Qi Baishi (1864 ~ 1957), formerly known as Chunmang, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan. China painter. I was engaged in carving in my early years. Since 1888, he has been engaged in painting, studying poetry and seal cutting, and making a living by printing and selling paintings. When I was in middle age, I traveled north and south five times and made many landscape paintings, which made me famous far and near. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as Chairman of China Artists Association and Honorary Dean of Beijing China Painting Academy. 1953 was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by the Ministry of Culture. 1963 was rated as one of the top ten cultural celebrities in the world.
Haiweilong world
Clouds are the hometown of cranes.
Qi Baishi and * * * are fellow villagers and their birthplace belongs to Xiangtan County. Local folks once said that there were two dragons in Xiangtan in modern times, namely * * *, Qi Baishi and Peng, all of which were "stones"-Qi Baishi, needless to say, was named * * *, while Peng wore his own name.
1950 On a sunny afternoon in April, 87-year-old Qi Baishi was very lucky to visit * * * for the first time and have dinner with * * * *, accompanied by Vice President Zhu De. He was deeply moved by the leadership's great concern for his health and artistic life.
10, Qi Baishi dedicated his best painting "Eagle" and a pair of couplets of seal script to * * *. The couplet is "The sea is the world of dragons, and the clouds are the hometown of cranes". Also sent together is a granite carved inkstone from Hunan. Qi Baishi has used this inkstone for more than 40 years. He loves it very much. He personally wrote an inscription on the inkstone: "It's really old and empty, but my descendants can't share it with others. Yi You is 89 years old, and Qi Baishi was recorded in the Iron Gate Building in Beijing. " This time, he violated his own house rules and gave it to * * *.
Hua Gong is the king's stroke.
Xu Zhong Zi Qi, a bosom friend
This is a couplet presented by Qi Baishi to Wang Senran. Wang Senran (1895 ~ 1984) taught in Beijing Normal School, Yulin Normal School and Suiyuan Normal School in his early years. At that time, Liu Zhidan, Du Fu and Hubei all worked for him. 1924, Yulin Xunkan and Sister Xunkan were edited in Tianjin. Yu Qian, who teaches Chinese painting, has a close relationship with Qi Baishi, who sponsored an art exhibition in the 1940s. Because he is proficient in six books, he once explained Zhong Ding's inscriptions on bronze and The Biography of Great Filial Piety to Baishi. This couplet by painter Baishi expresses his reverence for his close friend Wang Senran and Zhong Ziqi, and his respect and affection for his close friend Wang Senran.
Wang Moshu in the first couplet is Wang Wei, a poet and painter in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Wei has created a large number of landscape poems in his life. His artistic skills are very skillful, his objects are exquisite, his descriptions are vivid, his paintings are exquisite, and his handwriting is magnificent, especially for the peace and stability of landscapes. Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty, once praised him for "painting in poetry" and "poetry in painting". Dong Qichang, a painter and painter in the Ming Dynasty, called him the ancestor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and said that "literati painting began in Wang Youcheng". Zhong Ziqi in the Spring and Autumn Period was good at listening to the beauty of Boya Guqin. Boyaguqin, aim at the mountains. Zhong Ziqi said, "OK, I am as tall as Mount Tai!" Boya guqin aims at running water. Zhong Ziqi said, "Well, the ocean is like a river!" Unfortunately, Zhong Ziqi died young. Boya thought that bosom friends were hard to find, so he broke the piano in grief and thanked them, leaving a long story among bosom friends. The old man Baishi skillfully included Wang Wei and Zhong Ziqi in the couplets, and his paintings were amazing. Zhong Ziqi's loyalty to his bosom friends is even more commendable. This pair of couplets, with admiration for art and cherish for close friends, is like drinking sweet spring.
Qibaishi statue
Qiying Baishi
The sea is a dragon, and the world cloud is Qi Baishi, the hometown of cranes.
Qi Baishi, nine-character seal script