Qi Yuwen, the grandson of Qi Baishi, the son of Qi Liangkun (Qi Ziru, the third son of Baishi), is recognized by the industry as the third generation leader and inheritor of Qi Pai art, the master of Qi Pai painting style, and a famous contemporary powerful flower and bird artist. It is known as the god of contemporary Chinese shrimp.
Qi Yuwen was born in February 1941 in Baishipu, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, because of his extremely high artistic talent and understanding, Qi Baishi was extremely pampered, and he personally raised him for 17 years, becoming the person who received the most art teachings from Qi Baishi outside of his father Qi Ziru, and was also the only one among his grandchildren who received Qi Baishi's personal engraving, and Qi Baishi took Qi Yuwen's hand before his death, and asked him to carry forward the Qi School painting techniques and bring them to the society for testing. This shows that Qi Baishi recognizes Qi Yuwen's artistic recognition.
After years of hard work, Qi Yuwen has embodied the characteristics of "Qi Pai" in the use of pen, ink and color. He not only inherited the style of "Qi Pai" art, but also absorbed the strengths of each family and paid more attention to nature as a teacher. His painting style advocates his father's "beauty, beauty, and life" characteristics. The pursuit of painting mood and interest, the technique combines the brush and freehand, and sometimes the brush cordyceps and the freehand background are integrated on the same picture, highlighting the unique aesthetic taste. Later, the shrimp, wisteria, lotus flowers and peaches he often painted were his favorites. In order to paint more vividly and highlight the characteristics of Chinese painting, it is necessary to see more and study more.
Qi Yuwen advocates the characteristics of "beauty, beauty and life" in Qi school art in terms of painting style, and pursues artistic conception and interest in painting; The combination of work and writing reflects the characteristics of qipai in the use of pen, ink and color, and is permeated with the artistic style of Qipai everywhere, and the works are full of gods and gods, which will be the inheritance and development of Qipai art. Although it has passed the age of ancient rarity, Qi Yuwen has always adhered to the family training, taught the law of nature, and constantly promoted the art of the Qi school.
At present, Qi Yuwen's works are not only collected by many authoritative units such as Liaoning Museum, Qi Baishi Memorial Hall, Zhongyuan Calligraphy and Painting Institute, Heze Oriental Calligraphy and Painting Research Institute, but also by many calligraphy and painting enthusiasts at home and abroad. It can be said that his works have long been popular in the Tibetan world, and in 2001, his work "Lotus Pond Qingyun" was collected by Singaporean businessmen for a high price of 880,000; In 2003, his work "Nine Thousand Life Charts" was collected by Hong Kong entrepreneurs with 1.26 million; In 2011, an 8-square-foot "Lotus Rhyme" was collected by rich merchants in Zhejiang for 2.88 million. In today's collection world, with Qi Baishi's art works repeatedly setting new auction records, Qi Pai art has attracted the attention of the world, as the leader of contemporary Qi Pai art, Qi Yuwen's works are bound to become the "dark horses of collection" in the future auction market, interpreting the extraordinary appreciation myth.
Mr. Liu
Tongzhou District, Beijing