{"product_id":"qi-baishi-woodblock-scroll","title":"Qi Baishi  Woodblock Scroll","description":"\u003cp\u003eQi Baishi  Woodblock Scroll 1950\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e Qi Baishi (齊白石, 1864–1957) was one of the most well-known contemporary Chinese painters. His original name is Qi Huang (齊璜) and courtesy name Weiqing (渭清). Baishi (“white stone”) is one of his pseudonyms. Some of Qi’s major influences include the Ming dynasty artist \u003ca title=\"Xu Wei\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comuseum.com\/painting\/masters\/xu-wei\/\"\u003eXu Wei (徐渭)\u003c\/a\u003e and the early Qing dynasty painter \u003ca title=\"Zhu Da\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comuseum.com\/painting\/masters\/zhu-da\/\"\u003eZhu Da (朱耷)\u003c\/a\u003e. The subjects of his paintings include almost everything, commonly animals, scenery, figures, vegetables, and so on. In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimps, or birds. Qi Baishi is particularly known for painting shrimps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e       Born to a peasant from Xiangtan (湘潭), Hunan, Qi Baishi became a carpenter at fourteen, and it was largely through his own efforts that he became adept at the arts of poetry, calligraphy, painting, and seal-carving. In his forties, Qi Baishi began traveling and looking for more inspiration. He came upon the Shanghai School, which was very popular at the time, and met \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.comuseum.com\/painting\/masters\/wu-changshuo\/\"\u003eWu Changshuo (吳昌碩)\u003c\/a\u003e who then became another mentor to him and inspired a lot of his works. Another influence of Qi Baishi came about fifteen years later, as Qi became close to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.comuseum.com\/painting\/masters\/chen-shizeng\/\"\u003eChen Shizeng (陳師曾)\u003c\/a\u003e after he settled down in Beijing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LUV CATZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41100025790536,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5401\/files\/909e9f21-f31b-4bdc-8c61-505f19bbb289_largesize.jpg?v=1778115921","url":"https:\/\/luv-catz.com\/products\/qi-baishi-woodblock-scroll","provider":"LUV CATZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}