People like to talk about Eastern art and Western art, comparing their similarities and differences.
Qi Baishi's observation and experience of life is exactly Oriental and Chinese. But paying attention to and singing about life itself is also worldly and human.
Jiachenchun, the 160th anniversary of the birth of the old man Shiraishi. Here, we have gathered 17 masterpieces of Shiraishi in the Daguan Night Show to commemorate this simple and innocent people's artist.
Lot 2861
齐白石 1864~1957
Wealth is like sturdy
Mirror heart, ink and color on paper
102×35 cm. Approximately 3.2 sq. ft
RMB: 180,000-380,000
Title: Wealth and prosperity are strong. The old man of Baishi, Qi Huang, was made in Yanjing.
Seal: White Stone
In Qi Baishi's works, the theme of auspicious patterns in folk art is often introduced into the painting. For example, he painted bats with the title "Daifu"; Painting lychee, the title is "Da Li"; Painting autumn chrysanthemum, the title is "longevity and longevity"; Painting roosters and cockscombs, meaning "officials and officials"; Painting magpies, stones, peonies, the title "rich and strong". This painting depicts a magpie standing on the top of a boulder, and several peonies blooming under the boulder.
The magpie takes an oblique position, and the line of sight and the peony form a relationship that echoes each other, and the body outline and the magpie's claws, abdomen, and fluff are outlined in light ink; The head and neck, chest, beak, wings and tail feathers are written in thick ink; The eye-catching is particularly accurate, and the aura is full of ink and shade. In the middle of the picture, a unique mountain stone is dyed with fresh ink. Its pen is dripping, and its momentum is high. In terms of layout, the mountain stone has become the link between the peony and the magpie. At the lower end of the picture, the blooming and budding peonies are directly written with carmine color. The shades of color show the yin and yang of the petals. The shades of ochre ink outline the fat and thin straightness of the branches and leaves. Qi Baishi unifies magpies, boulders, and peonies into the painting, implying auspiciousness and wealth, and is also a very high blessing to the recipient.
Lot 2862
齐白石 1864~1957
Apricot blossoms
Mirror heart, ink and color on paper
136×33.5 cm. Approximately 4.1 square feet
RMB: 1,500,000-2,500,000
Inscription: Three hundred stone seals made by a rich man.
Seals: Wooden Man, White Stone Weng
Publication: Selected Works of Qi Baishi, Illustrated Edition 81, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1959 edition.
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Compared with Qi Baishi's other painting subjects, apricot blossoms are a small number of ones, but apricot blossoms have extraordinary significance to painters, one is because of the apricot blossoms make him famous overseas, much more attention from the Japanese, he once wrote "Chen Shi Zeng Renxu spring to Japan, on behalf of Yu to sell apricot blossoms and other paintings, each piece of 100 gold", than Qi Shi in the country run gold much higher; The deeper reason is that the apricot blossom is the sustenance of the old man of Baishi, and the old house of Xingtang where he was born is located on the bank of the apricot dock, which is also known as the apricot blossom village, with a large apricot forest near and far, stretching for several miles, and the flowers bloom in early spring, as bright as the morning glow. He once inscribed "Xingtang old house in the south of Xingziwu", and signed "Xingziwu old people", Qi also has a poem "Xingtang area of apricot blossom wind, yellow calf slaughter west to east", it can be seen that Qi Baishi has a deep memory of apricot blossoms, strong emotions.
In Qi Baishi's apricot blossom works, the branches pursue a tough style like wood carving, and the shape is vivid. This painting "Apricot Blossom Fangfei" is composed vertically, with branches hanging down from bottom to top, and a single branch turning back upward; The background of the picture is an old cadre, as tall as a dragon, the branches and trunks are all applied with seal calligraphy, vigorous and clumsy and rich in line of pen changes, the lines are interspersed with each other, the overall trend is not straight up and down, but in the arc shape, in addition to stabilizing the picture, there is also the role of extending and guiding the line of sight. The green leaves sprout from the branches, and the image is summarized and condensed. The dense apricot blossoms are painted in magenta, and the ink dots are reinstated.
Old man Shiraishi often deliberately uses shades of color to express the delicate beauty of flowers in his works, and in this painting he uses heavy magenta to paint flowers, with the intention of maximizing the spirit of flowers. An incense-like inscription on the right side seals the space, making the composition complete and complete.
Lot 2863
齐白石 1864~1957
Willow cow diagram
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
133.5×38.5 cm. Approximately 4.6 sq. ft
RMB: 1,200,000-1,800,000
Title: White Stone.
Seal: Lao Bai
Jianzang Yin: My family rejoices
Publication:
1. "Qi Baishi's Collected Works", illustrated 69, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2014 edition.
2. Huai Jin Grip Yu - Qi Baishi Collection, pp. 67-69, China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., 2015 edition.
Provenance: China Guardian 1995 Autumn Auction, Lot 281 of "Yang Yongde's Collection of Qi Baishi Paintings and Calligraphy".
