Brief Introduction and Representative Works of Qi Baishi

1, Qi Baishi (1864 1 10/─1957 September 16), originally from Dangshan, Suzhou, Anhui, Xiangtan, Changsha, Hunan (now Formerly known as Chunzhi, Wei Qing was named Lanting. Later, it was renamed Huang, and the word was born. Named Baishi, Baishishan Weng, Laoping, Hongcuo, the owner of the mountain pavilion, the old man who sent Pingtang, and the rich man of 300 lithographs.

He is a master of modern painting in China and a world cultural celebrity. He worked as a carpenter in his early years, then made a living by selling paintings, and settled in Beijing after he was 57. He is good at painting flowers and birds, insects and fish, landscapes and figures. His pen and ink are vigorous and moist, with rich and bright colors, concise and vivid shapes and simple artistic conception. Fish, shrimp, worms and crabs are full of fun.

2. The masterpiece is shrimp.

Qi Baishi's shrimp picture embodies a high degree of pen and ink skills, which not only shows the unique performance of ink painting and rice paper, but also vividly shows the texture of shrimp, and is one of the most realistic objects in Baishi's works.

Qi Baishi once said helplessly: "At seventy-eight, people say that they can only draw shrimps. What a pity! It is true that Qi Baishi can only draw shrimps, which is as ridiculous as Xu Beihong's drawing horses and Huangzhou's drawing donkeys, but on the other hand, it also reflects that Qi Baishi's shrimp painting is really good and everyone loves it.

Qi Baishi's shrimp painting can be said to be a must in the painting world, which is vivid, vivid and full of charm. He used light ink to draw a body with infiltration color, and the shrimp body was crystal clear. Take the vertical point of rough ink as the eye, write horizontally as the brain, drop ink into gold, and use a pen to convey the spirit.

The meticulous brushwork on the beard, claw and big claw combines rigidity with softness, concise and vivid, which shows the painter's superb calligraphy skills. The painter writes shrimp from life, but it goes beyond life, boldly generalizes and simplifies it, and is more vivid.

Extended data

Qi Baishi was deeply influenced by Chen Shiceng in painting art, and at the same time he learned from Wu Changshuo. Qi Baishi specializes in painting flowers and birds, and his pen is full of ink. But drawing insects is meticulous and extremely fine. Qi Baishi also praised Xu Wei, Zhu Da, Shi Tao and Jin Nong. Shrimp, crab, cicada, butterfly, fish, bird and ink are especially vivid, full of the vitality of nature.

Landscape composition is unique and unconventional, full of creative spirit, unique seal cutting and outstanding calligraphy, which is well known to everyone. Qi Baishi's paintings are against unrealistic dreams. Qi Baishi often pays attention to the characteristics of flowers, birds, insects and fish and tries to figure out their spirit.

Qi Baishi once said: Draw a picture of thousands of insects, a picture of hundreds of birds, and draw your own face. Qi Baishi's words are very witty and ingenious. Qi Baishi painted two chickens fighting for a bug. The title reads: Qi Baishi calls each other every day.

A picture of cotton reads: "Flowers warm the world, but flowers cool the world". The title of "Tumbler Map" is "Autumn fans shake white on both sides, and official robes are black."

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