Chinese Painting Attr. Qi Baishi (1864-1957):
The dragonfly hovers over dark leaves while a cricket perches on two radishes. The dragonfly and cricket are finely detailed. Calligraphy and artist's seal on upper right. Displayed in a wooden frame under glass. One brass bracket at the top for framing.

Qi Baishi (January 1, 1864 – September 16, 1957) was an influential Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his watercolor works.

Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi became a carpenter at 14, and learned to paint by himself. 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 (Zhu Da) and the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei.

His pseudonyms include Qí Huáng and Qí Wèiqīng. 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".

In 1953 he was elected president of the China Artists Association. He died in Beijing in 1957.
22" X 16 1/4"
$200 - $400
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