Description: "My Family Joy" is collected and stamped by the famous collector Yao Zhongkang (1919-2006). After the liberation, he served as the first director of the Foshan Military Management Commission, and later served as the consul general of the mainland consulate in Calcutta, India. After leaving his post and returning to China in 1953, he worked in the General Staff of the PLA Planning Department, an organ directly under the Central Committee. In addition to government affairs, he is enthusiastic about collecting, often lingering in Liulichang, preferring Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Fu Baoshi, etc., and the collection is mostly from Rong Bao Zhai and Beijing Cultural Relics Store, many of which can be seen in bibliographies and important exhibitions. It is an elegant collection with Deng Tuo, Xia Yan, Chen Daguang, etc., and it is an elegant thing to entertain each other with collections.
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Qi Baishi's life painting cows is rare; Occasionally, there is always a deep meaning, and it is probably always the repetition of the spiritual memory of his young cattle herding life, or nostalgia. Many of his poems can actually be illustrated by it, such as "Cow": "The apricot blossom wind in the Xingtang area, the yellow calf slaughters the east and the east." The bells on his body are motherly, and now he is also a bell. He also noted to himself: "When Yu was young, he tasted cattle herding, and his grandmother ordered him to wear a bell." He said, 'If I don't return day and night, I will lean on the door.' When I hear the bell, I am cooking, and I know that I have returned. Or because of the tiredness of the guest house life and the meaning of returning to the hometown to live in seclusion, such as the poem "Ploughing the Cow": "Running north and south and east and west, a porridge business is not hungry." From then on, he will praise the old paintings, and return from the tired tour to help the plow. Even memories of juvenile life, such as "Remembering Youth": "Baimei Temple looks at the pond outside, and the cow sleeps on the back in front of the cross slope." The past is difficult to dream again, and the heart follows the wild goose to cross the smoke. "The cow has become a brand of life, and it is synonymous with the old house of Xingtang and the apricot dock.
齐白石《柳牛图》 98.5×34 cm
China Guardian 2017 Autumn Lot 281 sold for 3.68 million
This "Willow Cow Picture" is a metaphor for this. The painting is written in ink with ten thousand willow silks, a large and a small cow. The cows are all written in ink, and the shades are used to highlight their sense of volume and layering. The old cow is stretching its neck and hunching its back, as if calling and listening; The young cow has its ears propped up, as if listening to the call of the old cow. This seems to have Qi Baishi's nostalgia for his hometown and loved ones; And the ten thousand hanging willow silk seems to mean the complex of "cutting and untidy and messy". "Liu" is a homonym for "stay", which is a typical image in traditional Chinese literature, implying retention.
Lot 2864
齐白石 1864~1957
Red lotus mandarin duck
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
96.5×36 cm. Approximately 3.1 sq. ft
RMB: 1,000,000-1,800,000
Title: Jing Hui's nephew is in good time. Eighty-six-year-old Shiraishi old man made a gift.
Seal: Wooden man, white stone gift
Publication:
1. "Qi Baishi's Collected Works", pp. 214-215, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2014 edition.
2. Huai Jin Grip Yu - Qi Baishi Collection, pp. 116-117, China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., 2015 edition.
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Qi Baishi, Lotus Mandarin Duck, 137.7×67.8cm, Collection of National Art Museum of China
When people get older, they like to be festive and lively, and the old man Shiraishi is no exception, he is very fond of painting lotus mandarin ducks for newcomers, which means "and beauty, both pairs". Shiraishi's "Red Lotus Mandarin Duck", the brush and ink are concise and intense, the composition of the picture is sparse and dense, the upper large lotus leaves are spread, and the form and texture are expressed in dry and wet ink, and a lotus flower pokes out from the ink leaves, written in magenta, and the bright colors and black heavy ink leaves contrast each other, and the contrast is strong. In the lower picture, two mandarin ducks swim on the water surface between the lotus rods, and the mandarin duck feathers are gorgeous and colorful, echoing the lotus flowers at the top of the picture. Through the contrast of colors, the combination of movement and static, and the simplicity of the shape, the whole painting presents a scene rich in formal beauty.
Lot 2865
齐白石 1864~1957
Long life
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
69×41 cm. Approximately 2.5 sq. ft
RMB: 5,000,000-8,000,000
Title: Ninety-three-year-old Shiraishi.
Seal: White stone, longevity
Provenance: China Guardian 2011 Spring Auction, "Treasures from the Four Seas", cover, lot 948.
Publication:
1. Twenty Years of Guardian Collection: Modern and Contemporary Paintings and Calligraphy, I, p. 352, Palace Publishing House, 2014.
2. Lao She Hu Jie's Qinghai-Tibetan Paintings: Qi Baishi Volume, pp. 192-193, Beijing Publishing House, 2015.
Left: Publication cover
Right: China Guardian Spring Auction 2011, "Treasures from the Four Seas", cover
The founding of the People's Republic of China injected fresh vitality into Qi Baishi's art. In the last few years of his life, with a sincere artistic heart, the old man Shiraishi incorporated many images into his pen that had never been touched on before, such as the "Wan Nian Qing", which symbolizes peace and longevity, and the longevity peach, which symbolizes longevity. This is a masterpiece painted by an old man Shiraishi at the age of 93 with a combination of evergreen and longevity. Needless to say, longevity is a relatively rare thing in his pen. Among them, people's impression of Qi Baishi's pen should be "Long Live the Motherland", in 1955, on the National Day, 95-year-old Qi Baishi painted this "Long Live the Motherland" with sincere feelings. The picture uses a fruity evergreen tree as a symbol, plus the four seal characters of "Long live the motherland", which can be described as majestic.
