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

Yin Qi (1962)
Yin Qi
1962
Simon Loasby (1968)
Simon Loasby
1968
Horace Day (1909 - 1984)
Horace Day
1909 - 1984
Wang Shugang (1960)
Wang Shugang
1960
Ho Kan (1932)
Ho Kan
1932
Antonin Ivanovich Soungouroff (1894 - 1976)
Antonin Ivanovich Soungouroff
1894 - 1976
Hiro (Yasuhiro) Wakabayashi (1930 - 2021)
Hiro (Yasuhiro) Wakabayashi
1930 - 2021
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye (1826 - 1869)
Fritz Georg Sigfried Melbye
1826 - 1869
Cheong Soo Pieng (1917 - 1983)
Cheong Soo Pieng
1917 - 1983
Pang Jiun (1936)
Pang Jiun
1936
Qiu Zhijie (1969)
Qiu Zhijie
1969
Shaoxiang Wu (1957)
Shaoxiang Wu
1957
Ye Hongxing (1972)
Ye Hongxing
1972
Hu Yongkai (1945)
Hu Yongkai
1945
Tianbing Li (1974)
Tianbing Li
1974
Gu Dexin (1962)
Gu Dexin
1962

Creators Art Nouveau

Robert Delaunay (1885 - 1941)
Robert Delaunay
1885 - 1941
Charles-Clos Olsommer (1883 - 1966)
Charles-Clos Olsommer
1883 - 1966
Heinz Sprenger (1914 - 1984)
Heinz Sprenger
1914 - 1984
Hans Luckhardt (1890 - 1954)
Hans Luckhardt
1890 - 1954
Nathan Isaiovych Altman (1889 - 1970)
Nathan Isaiovych Altman
1889 - 1970
Aleksandra Povòrina (1885 - 1963)
Aleksandra Povòrina
1885 - 1963
Albert Schnyder (1898 - 1989)
Albert Schnyder
1898 - 1989
Jeane Flieser (1912 - 2007)
Jeane Flieser
1912 - 2007
Otto Morach (1887 - 1973)
Otto Morach
1887 - 1973
Fritz Flinte (1876 - 1963)
Fritz Flinte
1876 - 1963
Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887 - 1973)
Albert Paris Gütersloh
1887 - 1973
Franz Rederer (1899 - 1965)
Franz Rederer
1899 - 1965
Louis Oppenheim (1879 - 1936)
Louis Oppenheim
1879 - 1936
Reuven Rubin (1893 - 1974)
Reuven Rubin
1893 - 1974
Heinrich Lefler (1863 - 1919)
Heinrich Lefler
1863 - 1919
Karl Springer (1931 - 1991)
Karl Springer
1931 - 1991
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