Qi baishi biography examples

Qi Baishi (Simplified Chinese: 齐白石; Traditional Chinese: 齊白石; pinyin: Qí Báishí, also Ch'i Pai-shih or Ch'i Huang) (January 1, 1864 - September 16, 1957) was a Chinese painter.

His pseudonyms include Qí Huáng (齊璜) and Qí Wèiqīng (齐渭清). Together with Chang Ta-ch'ien, he was one of the last of the great traditional Chinese painters.

Qi baishi biography examples

Born into a peasant family, he was largely self-taught and became adept at the arts of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and the carving of seals. Some of Qi's major influences included the early Qing Dynasty painter Bada Shanren (or Zhu Da) and the Ming Dynasty artist Xu Wei.

His own style developed over a long course of study, experience and innovation; his painting did not mature until late in his life.

He is perhaps the most noted contemporary Chinese painter for the whimsical, often playful style of his watercolor works.

The subjects of his paintings include animals, scenery, figures,