Qi Baishi's 1955 "Long Live the Motherland" (Wan Nianqing) 63×30cm
齐白石为胡橐作《万年青》 31×45cm
Qi Baishi's "Ten Thousand Years of Evergreen", that is, with longevity and longevity peaches, in traditional Chinese culture, there is the meaning of "longevity". There is not much ink in the painting, the leaves are painted with light juice green, and the fruits are painted with rouge, which is fresh and elegant, and the red fruits are abundant, implying vitality and vitality, which is a symbol of auspiciousness. The brightly coloured peaches are painted in a boneless style, with magenta and garcinia cambogia contrasting with the ink-coloured leaves. The old man Shiraishi directly used the primary colors to paint here, and preferred warm colors, and the magenta peach appeared to have brushwork under his brush, with pen marks, heavy and light, and shades. The huge fruit in the painting is depicted in a thick and gorgeous way, and the evergreen fruit is also fresh and full of life power. Although he likes to use colors with higher purity, he also advocates "ancient and gorgeous" and "glamorous but not delicate", in order to pursue the effect of seeking elegance in glamour and appreciating elegance and vulgarity. This simple image is extremely simple in the pen of the old man Baishi, and it has entered the realm of transformation. The old man Baishi used a few brushes, but he wrote the most common realm in the world, but it contains endless meaning.
Not only is the total number of works by the old man Shiraishi very small in his later years, but also very few of each subject matter, and some of them even have only a few pieces that have been handed down, as is the case with this "Ten Thousand Years of Evergreen".
Lot 2866
齐白石 1864~1957
Shoujiu
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
67×35 cm. Approximately 2.1 square feet
RMB: 990,000-2,000,000
Title: Shoujiu. Mr. Ruoyu is elegant. Old man Shiraishi is eighty-four years old.
钤印:齐大
The above paragraph: "Mr. Ruoyu" is Hu Ruoyu (1894-1949), the word Zijia, formerly known as Xueli, a native of Luoping County, Yunnan. In 1910, he entered the fourth phase of the Yunnan Army Primary School, participated in the Kunming Chongjiu Uprising in 1911, and was admitted to the Hubei Army Middle School in 1914. In 1920, he served as the commander of the Fifth Independent Mixed Brigade, stationed in Xufu, Sichuan, and concurrently served as the commander of the garrison, and later moved to Guilin. In 1927, he was appointed by the Nationalist Government as the commander of the 39th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, a member of the Military Committee of the Nationalist Government, and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army. In 1930, he became mayor of Qingdao. In 1933, Li Zongren donated money to study abroad and went to Germany to study military science. He returned to China in 1936 and wrote books such as "The Commander of the Modern Army", "The Theory of Modern War", and "The Fundamentals of Modern Strategy", which were published in Hong Kong. In 1937, Hu served as a senior staff officer of the Lieutenant General of the Military Commission, and was appointed as the acting staff officer of Li Zongren's Fifth Theater, and in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as the director of the Second and Third Proofreading of the Military Commission, and on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek, he reviewed the Kuomintang troops stationed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Guizhou, Hunan, and Hubei provinces, as well as the second, fifth, sixth, and eighth armies stationed in Yunnan Province. In 1942, he became the principal of the Lanzhou Military Preparatory School, in early 1948, he was appointed as a deputy to the first National Congress, and the following year he was appointed deputy commander and general commander of the 11th Corps of the Kuomintang.
Publication:
1. Qi Baishi's Collected Works, pp. 166-167, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2014 edition.
2. Huai Jin Grip Yu - Qi Baishi's Masterpieces, pp. 102-103, China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., 2015 edition.
Hu Ruoyu statue
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In Qi Baishi's paintings, longevity peaches often appear, but there are not many wine jugs. Qi Baishi has paid attention to health preservation all his life, and he will not stick to wine, but he will also have a drink when he is happy occasionally. Therefore, the painting with a wine jug and a glass is as rare as his drink.
The theme of birthday celebration is Shiraishi's best at, and it is also often customized for those who seek paintings. The peach is supplemented by fine wine, which is not without the meaning of longevity. In the painting, the peaches are double, the wine glasses are paired, one is lined with green leaves, and the other is set according to the wine jug, all of which are combined in order. In the painting, the peaches and the wine jug are divided into two groups, one in front and one behind, the composition is full and the spatial relationship is clear. The old man of Baishi painted with boneless freehand, depicting the huge peach fruit in bright red, and dyed with garcinia cambogia in some places, the color is thick and gorgeous, and the shape is thick and strong. Accompanied by green leaves, depicted with dark green and grass green, the brushwork is vigorous, vigorous and spicy, showing the relationship between yin and yang through the depth of color, and outlining the leaf veins with thick ink. The branches and leaves, the fruits are sparse and scattered, showing vigorous vitality, the painting style is simple and atmospheric, the visual effect is strong, and the metaphor is auspicious.
