|
Qi Baishi and His Contemporaries
September 6 (Wednesday) to October 1 (Sunday), 2006
The Collections Hall, Galleries 11/12
Next year marks fifty years since the death of the modern Chinese painter Qi Baishi (1863-1957). In recent years, the works of this master artist, who introduced modern forms into the traditional Chinese literati painting scene, have annually been gaining recognition. Several editions of Baishi's complete works have already been published in China, attesting to his influence on modern Chinese painting. Baishi's finished works appear simple and easy to imitate, however, he created unusual and striking shapes in bold colors that have never been painted before. An element in his works interestingly connects to contemporary graphic art. The original sense of design in Baishi's paintings has gone unsurpassed.
This feature highlights several exceptional works by Baishi, produced during the 1920's and 1930's, when he lived in Beijing, from the collection of Suma Yakichiro, which was donated to the Kyoto National Museum in recent years. The exhibition explores his stylistic features and artistic achievements of his formative years. The works of his patron Yaohua and his favorite pupil, the priest Ruiguang, will also be exhibited to show how he influenced other artists.
 |
|
 |
Album of Flowering Plants
Republic of China Period
KNM
Song-style Landscape by Qi Baishi
Republic of China Period
KNM
| Title |
Period |
| Song-style Landscape by Qi Baishi |
Republic of China, dated 1922 |
| Walking Alone along Willow Trees by Qi Baishi |
Republic of China |
| Crimson and White Chrysanthemums in Full Bloom by Qi Baishi |
Republic of China |
| Feeding the Ear by Qi Baishi |
Republic of China |
| Album of Flowering Plants by Qi Baishi |
Republic of China |
| Sunset in a Foreign Land by Ruiguang縲 |
Republic of China, dated 1917 |
| Suma Yakichiro's Atelier Baikasodo (Hall of the Plum Blossoms) by Ruiguang |
Republic of China, dated 1929 |
| Autumn Splendor by Yaohua, Inscriptions by Chen Shizeng (1876-1928) and Tang Dingzhi (1878-1948) |
Republic of China, dated 1917 |
|
|
