Gao Qipei (1660-1734), the character Weizhi, the number and garden, Nancun, Shu and Daoren, there are many other names, there are also Shanhaiguan outsiders, craftsmen, etc., Fengtian Liaoyang (now part of Liaoning) people. Qing Dynasty official and painter, referring to the founding father of painting. Since childhood, he has been fond of painting, and before the age of 8, he copied a large number of former masterpieces, laying a solid foundation for traditional painting. It is precisely because he has excellent basic skills in painting and profound artistic accomplishment that he can create a new type of painting - finger painting; after middle age, he began to paint with his fingers, and the flowers and trees, birds and beasts, fish, dragons and figures he painted were all simple and vivid, and the meaning was high; in his later years, he no longer used the pen, the reason is: it is difficult to use the pen, so he uses his fingers alone, but he only seeks no ink marks.
Gao Qipei's finger paintings, ink method is powerful in Wu Zhen, the image is close to Wu Wei, known for his subtractive brush writing method, especially like to paint tigers and paint Zhong Kui. In terms of technique, he said in the "Narrative Painting Poem": "My painting is from my hand, the oracle bone palm is back, the hand is still nothing, and the thing is made into a hand but there is nothing." It can be seen that his finger painting uses various parts of the hand. His finger paintings have the magic of "turning stones into sheep", the character image is extremely vivid, the face is finely hooked with pointed nails, concise and expressive, the fingernails of the painting are used together, the frustration is free, the crown boots are smeared with the palms of the fingers, and the ink color is muddy; the flower and bird paintings are randomly dyed with thick and dry wet ink, the thick and thin lines that fly without showing the brush marks, the fluffy feathers of the crouching eagle, and the vigorous quality of the old trees are all very outstanding.
"Shrimp Map" is now in the Palace Museum
Its stylistic characteristics can be summarized as: "When young and strong - to win with a witty wind, more Xiao Sparse and wonderful works"; "middle age - to win with the power of shen yun, simple and clumsy, cold set and leisurely, ever-changing, more and more strange"; "old age - to win with reason and law, deep and mu".
Gao Qipei's finger painting is unique in the painting world, the finger painting works are clear, strange, simple and thick, and shen yun is especially in addition to the finger ink, and his artistic achievements have a great influence on future generations. After him, there were many well-known finger painters, including his apprentices "Yangzhou Eight Monsters" Luo Ping, Li Kun and Huang Shen were also good at finger painting, there were more than 100 famous finger painters in the late Qing Dynasty, and modern Chinese painting masters Pan Tianshou and Qian Songyan were deeply influenced by it. His finger paintings are hand-held, and dozens of paintings are engraved, which is surprising, and the number of paintings in his lifetime is extremely amazing. His major works include: "Full Tiger Diagram", "Goose Line Diagram", "Nu Rong Zhong Kui Tu", "Wutong Magpie Tu", "Qiu Song Mo Xiu Tu", "Takaoka Independent Figure", "Rice Spike Mantis Figure", "Songyin Xiaoqi Tu", "Finger Painting Characters" volume, etc.
"Song Eagle Diagram" Collected by Lushun Museum
"Beggar Picture", Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
"Takaoka Independent Figure" Axis Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing
"Liutang Mandarin Duck Diagram" Collection of the Palace Museum in Shenyang
"Song Eagle Diagram", Shanghai Museum Collection
"Nu Rong Zhong Kui Tu", Liaoning Provincial Museum Collection
"Cow Recitation" Collection of Lushun Museum
"Peach Blossom White Head", Tianjin Museum Collection