This collection includes Daimiao Picture, which Baishi old man "swept away Fange" after the "declining years Reform" in the 1930s.In the 1940s, Dongfang Shuo acted alone in "childhood" silly "Stealing Peach Map";The fifties were old and young，The Exquisite Peony，Represents the white stone old man in the landscape, people, flowers on the profound attainments，Showing the heyday of each stage。

　　This edition includes the Temple of Dai, a painting completed in 1930s after Qi Baishi changing his style of painting when he was almost 60 years old; Stealing Peach, a painting completed in 1940s which fully expresses the naivete and innocence of Dongfang Su in his childhood as well as Peony which was painted in 1950s when Qi Baishi became experienced enough with profound skills. These are the representative pieces of Master Qi in various stages, manifesting his profound attainments at landscape, figures and flowers painting.

　　Life is like a dream, but it is like a wet dream。The painter records the track of life with pen and ink inkstone, pen marks leave dream marks, Yin and Qing circles, joys and sorrows are written with the brush to write their own biography。Great artists, he can cough up jade, iron into gold, decay into magic, ordinary into extraordinary, just like Qi Baishi。

　　This collection includes Daimiao Picture, which Baishi old man "swept away Fange" after the "declining years Reform" in the 1930s.In the 1940s, Dongfang Shuo acted alone in "childhood" silly "Stealing Peach Map";The fifties were old and young，The Exquisite Peony，Represents the white stone old man in the landscape, people, flowers on the profound attainments，Showing the heyday of each stage。

Qi Baishi (1864-1957)

Daimiao diagram

Colored paper vertical axis

Qi Baishi

Temple of Dai

Hanging scroll; ink and colour on paper

113.5×48 cm  

出版：1.Qi Baishi's Original Exhibition Catalogue, p. 5, Xinhua Fine Arts Center (Singapore), 1993。

2.Extracts of Qi Baishi's Paintings, Eds. 118, Jilin Fine Arts Publishing House, 1994。

3.Five Complete Works of Qi Baishi, 284, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 1996。

4.Study Series of 20th Century Chinese Painters - Qi Baishi, Eds. 194, Tianjin Yangliuqing Painting Society, 1997。

5.The 5th Anniversary of Beijing Hanhai Art Auction Co., LTD., p. 163, Beijing Hanhai Art Auction Co., LTD., 1999。

6.Painting and Calligraphy Auction Integration · Qi Baishi 1995-2002, page 152, 2004 edition。

7.Huai Jin Zhuyu -- Qi Baishi's Fine Collection, p. 56, China Art and International Auction Co., LTD., 2015。

Description: Qi Baishi Double Spectrum, p. 126, Jiguzhai Co., LTD., 1998。

The world will open up a new face

Beijing Cultural Relics Company old collection Qi Baishi "Dai Temple Map"

　　"Distance from ancient and modern landscape painting, integrate abstract form, monochromatic plane, and reference to the history of literati painting art, can be called the fine masterpiece of Qi Baishi's mature landscape painting"

　　After Baishi old man's "age change", the period of full artistic maturity。The outstanding feature of his landscape painting in this period is that there is little simplicity -- the objects are less simple, and the outline is the main one, without complicated wrinkle method。The second is novelty - composition, shape, ink, color, point scene characters, all strange and unusual, the so-called "sweeping away van Ge"。Three days coarse - he laughed at himself "near the end of the world a few strokes, a quick to forget the rough work.。But in fact, it can be coarse and fine, and there is taste in clumsiness。This piece of Beijing cultural relics company old collection "Dai Temple picture", can be called Qi Baishi's peak period of freehand landscape masterpiece。

　　During his lifetime, Qi Baishi made five trips to various places, and successively saw and copied the works of some ancient masters, such as Shen Zhou, Shi Tao, Bashan Ren and Jin Nong。Qi Baishi created many paintings of Dai Temple in his life.，For example, "To Jiduan Dai Temple" (1926，Zhejiang Museum Collection)，"Landscape Twelve Screens of Dai Temple" (1932，Chongqing Three Gorges Museum collection), "To ITO Dai Temple Side Painting" (1925，China Art and 11 autumn auction) and this piece of Beijing cultural relics company old collection "Dai Temple Picture" and so on。Shen Shitan and his Dai Temple Picture are mentioned in other works of Qi Baishi.。In 1924, Mr. Thick Qing made this, the department "Ishida Weng Dai Temple diagram, the first twenty years to see this figure, will not be able to do things for enemies, now Gu Ying head all decaying, still happy to meet people say Shen Zhou.。Jia Zi drew this picture for the third time in February。From this calculation, Qi Baishi had to see Shen Shitan's "Dai Temple Picture" around 1904。"To ITO Dai Temple Side Picture" also has memories of Shen Ishida's "Dai Temple Picture" : "I tasted the front of the painting of Dai temple painted by Ishida Weng。I use his intention to make the back picture, this side also。Ishida is a color, the rest of the ink。”