Lot 2867
齐白石 1864~1957
Pavilion in the rain in spring
Vertical scroll, ink on paper
Painted in 1922
Width: 88×54.5 cm. Approximately 4.3 square feet
Mounting: 88×8 cm. Approximately 0.6 sq. ft
RMB: 1,600,000-2,600,000
Inscription:
(1) Mr. Yazheng, Brother Langtang. In May, after seeing the Mi family's painting, he painted this, and he was dyed in habits. White Stone. Seal: Shiraishi Weng
(2) Several pavilions are in the spring in the rain, and the ink has been new for 12 years. On this day, I looked at the bald head, and when I painted it, Nong was a two-haired person. Yi Xuan's painting friend asked for a supplement sentence drawn by Ren Xunian, Huang. Seal: Qi Da
Self-titled framed: In the summer of 1933, there will be a war in the old Beijing, and many people will move south, sell their belongings. Shao Jun Yixuan saw this painting in the market and bought it several times higher than the price of the painting for himself. Give another quatrain: Who is the one who thinks about the price of chaos, and the banana tail is true to those who know. The smoke and rain have the value of Jun, and the person who buys firewood is the firewood seller. Chu Nan proverb cloud: Pick firewood to sell, buy firewood to burn. Shiraishi Shan Weng lived in the old capital. Seals: Lao Bai, Mu Jushi
The previous paragraph: "Brother Rongtang" is Liao Mingjin (1869-1927), the character Wat Tang, Langtang, a native of Luxi, Hunan. Qing Bagong, later went to Japan to study, and after returning to China, he was awarded the alternate way. After the Xinhai Revolution, he served as a staff member of Tan Yanmin and Xiong Xiling, and later resigned and returned to Hunan to devote himself to education. In his later years, he settled in Beijing, believed in Buddhism, and served as the secretary general of the 9th Panchen Erdeni, who lived in Beijing at that time, and after 1921, he served as the vice president of the Salesian Hospital of Xiangshan in Beijing.
Publication:
1. The Collection of Qi Baishi, Illustrated 1, Pacific Books (Hong Kong), 1974 edition.
2. Selected Paintings and Calligraphy at the Cathay Pacific Museum of Art (Part II), pp. 7-8, Cathay Museum of Art (Taipei), 1979.
3. Collected Works of Qi Baishi, pp. 30-31, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2014 edition.
4. Huai Jin Shuyu - Qi Baishi Collection, pp. 20-21, China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., 2015 edition.
Illustrate:
1. Shao Yat Xuan's old collection. Shao Yixuan (1885-1954), known as Xilian, is also an immortal. Don't sign the painting beggars in eastern Zhejiang, the old man of papaya, and the people of Dongyang, Zhejiang. The nephew of the famous newspaperman Shao Piaoping. Gong painting, good flowers, famous flower and bird painter in the Republic of China. He is a famous painter and journalist in modern China. He lived in Beiping and Hangzhou, worked in government departments in his early days, and later worked as a reporter and editor of Beijing Daily, a professor of Chinese painting at Beiping Art College, a teacher at Beijing Women's Normal University and Beijing Normal University, and an early member of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association. He has a close personal relationship with Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Pu Xinji, Chen Banding, and Wang Mengbai, and often cooperates with pen and ink.
2. Mr. Shao Yixuan has traveled extensively, including the old relics of the former Qing Dynasty, as well as the famous artists of the art garden at that time, both senior administrative officials and folk scholars, on the one hand, he visited teachers and friends everywhere, and on the other hand, his home was often full of friends. The relationship between Shao Yixuan and Qi Baishi is between a teacher and a friend, Shao Yixuan once said in the inscription that "Baishi Mountain Weng and Yu have a very good relationship", and Qi Baishi has repeatedly inscribed "Yixuan is my friend". Qi Baishi spoke highly of Shao Yixuan's artistic level, and always praised Shao Yixuan in various inscriptions, and he also carved many seals for the Shao family. In addition to Shao Yixuan, his son Shao Shaoyi also apprenticed to Qi Baishi under the recommendation of his father, and was deeply loved by Qi Baishi.
Shao Yixuan is painting
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During Qi Baishi's "decay and change", he also made many explorations of landscape painting, such as thick brushes, fine brushes, thick and thin combinations, decorative structures, etc., and the study of Mijia Yunshan was also his focus.
This painting "Spring in the Rain in the Pavilion" was created in Renxu (1922), when Qi Baishi was 59 years old. After experiencing "six out and six returns" and enjoying the famous mountains and rivers, Qi Baishi's landscape painting has made great progress. In the foreground, the trees are uneven, and the ink color changes. Houses are hidden in the forest. The mountains are dyed with "rice spots", which are thick at the top and light at the bottom, steep and round. Although the distant mountains are slightly angular, they are lightly painted with a light ink pen. Far and near, the square shades, uneven and harmonious. The mountains and mountains are simple but not simple, and the ink is dripping. The whole painting seems to have a sense of wetness, which also confirms the connotation of the title of the painting, the mountain dwelling after the rain.
