There is now a popular saying: "Fame should be early!" Of course, it is good to be famous early, in fact, how many can really become famous early? Who can have all these early fame conditions at the same time? Everyone is a good individual, but sometimes they are too anxious to live in the rhythm of other people's lives. In fact, there is a goal in mind, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be close to the goal in your heart! This atlas introduces an artist who began to drift north at the age of 57, Qi Baishi.
Qi Baishi, who has a little bit of culture without knowing him, was born on January 1, 1864 in Xiangtan, Changsha Province, Hunan (now Xiangtan, Hunan), died on September 16, 1957, at the age of 93, is a master of modern and contemporary Chinese painting and a world cultural celebrity.
When he was 6 years old, he studied with his maternal grandfather Zhou Yuruo, and often used to draw calligraphy books and account thin paper. At the age of 14, he studied carving carpentry as a teacher, that is, carpenter. In addition to carpentry, he took the fragment of "Mustard Garden" as a teacher, learned flower, bird and figure painting, and only left the carpentry industry at the age of 25 and relied on portrait painting for a living.
Hard work, diligence is a necessary quality for every successful person, good teachers and good friends are the guiding light of life, in today's words, the circle is also very important, at the age of 37, Qi Baishi studied under the master of classics Wang Minyun, at the same time, made friends with Xia Wuyi, Li Mei'an and other famous masters, blessed his circle of contacts, at the age of 40 with Wang Minyun to Jiangxi, Tour Lushan, Nanchang and other places, published "White Stone Grass Clothing Golden Stone Carving", the following year, went to Guangxi, toured Guilin, met Cai Yi, Huang Xing, at the age of 53 to get acquainted with Chen Shizeng, Yao Mang's father, Chen Banding, etc. In this way, his footprints spread throughout most of China, enriching his life and art.
Qi Baishi came to Beijing in 1919, this year he married Hu Baozhu and began his real "North Drift" life, just arrived in Beijing, everything started from scratch, his paintings could not be sold for 2 silver dollars, and his life was poor. His teacher, Master Chen, had helped him find the shortcomings in his work—he didn't have his own style, and under the teacher's reminder, he immersed himself in retreat cultivation, and this specialty was 10 years. If this situation is put on most people, maybe this life is like this, how many 10 years in a person's life?
However, that is, this 10-year retreat, coupled with the acquaintance with Xu Beihong, He Luzhi, Mei Lanfang and other art celebrities, with the help of everyone, his painting style was gradually accepted by everyone, and he was nearly 70 years old before he gained a firm foothold in Beijing. Therefore, there are dreams in the heart, as long as you work hard, success is sooner or later!
Qi Baishi's poetry calligraphy and painting are four masterpieces, especially good at flowers, birds, insects, fish, melons, fruits, vegetables and vegetables, and is good at characters and landscapes, and is called "Southern Wu and Northern Qi" with Wu Changshuo. At the same time, he is also a prolific artist, leaving more than 20,000 works, from the time he picked up the brush, he has been creating, painting and painting all his life, painting and working tirelessly, painting at the age of 83, 86, or even 90 years old.
In 2017, Qi Baishi's 1922 "Twelve Screens of Landscape and Water" sold for 931.5 million yuan (about 141 million US dollars), breaking the auction record of Chinese art in the world and becoming the first Chinese artwork to enter the "100 million DOLLAR Club".
Picasso, one of the most creative and influential artists in the West, said of Qi Baishi: He is truly a great painter in China! How amazing are Chinese painters! Qi Baishi's ink painting of fish is not colored, but it makes people see the long river and swimming fish.