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Qi Baishi

Chinese painter known for playful style and diverse subjects.

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Qi Baishi

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Qi's subject matter included both plants and animals, and his work attracted buyers from artistic and political circles.[1]

Life and work

Qi Baishi started artistic training in the gongbi mode, which features fine brushwork and meticulous detail.[2] Qi died at age 93.[1] Following his training, Qi understood that he could make art his profession rather than merely a dream.[3] After completing his travels, Qi constructed a residence and established a permanent home.[4]

Qi was not regarded as a fully developed painter until he reached his mid-fifties.[5] At that stage, his brushwork became more precise, and his focus shifted from depicting animals to painting plants.[5] At age twelve, Qi married Chen Chunjun in his native Hunan.[6] In 1919, Chen Chunjun arranged for Hu Baozhu to become Qi's concubine, after which Qi and Hu resided together in Beijing.[7]

What the cited sources add

Wang Chao-Wen said that Qi saw an outline of a bird on a brick floor in muddy water while talking to a student.[8] Qi's works show no western influences, unlike most other artists at this time.[9] Wang Chao-Wen observed that Qi possessed a "special sensitivity" because he was perpetually searching for fresh subjects to paint.[8] In today's art market, forgeries and wrongly attributed works of Qi are widespread.[10]

Qi's Twelve Landscape Screens was auctioned in Beijing for $140.8 million in 2017.[11]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Xiangtan p. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jung Ying Tsao p. 199 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jung Ying Tsao p. 199-201 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Boorman & Howard p. 302-304 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Boorman & Howard p. 127 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "齐白石：57岁娶18岁娇妻，3段婚姻，育有12个孩子" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Xiong Zhichun Interview in Helsinki, Finland 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wang Chao-Wen p. 129; Wang Chao-Wen p. 90698 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Xiangtan, p. 2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A Culture of Bidding: Forging an Art Market in China, at the New York Times; by David Barboza, Graham Bowley, Amanda Cox, and Jo Craven McGinty; published Octob; Qi Baishi, Dead, Keeps Making Art at MuseumZero; published November 25, 2013; retrieved January 9, 2014; Replicas flood China's auctions as art becomes a business , at Want China Times; published October 25, 2012; retrieved October 28, 2013; Replicas flood China's auctions as art becomes a business , at Want China Times; published October 25, 2012; retrieved October 28, 2013 (origina en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Qi Baishi" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: EHRMANN, "The art market in 2016", www.artprice.com; "Qi Baishi Just Became the First Chinese Artist to Break the $100 Million Mark at Auction - artnet News", 19 December 2017 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Qi Baishi (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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