LOT 56  A Chinese Scroll Painting by Qi Baishi  

A Chinese Scroll Painting by Qi Baishi (45.5 x 111cm) Qi Baishi (January 1, 1864- September 16, 1957...

A Chinese Scroll Painting by Qi Baishi (45.5 x 111cm) Qi Baishi (January 1, 1864- September 16, 1957), Han ethnicity, with ancestral roots in Dangshan, Suzhou, Anhui Province, was born in Xiangtan, Changsha Prefecture, Hunan Province. Ming Huang, styled Pingsheng, also known as Baishi, Baishiweng, Laobai, Jiping, Laoping, Jieshan Weng, Qida, Mujushi, and Sanbaishi Yinfu, is a modern Chinese calligrapher, painter, and seal engraver. His main paintings include "Ink Shrimp", "Cattle Herding", "Frog Sound Ten Miles Out of Mountain Spring", "Pine and Cypress High Standing Picture·Seal Script Four Character Couplets", and he has written poetry collections such as "Jieshan Yinguan Poetry Grass" and "Baishi Poetry Grass". He has also published three volume collections of "Selected Works of Qi Baishi" and "Selected Landscape Paintings of Qi Baishi"