Left: Qi Baishi, Shao Yixuan, "Flower Chicks", China Guardian 2020 Spring Lot624 Right: Shao Yixuan's painting, Zhang Daqian's "Ink Peony", China Guardian 2014 Autumn Lot890
Qi Baishi's "Painting for Shao Yixuan" Codex, collected by Beijing Academy of Fine Arts
A collection of collaborative paintings by Shao Yixuan and Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian and others
This Baishi inscription three times tells a bizarre and tortuous story: in 1922, the old man Baishi was invited by Mr. Gutang to paint this painting in the method of Mi's Cloud Mountain. However, 12 years later, his friend Shao Yixuan saw this work on the market and bought it for love, and its price was several times higher than the price of Baishi that year. The old man Baishi speculated that most of the residents moved south with their families during the war in Beijing at that time, and this work may have been sold at that time. But the friend is so precious and loved, the buying price is higher than the selling price, which shows the thickness of friendship and the depth of friendship, so he composed two poems and gave them to commemorate it.
Lot 2868
齐白石 1864~1957
Shu in the boat
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
140×35 cm. Approximately 4.4 square feet
RMB: 3,800,000-4,800,000
Title: Laughing and smiling in adversity always obey each other, and an old man in a flat boat for thousands of miles. After her illness, Yamahime was afraid of the wind and dew, and the paper in the window of the night boat was sealed. Verses in the Shu boat. Mr. Narudai Masasa. White Stone Qi Huang.
Seal: Wooden Person, Bitter White
The previous paragraph: "Mr. Mingjie" is Deng Hanxiang (1888-1979), the word Mingjie, a native of Xiangshui, Panxian County, Guizhou, and a famous "strategist" during the Republic of China. With his eloquent eloquence and superb diplomatic skills, he has provided advice to the big figures in the political arena and galloped in the political arena for more than 70 years. His family is a prominent local family. In 1905, he entered the Kunming Higher Normal School and the Guizhou Army School. In 1909, he was admitted to the Hubei Army School. He successively served as a staff officer and senator of the Hubei Governor's Office, and a senior staff officer of the First Army of the Northern Expedition. After Duan Qirui took office, he successively served as secretary of the government, senator of the provisional Senate, member of the Transportation Committee, and secretary general of the State Council. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as the commander of the Seventh Theater, acting chairman of Sichuan Province, director of the Provincial Department of Finance, chairman of the Provincial Bank, etc., and on December 9, 1949, he was electrified to revolt. After liberation, he successively served as a member of the first, second and third sessions of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the fourth and fifth sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
In 1936, the old man Baishi, who was over seventy, started the only trip to Shu in his life, and one of his purposes was to return to his hometown with his wife Hu Baozhu to visit relatives and visit the tomb. Qi Baishi inscribed a poem when he swept his mother-in-law's tomb: "It is better to give birth to a girl than a man, why do you need to cry without drying." It shows his reverence for his mother-in-law and praise for Hu Baozhu's virtuousness.
Qi Baishi's 1936 "Miscellaneous Notes on Shu Travel". Among them, on March 15th, when he passed through Chungju Bojiaju, there were four quatrains, and this piece is based on this quatrain, and the relationship between the characters is slightly modified to create a different artistic conception.
Qi Baishi set out from Beiping in April 1936, arrived in Fengdu on May 5, then stayed in Chongqing for more than 20 days, arrived in Chengdu at the end of the month, and stayed in Chengdu for nearly three months.
This time in Shu, he also met a lot of like-minded friends, he and Huang Binhong met with this, as well as one of the "five old and seven sages" Fang Hesuo, who was introduced by him as a confidant, and he also met Zeng Mobow and others who were quite similar to his artistic taste.
And what he said didn't make any paintings or write any poems, probably just the "angry" words of this "old child" with a true temperament. In fact, according to scholars' research statistics, Qi Baishi left a lot of works during this trip, and his manuscript "Shu You Miscellaneous Chronicles" also has many poems.
Hu Baozhu followed Qi Baishi to serve the diet and daily life, but fell ill during the journey to his hometown, and he could not see the wind at the beginning of his illness after the initial recovery, Qi Baishi personally blocked the window with paper paste to protect his beloved wife. In the painting, there are only two sections, with the landscape occupying half of the landscape, and the water swinging diagonally from the right into a flat boat, and the two boatmen paddling the bow of the boat. The precipice on the riverside is towering, the mountain is dignified, and the outline is outlined and the texture is rubbed with the lines of the golden stone brushwork, and the lines are vigorous. Although Jiang Shui is also a central pen, the pen has become light and flexible, and the lines are extremely smooth. It is also used more to fly white, dry and correlated, so as to show the ripple of water waves. The whole painting is pure ink, only in the window of the boat, lightly colored rouge, to express the light in the boat, highlighting the warm scene in a deep and heavy, which is really ingenious.
Lot 2870
齐白石 1864~1957
Spring River Plumbing
Mirror heart, ink and color on paper
27.6×57.4 cm. Approximately 1.4 square feet
RMB: 1,200,000-1,500,000
Title: Leng An Painting Friends Discuss Correctness. Eighty-six-year-old Huang reserved gift.
Seal: Kijin
The above paragraph: "Leng'an painting friend" is Hu Peiheng (1892-1962), named Xiquan, the word Peiheng, with the word line, the number Leng'an, a native of Zhuo County, Hebei. He has written a lot about painting landscapes. He is a member of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association and a member of the Chinese Artists Association. He became a close friend with Qi Baishi, and his son Hu Lu was a teacher of the old man Baishi. The father and son co-authored the book "Qi Baishi's Painting Method and Appreciation", which introduced Qi Baishi's creative activities with a large number of detailed and vivid examples, and provided extremely valuable information for the analysis and elaboration of Qi Baishi's book. The book was published by the People's Fine Arts Publishing House in 1959 and was reprinted in response to readers' needs. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as the executive director of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association, and the painter and member of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts.
