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

Shi Wei (1965)
Shi Wei
1965
Wu Guanzhong (1919 - 2010)
Wu Guanzhong
1919 - 2010
Wang Guangyi (1957)
Wang Guangyi
1957
Wang Shugang (1960)
Wang Shugang
1960
Chu Teh-Chun (1920 - 2014)
Chu Teh-Chun
1920 - 2014
Xue Song (1965)
Xue Song
1965
Yolanda Pong (1973)
Yolanda Pong
1973
 Shitao (1642 - 1707)
Shitao
1642 - 1707
David Diao (1943)
David Diao
1943
Wang Yi (1991)
Wang Yi
1991
Zhao Yong (1289 - 1360)
Zhao Yong
1289 - 1360
Zhu Jinshi (1954)
Zhu Jinshi
1954
Ran Huang (1982)
Ran Huang
1982
Chen Yifei (1946 - 2005)
Chen Yifei
1946 - 2005
Wang Yiguang (1962)
Wang Yiguang
1962
Pei-Ming Yan (1960)
Pei-Ming Yan
1960

Creators Art Nouveau

Hermann Obrist (1862 - 1927)
Hermann Obrist
1862 - 1927
Anthony Heinsbergen (1894 - 1981)
Anthony Heinsbergen
1894 - 1981
Hans Wimmer (1907 - 1992)
Hans Wimmer
1907 - 1992
Ramkinkar Bay (1906 - 1980)
Ramkinkar Bay
1906 - 1980
Alfred Oppenheim (1873 - 1953)
Alfred Oppenheim
1873 - 1953
Sorel Etrog (1933 - 2014)
Sorel Etrog
1933 - 2014
Julius Schmischke (1890 - 1945)
Julius Schmischke
1890 - 1945
Plinio Colombi (1873 - 1951)
Plinio Colombi
1873 - 1951
Ferdinand Frick (1878 - 1939)
Ferdinand Frick
1878 - 1939
Paul Stollreither (1886 - 1973)
Paul Stollreither
1886 - 1973
Édouard Vuillard (1868 - 1940)
Édouard Vuillard
1868 - 1940
Yervand Kochar (1899 - 1979)
Yervand Kochar
1899 - 1979
Constantine Andreou (1917 - 2007)
Constantine Andreou
1917 - 2007
Oleg Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1928 - 1998)
Oleg Sergeyevich Prokofiev
1928 - 1998
Arnold Blanch (1896 - 1968)
Arnold Blanch
1896 - 1968
Ruth Duckworth (1919 - 2009)
Ruth Duckworth
1919 - 2009
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