Size: Height 134 cm - Width 34 cm
Materials: Ink Color and Paper
Time Period: qing dynasty
Manufactured By: Qi Baishi
Origin: China
Qi Baishi (january1,1864 - September 16, 1957), formerly known as Chunzhi, was named Weiqing, and later renamed Huang. He was named Baishi, Baishishan Weng, Laoping, hungry old man, the owner of Yishan chanting hall, the old man in Jiping hall, and the threehundred stone seal millionaire. His ancestral home was Dangshan, Suzhou, Anhui. He was born in Xiangtan (now Xiangtan, Hunan), Changsha, Hunan. He is a master of modern Chinese painting. In his early years, he worked as a carpenter and later made a living selling paintings. He settled in Beijing at the age of 57. He once served as honorary professor of the Central Academy of fine arts and chairman of the China Artists Association. In 1953, he was awarded the title of people's artist by the Ministry of culture, and was also selected as a world cultural celebrity. In 1956, it was awarded the international peace prize by the world peace council. He was appointed honorary president of Beijing Chinese Painting Academy in 1957 and died in Beijing hospital in the same year. Qi Baishi is good at painting flowers and birds, insects and fish, landscapes and figures. His pen and ink are vigorous and moist, the colors are bright and bright, the shapes are concise and vivid, and the artistic conception is simple and honest. The fish, shrimp, insects and crabs are very interesting. Its calligraphic work, seal script and clerical script, is based on the tablet of Qin and Han Dynasties, and the running script has the charm of being ancient and clumsy. He is good at seal cutting and writing poetry. His representative works include "the sound of a frog from a mountain spring" and "ink shrimp". He is the author of Baishi Shicao, Baishi old man's autobiography, etc.

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