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Qi Baishi (1864-1957)

Aliases: Qi Bashi; Binsheng; Bye-sher Chee; Huang Ch'i; Pai-shih Ch'i; Chi-Pai-Shih; K'emu Lao-jên; Kemu Laoren; Baishi Qi; Binsheng Qi; Huang Qi; Baj-shih Tji; Tschi Pai-shih; Houang Ts'i; Pai-che Ts'i

Professions: Calligrapher; Painter; Engraver

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    Qi Baishi 1864-1957 , PEACHES AND FIRE CRACKERS ink and colour on paper, framed

    Qi Baishi 1864-1957 , PEACHES AND FIRE CRACKERS ink and colour on paper, framed

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    QI BAISHI (1863-1957)

    QI BAISHI (1863-1957)

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    QI BAISHI 1864-1957 DESTINED UNION WITH BUDDHA

    QI BAISHI 1864-1957 DESTINED UNION WITH BUDDHA

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    QI BAISHI (1863-1957)

    QI BAISHI (1863-1957)

Qi Baishi Biography

(b Xiangtan, Hunan Province, 1863; d Beijing, 1957). Chinese painter. He was probably the most popular painter in 20th-century China, esteemed alike by the conservative scholarly élite, the common citizens of China’s urban centres, foreign collectors and revolutionaries both artistic and political for his traditional paintings of birds, flowers, small animals and insects. The range of his appeal from the 1920s onwards derived from his character, his lifestyle and his image as a traditional, high-minded scholar–artist who remained aloof from corrupt politics and preserved cultural values during the politically and socially unsettled period after the fall of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Such an image may seem paradoxical given his humble social origins in rural Hunan Province and his early career as a carpenter; however, lowly beginnings and self-improvement through culture and learning were admirable according to Confucian standards, and by the end of Qi’s life the new Communist government had hailed him as an authentic ‘People’s Artist’.

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