Anselmo Bucci (1887 - 1955)
Anselmo Bucci
1887 - 1955
Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois (1870 - 1960)
Alexandre Nikolayevich Benois
1870 - 1960
Werner Gothein (1890 - 1968)
Werner Gothein
1890 - 1968
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