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

Zhang Huan (1965)
Zhang Huan
1965
Zhu Wei (1966)
Zhu Wei
1966
Li Yuan-chia (1929 - 1994)
Li Yuan-chia
1929 - 1994
Antonin Ivanovich Soungouroff (1894 - 1976)
Antonin Ivanovich Soungouroff
1894 - 1976
 Ren Zhenyu (1976)
Ren Zhenyu
1976
Roger Ing (1933 - 2008)
Roger Ing
1933 - 2008
Zhang Daqian (1899 - 1983)
Zhang Daqian
1899 - 1983
John Leslie Breck (1860 - 1899)
John Leslie Breck
1860 - 1899
Liu Kang (1911 - 2004)
Liu Kang
1911 - 2004
Chuang Che (1934)
Chuang Che
1934
Zhuang Hong Yi (1962)
Zhuang Hong Yi
1962
Xiaodong Liu (1963)
Xiaodong Liu
1963
Zhao Yong (1289 - 1360)
Zhao Yong
1289 - 1360
Wang Yiguang (1962)
Wang Yiguang
1962
Bernard Leach (1887 - 1979)
Bernard Leach
1887 - 1979
Li Songsong (1973)
Li Songsong
1973

Creators Art Nouveau

Binod Behari Mukherjee (1904 - 1980)
Binod Behari Mukherjee
1904 - 1980
Paul Scheurich (1883 - 1945)
Paul Scheurich
1883 - 1945
Luciano Gaspari (1913 - 2007)
Luciano Gaspari
1913 - 2007
Viktor Oliva (1861 - 1928)
Viktor Oliva
1861 - 1928
Emil Maetzel (1877 - 1955)
Emil Maetzel
1877 - 1955
Gaspar Kams (1874 - 1942)
Gaspar Kams
1874 - 1942
Alfred Leithäuser (1898 - 1976)
Alfred Leithäuser
1898 - 1976
Kenneth Miller Adams (1897 - 1966)
Kenneth Miller Adams
1897 - 1966
Paratene Temokopuorongo Matchitt (1933 - 2021)
Paratene Temokopuorongo Matchitt
1933 - 2021
Louis Icart (1888 - 1950)
Louis Icart
1888 - 1950
Wilhelm Bittorf (1904 - 1951)
Wilhelm Bittorf
1904 - 1951
Robert Riggs (1896 - 1970)
Robert Riggs
1896 - 1970
Stanislav Dembitsky (1866 - 1924)
Stanislav Dembitsky
1866 - 1924
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (1884 - 1939)
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky
1884 - 1939
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987)
Andy Warhol
1928 - 1987
George (Georges) Morren (1868 - 1941)
George (Georges) Morren
1868 - 1941