What is Qi Baishi's life like?

Qi Baishi 1863 1 1 was born in a peasant family in Baishipu Township, Xiangtan, Hunan Province. /kloc-At the age of 0/6, Qi Baishi began to learn to carve flowers, hoping to master a craft to make a living. Gradually, he became interested in sculpture and often studied it until late at night. At the age of 20, when he was working, he came across a set of Mustard Garden engraved in the Kangxi period. He couldn't help but put it down. He eagerly copied it all in half a year, copied it repeatedly, and accumulated thousands of manuscripts.

1889 By chance, Qi Baishi met two talented private school masters, Mr. Hu Qinyuan and Mr. Chen Shaofan. Under their guidance and inspiration, Qi Baishi began his artistic career of reading and painting. After several years of hard work, Qi Baishi's painting skills have not only been greatly improved, but also some new techniques have been created on the basis of traditional painting and a large number of poetic works have been created. In his thirties, Qi Baishi began to practice printing by combining calligraphy and painting skills. He worshipped famous Indian scholars Li and Li Tiean as his teachers, combined with carving techniques and his own understanding and skillful hands, and became a family of seal cutting.

From 65438 to 0902, Qi Baishi, who was nearly 40 years old, began to travel to the north and south of the country, famous mountains and rivers, learned about local customs, created many sketches, met and visited many talented and learned painting celebrities, and appreciated and copied many works of art, such as secret books, famous paintings, calligraphy, inscriptions, etc., which greatly broadened his mind, improved his aesthetic ability and appreciation ability, and made him gradually enter.

19 19 In the early spring, Qi Baishi settled in Beiping to escape the war. When he first arrived in Beiping, Qi Baishi had to make a living by running India, and his life was extremely poor. However, he was not discouraged. He constantly observed and studied the works of famous artists, drawing nutrition from them, especially Huang's paintings, which gave him great inspiration. Later, he created a special style combining meticulous brushwork with realistic and freehand flowers, which was finally appreciated by Chen Shiceng and others. 1927 In the early spring, Qi Baishi was hired as a professor by Lin Fengmian, president of the National Beiping Art College. He passed on his decades of painting experience to his students without reservation. Wang Xuetao, Li Kuchan, Li Keran and other famous painters are all his favorite students.

After the age of 60, Qi Baishi's painting style has undergone tremendous changes, attaching importance to innovation and combining traditional freehand brushwork with folk painting to form a unique artistic style. He is especially good at drawing flowers, birds, insects and fish. His pen and ink are vigorous, simple in shape and bright in color. He painted shrimps all his life and pursued the artistic wonderland constantly. It was only in his later years that he really reached perfection. He once said that "beauty lies in similarity and difference", which became a famous saying at that time.

Around the age of 80, Qi Baishi's seal cutting, composition and knife cutting all showed distinctive characteristics, and he was known as the "master of printing altar". His paintings are simple in shape, vivid in expression, vigorous in brushwork and thick in ink. His book seal is vigorous and heroic, and his knife and pen are pungent and magical. He combined painting, printing, poetry and books into one furnace, and raised the level of traditional art in China to a new height.

After the founding of New China, Qi Baishi became the chairman of China Artists Association and was known as "People's Artist".

1On September 6th, 957, Qi Baishi died in Beijing at the age of 94.