Woodcut
Mounted as scroll painting in a silk brocade frame
China, 1958
Qi Baishi (1864-1957) – Important modern Chinese painter
Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765) - Chinese painter
Illustrated is a bamboo and an orchid in a fine brushwork
A poem of Zheng Banqiao on the left edge (???????????????????????????????)
Two artist’s seals on the side of the poem and a third artist’s seal at the lower edge
Inscribed on the outside of the scroll painting ‘Zheng Banqiao Lanzhu’ (orchid and bamboo of Zheng Banqiao) and Rongbao Zhai with the date 1958
Total dimensions: 208 x 63 cm
Image size: 104 x 51.5 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Berlin
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.

Qi Baishi is one of the most famous artists of China. Qi Baishi is considered a master of the quick targeted brushstroke, such as the present work displays.



Qi Baishi ??? (1864-1957)

Qi Baishi was one of the most famous painters of the 20th century and a proprietor of modernist currents. He was born son of a farmer in 1864, in Xiangtan in the Hunan province. He died 1957 in Beijing. The artist began painting at the age of 14 and started on a tour through China’s famous landscapes in 1904, where he attained great fame. In 1917, Qi Baishi then settled in Beijing. He was voted into the national congress of the people in 1953 and was the first president of the Chinese association of artists. Three years earlier, he was awarded the International Peace Price for 1950, by the World Peace Council. Qi was a frontrunner of modernist painting and developed his own important expressive style, of the so-called Chinese scholarly painting.



Zheng Xie (1693-1765)

Zheng Xie, also known under the name Zheng Banqiao, was a Chinese painter from Jiangsu. He worked as a civil servant, but retired after more than 12 years. He was part of the artist group the ‘Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou’, who developed a freer, more individualistic style of painting with partially idiosyncratic techniques. Zheng Xie was also a calligrapher and created a new calligraphic style in his drawings.



Condition: The work is in good condition with slight signs of wear. The mounting shows water marks. The total dimensions are 208 x 63 cm and the image size is 104 x 51.5 cm

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