Publication:
1. Qi Baishi, Famous Painters of Modern and Modern Chinese Painting, pp. 82-83, Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House, 2008.
2. "The Pavilion Hides Qi Baishi Calligraphy and Paintings", p. 71, back cover, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2008 edition.
3. Twentieth Century Art Archives, Qi Baishi, 2, p. 217, Hebei Education Press, 2013.
4. Selected Works of Qi Baishi's Calligraphy and Painting, pp. 84-85, Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Publishing House, 2020 edition.
Note: Attached is the certificate of the National Archives of Fine Arts in the 20th Century by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China.
"Spring River Plumbing" was painted in 1946, the banner, in a semi-raw gray background paper, the lower right depicts the sparkling water surface and the cruising cormorants, and the upper left draws two cottages, a few weeping willows and a few distant mountains, a simple and sparse small scene of the village full of life, jumping into the picture. Similar compositions have appeared repeatedly in Qi Baishi's paintings, including one title: "Drink and dry the net, wash your feet and go to bed, no matter if there is a slanting sun outside his village." It expresses the lazy and secluded life imagined by a homesick old man. This painting "Spring River Plumbing" features a free-flowing cormorant in the water, which has a similar meaning. ——Lang Shaojun, "Interpretation of Qi Baishi Calligraphy and Painting Hidden in the Pavilion"
Lot 2871
齐白石 1864~1957
Jinsen-tanuki
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
Gengchen (1940).
103.5×34 cm. Approximately 3.2 sq. ft
RMB: 1,000,000-1,800,000
Title: Mr. Fukunaga Qing genus. Gengchen Spring first month to buy the lantern day, Baishi Mountain Weng painted in Jinghua.
钤印:齐大
Chinese love cats and cats have been around for a long time. Since ancient times, China has established a country with agriculture, planting grains, and cats are good at catching mice, and have the function of protecting food and are tame and lovely, so they are loved by the world. As the saying goes, dogs come rich, cats come expensive. "Cat" is homophonic to "耄", so it has the auspicious meaning of praying for longevity, and has become a good theme for painting. According to the history of painting, such as Lu Ben and Diao Guangyin in the Tang Dynasty, Li Di, Qi Xu, Jin Qing, He Zunshi and so on in the Song Dynasty are all famous cat painters.
Qi Baishi, 1937, for Xu Beihong, "Picture of the Elderly", 130×28cm, Wang Fangyu's old collection
Painted in 1940, Narcissus Slave is a masterpiece of Qi Baishi's mature painting technique. The kitten is all freehand with ink and ink, with a few brushstrokes, the change of ink color, and the relationship between virtual and real The painter expresses the perfection of the fire; The shape is also very accurate, obviously has a lot of experience in observing the life of cats, and understands its habits and modalities in detail, so the lazy sleep of the kitten in the picture is also vividly and expressive. The daffodils planted in the rectangular pot next to it, the flower buds are shaped bright and lively, the leaves are sparse or dense, or tilted or prostrate, the posture is different, and the brushstrokes are varied.
In the painting, the cat's head is low, its back is arched, its limbs are curled up, and it is like sleeping soundly, which is exactly "the cat's gain and loss to see the heart", which shows that the painter knows the habits of cats well, and writes with ease. This kitten is not a white cat, the body is mostly white, but the forehead, back and tail are black, this color cat has a name called "dark clouds cover snow". In the photo taken by a reporter from LIFE magazine in the United States in 1948, there is such a picture: Mr. Shiraishi is painting, and this "dark clouds cover snow" kitten comes to the side to watch and has been waiting. Qi Baishi rarely painted beasts in his life, he once imitated Wang Zhen's cat, consciously "the whole body is not be", lamented that "the world of copying the old and dead has no good paintings", so he always made himself ancient. This work was created at the transition period from Qi Baishi's prime to his later years, during which his painting entered the extreme of "rigor" and "relaxation". On the one hand, years of practice have made every stroke of Qi Baishi's painting extremely refined and in place; On the other hand, it is precisely this kind of artistic confidence brought by the perfection of the brush, the ink and the coloring, that makes the painter feel particularly free and easy when he paints the brush.
Lot 2872
齐白石 1864~1957
Mother Yoko
Mirror heart, ink and color on paper
137×34.5 cm. Approximately 4.3 square feet
RMB: 3,800,000-4,800,000
Inscription: White stone painting.
Seal: Qi Da, Qi Baishi, nearly ninety years old, to know that heaven rewards diligence
Note: This painting is from the same source as Qi Baishi's Dream of Red Leaves at China Guardian's 2023 Autumn Auctions.