　　This piece of "Dai Miao Picture", compared with other books, completed the latest, the picture is also the most rich。Near double pine model Yanjian, the arrangement of the two sides of the water, opened the distance between the near and the middle。It is also the reason why this work is richer in content and better in layout than other works。The middle view of Dai Temple only painted the temple gate and the courtyard wall, just write its meaning。The artist uses solid stone lines to show the texture of the building, and the expression technique is quite simple. The pine tree in the wall and outside the wall is leaning and lush, which echoes the pine in the near scene。Far mountain with ochre, cyanine two colors written, like steamed bread, almost no bones。Only the large structure is painted without details, the thick and uneven color gives the three-dimensional sense of the hill, the more heavy the color to the top of the mountain, but also make it alive。The color of the whole work is calm, producing a thick and balanced and harmonious artistic effect。The pen and ink are decisive and dark, and the overall style of luxury leaves a deep impression。In this period, Qi Baishi's landscape painting has opened up a new aspect, the abstract and simple form, and the brushwork of liberating, reflecting the artistic thought completely different from Shen Zhou。Distance from ancient and modern landscape painting, this painting "Dai Miao", the abstract form, monochrome plane, literati painting art history reference, can be called Qi Baishi landscape mature fine masterpiece。

白石(1864-1957)

Peach Steal Chart

Colored paper vertical axis

Qi Baishi

Stealing Peach

Hanging scroll; ink and colour on paper

117.5×47.5 cm  

出版：1.Qi Baishi's Works, Photo edited 53, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1963。

2.Qi Baishi, P. 155, Pacific Books (Hong Kong), 1974。

3.Qi Baishi - The Last Wonderful Work of literati Painting, p. 53, Xionglion Books Co., LTD. (Taipei), 1978。

4.Selected Colors of Qi Baishi, Photo Ed. 90, Art Book Company (Taipei), 1991。

5.Rong Baozhai's Painting Spectrum - Part of Qi Baishi's Painting of Characters, page 32, Rong Baozhai, 1993。

6."Huai Jin Zhuyu - Qi Baishi Collection", page 56, China Art and International Auction Co., LTD., 2015 edition。

Manqian childhood began to preserve ancient interest

Qi Baishi Shaozi children "Dongfang Shuo"

　　"Abandon the old man's image of Dongfang Shuo's beautiful beard and snow beard in the usual shape, and interpret its' childhood 'folly alone, return to the state of the sweet potato age child, deeply expressing the old man's inner innocence, wisdom and sense of humor."

　　"Dongfang Shuo stole peach" as a birthday offering theme is widely popular, is the folk birthday picture enduring magic weapon, white stone old man has repeatedly created。Dongfang Shuo character Manqian, Pingyuan County of the Western Han Dynasty, is a famous writer in the Western Han Dynasty。This folk story, which has been sung for a long time, comes from Jin Zhang Hua "Bowu Annals" : After the mother of the West Wang gave peach to the emperor, "when the Dongfang Shuo stole from the temple south chamber Zhu bird window mother, mother Gu said: 'This window window children, taste three to steal my peach。The emperor is a great stranger。Thus the world called Oriental new moon also。The peach of the west Queen mother three thousand years of fruit, Dongfang New "three" stolen peach, so that the West Queen mother surprised, Emperor Wudi also looked at it with new eyes, it can be seen that its long life, is regarded by the world as immortal immortal。