Qi Baishi's "Dream of Red Leaves" 101×50cm China Guardian 2023 Autumn Auction Lot 2120 sold for 6.67 million yuan
It is a four-foot straight width, the green leaves and white reeds are falling, the hen leads the chicks, loves each other, and is happy. In terms of subject matter, the old man of Baishi rarely makes reed flowers, and occasionally makes them very precious. The reed leaves of this work are quickly swept out with a broad brush, and several green leaves hang down in a slender manner, which is green and refreshing. The white powder dots out the reed flowers, the flower heads are heavy, and the green leaves are matched, which is fresh and pleasant. The reed leaves and reed flowers seem to be fluttering with the wind, attracting the attention of the "family" under the flowers, and the "mother" seems to be attracted by the reed flowers. In this way, the leaves, flowers, and chickens are connected, and the objects in the painting are suddenly vivid.
The cutest and warmest scene in this painting is a group of chicks chasing their mothers, especially the two chicks under the hens, whose bodies are shrunk and their eyes look around, which makes people fall in love, and the other five chicks also gallop towards the hens. The objects in the painting form an ingenious connection through the arrangement of the old man Shiraishi, whether it is animals or plants, they can accurately grasp the characteristics of the image and demeanor of the object, and this kind of meticulous observation from life is the most touching part of the old man's painting.
Lot 2873
齐白石 1864~1957
Hosta dragonfly
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
105×35 cm. About 3.3 square feet
RMB: 1,200,000-2,200,000
Inscription: Qi Baishi, an old man of Xingziwu, was eighty-two years old at the time, and lived in Jinghua painting.
钤印:齐大
The old man Baishi once said: "The hosta flower is white and pure, and the fragrance is quiet, which is different from the general flower, so I love the hosta flower very much." The old man of Shiraishi uses ordinary flowers into the painting, but in a unique way of expression, the common wildflowers are given a sense of freshness, such as the hosta flowers and dragonflies, without the need for brilliant hues, the flowers are outlined in white, white and flawless, shaped like trumpets, and the buds are like hairpins gathered in the green branches; The leaves of the hosta are wide and turquoise, and the color of the leaves is changed with shades of green, and the stems and veins of the leaves are depicted with wet brushes, so that the depiction of the leaves is rich and full, and the flowers and leaves of different shades of color set off the relationship between the front and back of the leaves, creating an elegant atmosphere through composition and form. A dragonfly hovering in the sky on the hosta flower, as if smelling the aroma of the hosta and not wanting to leave for a long time. The whole composition is sparse and compact, the shape is novel and vivid, the brushwork is simple and natural, and the ink is hearty, conveying a kind of wild and easy interest in the minimalist picture.
Qi Baishi, "Hosta Flower Dragonfly", 67.5×34cm, China Guardian, 2013 Autumn Lot1440, sold for 3.45 million
Lot 2874
齐白石 1864~1957
Big Profit
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
148.5×40.5 cm. Approximately 5.4 square feet
RMB: 800,000-1,800,000
Inscription: Three hundred stone prints of the rich man three hundred and eighty-four Jiazi paintings.
Seal: Shiraishi Weng
In Qi Baishi's works, the materials used in the paintings are all derived from life, which are natural and vivid, interesting and auspicious. Li is homophonic with "Li", meaning "auspicious". In this painting, the trees are full of fresh lychees, which means "Dorjee Dolly".
Qi Baishi likes to paint lychees and likes to use long banners, he often paints a few lychees with leaves and hanging fruits, and then with bamboo baskets and baskets. In such paintings, Qi Baishi's paintings that show the theme of lychees in the form of "lychee trees" are relatively rare. Due to the layout of long banners, Qi Baishi often inscribed long paragraphs to balance the "weight", or poems or texts, all of which are interesting. For example: "Dansha points to the stream rattan paper, and the fragrant basket is full of dew." Fruits should be the first, especially in the world. The form of such a painting is only "300 stone prints of the rich man's 384 Jiazi paintings", "384 Jiazi" is a unique way of dating Qi Baishi, Jiazi is a timekeeping method based on days. Yijiazi is 60 days, so it can be estimated that Qi Baishi made it when he was 64 years old.
Qi Baishi is very good at dealing with such subjects. Looking at the picture of this work, a heavy bright red lychee tree is coveted. The fruit is depicted in magenta, reflecting the delicate red and dripping color of the fruit, juicy and rich, and the green leaves are contrasted, dense and prosperous. Qi Baishi uses the color dot method to depict the unique rough texture of the lychee skin, and uses garcinia cambogia to embellish the light and shade of the leaves. In terms of overall composition, a bunch of lychees hanging down on the left side of the picture and the lychees on the top of the picture complement each other, making the picture more tense and extended. Throughout this painting, there is a degree of sparseness, and the virtual and the real are harmonious, which reflects Qi Baishi's extremely high management ability for composition.
Lot 2875
齐白石 1864~1957
Great wealth
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper
137×39.5 cm. Approximately 4.9 square feet
RMB: 1,380,000-1,880,000
Title: Great wealth. Three hundred stone seal rich man Qi Huang made in the old Beijing borrowed mountain pavilion.
Seals: Baishi Weng, Qi Da
Publication: Qi Baishi's Collected Works, pp. 70-71, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2014 edition.
Qi Baishi's painting art, fusing folk painting and literati painting into one furnace, expands the expressive themes of Chinese flower and bird painting, updates the artistic conception of Chinese flower and bird painting, and creates a unique style that exudes the fragrance of earth. Looking at Qi Baishi's works, his superb brushwork and extraordinary artistic conception are amazing.
The height of the peony branch stem is elongated in the painting, so as to reflect the noble posture of the peony flower in the simple space, the branches of the ochre wave, chic and hearty, dripping and vivid, set off the noble and elegant peony, the boneless flowers into the large brush rouge point dye, the shade is appropriate, the petal layers are repeated, and the thick ink grass grass points out the stamens with a few strokes, which is extremely vivid. Flower a pair of wren brother opposites, the round body comes out with no bones, the mouth and claws are outlined with a thin brush, garcinia cambogia is dyed, the brushwork is sparse and simple, but the shape is lovely and lifelike; The whole picture is graceful and elegant.
The foliage of the flowers in this painting is similar to each other, rather than rigid in subtle features. The old man Baishi said, "Although my paintings are chasing the Bada Mountain People, and I claim to be quite godlike, but in Beijing, they are indeed not very valuable." The teacher once advised me to come up with new ideas and change my painting methods, and I listened to his words and created my own school of safflower ink leaves." The whole picture is thick and bright, as if it is full of anger, and has a strong visual appeal.
After the old man Baishi settled in Beijing at the age of 55, he would often go to the park to visit the various postures of the peony flowers every time the peony blossoms bloomed. His painting of peonies can depict the magnificent scene most prominently.
After the old man reaches the age of 90, he often paints peony flowers with extremely heavy magenta, which makes him even more glamorous. This is painted with a strong color dot, and there is also a painting method with a more intense color after the dark dot, which is even more chic. When a painter arrives at the "transformation realm", the so-called raising his hands and feet, being at ease, how to paint and how to succeed, and how to paint with a casual wave, the old man's attainments have reached this realm. - Hu Peiheng
Lot 2876
齐白石 1864~1957
Nine more than figures
Vertical scroll, ink on paper
Ji Chou (1949).
67×34 cm. Approximately 2.1 square feet
RMB: 900,000-1,500,000
Title: Nine more than pictures. Wu Qiao Ren brother genus. Eighty-nine-year-old white stone painting. Ugly.
Seal: Wooden Person, Borrowed Mountain
The previous paragraph: "Wuqiao Rendi" is Xia Wuqiao (1904-1996), the word Yinqing, the number Wuqiao (Wuqiao), a native of Langfang, Hebei. In the middle and late last century, Beijing's calligraphy and painting circles were known for "Kunwu cutting jade, iron facing people", and won the respect of Qigong, Li Kuchan, Xiao Fang, Chen Banding, Qi Baishi, Wang Xuetao, Liang Yanyu, Chen Shushi, Wang He and other famous calligraphers and painters. When he was young, he used to teach, and then worked in the Beijing Supply Bureau, and after liberation, he worked in the Beijing Gongdeng Factory. It is Rong Bao Zhai, the guest of the Wangfujing Arts and Crafts Service Department.
Publication:
1. Paintings from the Nanyang Huayuan Collection, Illustration 18, Poly Art Museum, 2013.
2. Qi Baishi's Collected Works, pp. 284-285, Rong Bao Zhai Publishing House, 2014 edition.
3. Huai Jin Grip Yu - Qi Baishi Collection, pp. 142-143, China Guardian International Auction Co., Ltd., 2015 edition.
The word "Jiuyu" or "Jiuru" comes from the six chapters of "Tianbao" in the "Book of Songs, Xiaoya", "Tianbao Dinger, with Mo Buxing, such as mountains such as Gao, such as Gang, such as Ling, such as the direction of the river, to increase without increasing." Such as the moon of the constant, such as the rise of the moon, such as the longevity of the South Mountain, not collapsed, such as the pine and cypress, all or inherited. Because the poem uses nine "such as" words, "such as" has the meaning of smooth wishes, later generations will use "Tianbao Jiuru" together, become the word of longevity, that is, to celebrate longevity. Qi Baishi often paints "Nine More Pictures", such as, Yu, fish homonym, Qi Baishi often paints nine fish, which means to bless the heavens and protect the nine Ru, the meaning of longevity.
Qi Baishi, "Nine Pictures", 64×28.5cm, China Guardian 2023 Autumn Lot2112, sold for 2.99 million yuan
Fish, shrimp, frogs, crabs and other aquariums are one of the themes that the old man Shiraishi is best at and loves. Qi Baishi's painting of fish is more freehand than painting shrimp and crabs, because the image of fish is easier to grasp than shrimp and crabs, and it is suitable for simple strokes and thick brushes. Moreover, the relationship between fish and people is close, and there are more factors that can be used as metaphors. This picture depicts nine swimming fish, with carp as the most, borrowing nine fish to take the homonym "nine as" meaning. The composition of the nine swimming fish in the painting is very simple, but due to the different sizes, different shades, and scattered differences, not only does it not have the disadvantages of monotony, but makes the picture more ethereal and vivid. Some of the small fish in the picture, although the ink is light and fine, can also use the pen in the center to calm it into the paper, which shows that the old man Shiraishi is very cautious with the pen; As for the larger swimming fish, the middle side is used together, the shade is combined, so that the pen is seen everywhere, this kind of skill, especially the demeanor of everyone.
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