　　"The world will paint east Fang Manqian hair, more than only man qian childhood。White stone old man in this piece of title points out the difference with other "Dongfang Shuo steal peach" theme: abandon the usual shape of Dongfang Shuo Mei beard snow beard image of the old man, and deduce its "childhood" silly, back to the state of Shaozi age children, deeply expressed the old man's inner innocence, wisdom and sense of humor。In the picture, the naive young man, the head of the whole piece of hair, seems to have a Buddha's head blue, facial expression combined with the modesty of the Arhats and the joy of the two heavenly bodies, red lips and red peach formed a response。Clothing lines are written in seal pen, large as a rafter。The open hands strive to hold out the bright peach that "blossoms and bears fruit for three thousand years", which is written without bone method and full of innocent fun, representing Qi Baishi's mature figure painting style。

　　Qi Baishi learned carving and woodworking at the age of 16. He used to copy historical stories from novel illustrations and set them to enrich the expression of wood carving。At the age of 26, he studied folk painting。In the following year, Hu Qinyuan and Chen Shaofan were his teachers, and he learned poetry and came into contact with literati painting。Since then, he has become a professional painter, in addition to portraits for people, and sells landscapes, figures, flowers, birds, grasses and insects, especially for women。In the collection of the Beijing Academy of Painting, the eight Immortals, red line thief box, Dongfang Shuo, baby play and other themes, there are early works handed down。

　　His early figure painting works were influenced by Huang Shen, Change Qi, Fei Danxuan, Qian Hui 'an and other people's painting style, there are meticulous road, there are also work with writing, painting is quite skilled。After joining Huang Xiangqi in 1899 and widely making friends with scholars, Qi Huang changed greatly in thought and tried to pursue the interest of literati painting and the brushwork effect。In the title "Arhats" (1915), it was stated that "Yu did not like to paint figures after forty years.。"This method is drawn into several strokes, not false outsiders portrait method, the beginning of the ancient interest, self-righteousness, people will say that they are ancient, the world may not believe it.。He traced the painting style of the eight mountain people and Shi Tao and Jin Dongxin, the brush and ink were simplified, and the expression of the characters was extremely vivid。

Qi Baishi (1864-1957)

牡丹

Colored paper mirror center

Qi Baishi

Peony

Mounted for framing; ink and colour on paper

69.5×33 cm 

Heaven and man unite mysterious qi machine

Peony by Qi Baishi

　　"This is a painting painted by Qi Baishi, and it can also be said that this is a vivid philosophy lesson Qi Baishi gave us.。”

　　Baishi old life long nearly a hundred, but a late bloomer, after the decline of the law to enjoy the reputation, the more to the old age, the more old into romantic, human nature, human art, if there can be if incompetent, do not prepare a sense of beauty。Just like this painting "Peony", or book, painting, printing, or paper, pen, ink, or painting people, but the 96-year-old wave, but there is a kind of inexplicable mysterious beauty。So relaxed pen dipped in magenta painting petals, point with goose yellow that is a rut, is tacky, free and easy with ink stains, the following leaves are magenta, is ink, a cluster of hanging, swinging。The bottom few strokes of large surface brush out should be the lake stone, which is not strictly limited to the framework structure, wrinkle wipe quality, but think about looking at, thinking where, on a pen, carefully look, really have mysterious qi。It's just peonies？Not quite sure。The leaves of peonies are not red。I think it is like a lake stone in the yard, accompanied by a peony and a wild goose Laihong。No matter what, it cannot be denied that the old man Baishi was now more than ninety years old, sometimes he was sober, sometimes he was confused, sometimes he forgot to sign, sometimes he forgot the seal, sometimes he drew the title again and again, and even the painting was ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight。When his mind and hands cannot accurately reproduce objective existence, what Qi Baishi draws on the paper is actually his mood and his thinking。Saboto Suke uses the famous propositions of "wind movement" and "Virga movement" to interpret the Qi Haishi at this time。The great painter painted "heart" most of his life, and this time he painted "heart does not move".。This can also be interpreted as a more objective and materialistic person looking at this painting is a peony, a stone, a wild goose coming red, and a cat on the stone。For those who are a little more subjective, it is just abstract thinking, it is qi, it is a certain phase。In short, we can choose any point from the figurative flowers and grass to the abstract chaos and Qi as your interpretation of the painting。This is the mind of the beholder, the way the beholder perceives things。Finally, I want to end with Mr. Sa's sentence, "This is a painting painted by Qi Baishi, or it can be said that this is a vivid philosophy lesson Qi Baishi taught us."。