Why can Qi Baishi become a master of Chinese painting? How powerful are people who teach themselves?

In the history of modern painters in China, this master went to the world through self-study and was never surpassed. Later, he was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by the Central Ministry of Culture. His success was not accidental, but inevitable.

he is qi Baishi.

at the age of 6, in order to draw shrimps well, Qi Baishi actually raised shrimps in his room and started painting shrimps without leaving home. The compulsory course every day is to observe and copy, repeatedly, and sometimes sketch to the point of forgetting to eat or sleep.

Through continuous efforts, Qi Baishi's "Shrimp" has finally left a deep impression on the historical painting circle. Such an extraordinary master of lifelong learning, he is on the road to success by self-study. Before the age of 4, he never went out of Hunan. As a child of an ordinary family, he turned into a master of Chinese painting.

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On January p>1

1864, a farmer's home in Baishipu, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, was much more lively than usual, because on this day, a chubby child was born in the Qijia of Baishipu. This person was Qi Baishi, a great painter who became famous at home and abroad, and a celebrity in Xiangtan, Hunan Province.

Qi Baishi's original name was Qi Chunzhi. When he was young, Chunzhi was very clever. Grandma often taught him to sing children's songs, and he could recite them after several times.

at the age of 6, grandpa sent him to a private school, and he sent him to and from school every day, rain or shine. Grandpa attaches importance to education and respects the practice of scholars. Xiaochunzhi is smart and studious, and often learns to forget the time to go home at school. Grandpa is very pleased to see him working so hard.

After studying in a private school for less than a year, Qi Chunzhi dropped out of school because of poor family conditions. At the age of 14, Qi Chunzhi began to learn from a teacher. His family hoped that he could learn a trade and have a skill to support himself.

It happened that a carpenter's relative visited on this day. During some small talk, the young Qi Chunzhi became an apprentice to the carpenter. The carpenter master had a bad temper and was always shouting and hitting people. Once Qi Chunzhi and the carpenter master went out to catch up with the work, and Chun Zhi was dismissed by the master because he was laughed at for being unable to move the stake.

Qi Chunzhi's second master was also a carpenter, but one of his characteristics was that he was "stingy" with all materials, which was called "cherishing" in the master's words.

Until one time, after the master and the apprentice finished their work, they met four people on their way home, who were masters of small crops. Qi Chunzhi's master was very polite to these four people, which puzzled Qi Chunzhi, so he asked the master why.

It turns out that gadgets are small pieces of furniture, and they are exquisite and exquisite, such as carving flowers. Qi Chunzhi also found that gadgets have high wages and high status. At this time, Qi Chunzhi also became an apprentice to gadgets, and thus Qi Chunzhi embarked on the road of wood carving.

The turning point of Qi Chunzhi's life is that after learning wood carving well, she once went to make a dowry carving for Cai's family with her master. The condition of the master's family is both good-looking and long-faced.

Cai's family is a big family and a scholarly family in the local area. In order to meet the requirements put forward, Qi Baishi finally took the initiative to ask the Cai family if they had any samples for reference.

In this way, mustard seed garden entered Qi Baishi's life, that is, this book, which also changed the fate of Qi Baishi's life.

Qi Chunzhi, a 26-year-old, learned to paint by herself by studying mustard seed garden, with eyes that love life and dexterous hands, and she is still famous in the local area. At the age of 27, Qi Baishi formally joined Hu Qinyuan as a teacher and began to take the road of painting. Hu Qinyuan arranged a culture teacher for him and led him into the circle of intellectuals and artists.

Since then, the young carpenter Zhi has embarked on a bright road, and more possibilities of life are extending a friendly little hand to him, which has opened the foundation for becoming a world-renowned artist in the future.

Qi Baishi's journey from a carpenter to a painter tells us in a down-to-earth way that "if a person wants to accomplish something, he must rely on perseverance, perseverance, persistence and hard work. Nothing is difficult in the world, but he who sets his mind on it."

Qi Baishi, a minor local celebrity, had never left Hunan before he was 4 years old. Until the age of 4, he finally left for a wider world through the encouragement of his fellow villagers, met the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, visited old friends and made new friends, and enriched his knowledge and horizons with poetry and painting as the spiritual direction.

During his travels around the world, Qi Baishi saw many original works by famous literati. Through constant appreciation, evaluation and copying, he gradually changed the direction of his previous painting with complicated styles and turned his attention to the famous literati painters in China.

Through the experience and skills accumulated in the past few years, Qi Baishi has finally become a real literati painter, not a folk painter.

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In 1919, Qi Baishi came to Beijing for the third time. Unfortunately, no one cares about his paintings here. Even reduced to the point where his paintings can't even change a cabbage. It is difficult to support himself by painting here. In order to survive in Beijing, Qi Baishi changed his direction and took out the seal cutting job to set up a stall.

when it comes to seal cutting, I have to talk about the story of Qi Baishi learning seal cutting when he was young. Qi Baishi was painting in a large house in Hunan, and met an engraver from Changsha, who is said to be the most famous seal engraver in Changsha. For this reason, Qi Baishi also prepared money and stones to find a master to engrave a seal.

Because the business of the master engraver is too hot, he often has to wait in a long line. Qi Baishi waited patiently for several days, and finally met the master engraver. He thought his seal had been engraved. Unexpectedly, the master told him to take it back and smooth it after a few days of grinding. Unexpectedly, the other party still said that the stone was not polished. At this time, Qi Baishi realized that the other party was afraid that he was a carpenter-born painter and was deliberately embarrassed.

Qi Baishi, who understood it, was very sad. In a rage, he went home and took a knife and carved it himself. From then on, he made up his mind that he must learn engraving well. After the incident of "engraving refused", Qi Baishi really has a spirit of grinding an iron pestle into a needle, and he is not afraid of hardship and fatigue.

The teacher who taught Qi Baishi to learn engraving was very humorous. He told Qi Baishi, "Go to the back hill, pick a load of stones, go home and carve them, and then try to carve some snack boxes, and you will carve them well!" Although it's just a joke, the truth in this sentence is actually the truth of who makes perfect.

Qi Baishi carved more than 3, pieces in his life. They are all engraved and grinded, and one side of him learns to engrave and call "industry is diligent", which is not only encouraging himself, but also urging himself. It can be seen that his serious attitude towards things is also a portrayal of his paintings!

Qi Baishi suffered the most cold eyes and ridicule in his life when he first came to Beijing. Due to the surprise of regional culture, Beijingers just couldn't appreciate his paintings at first. The nutrition of his paintings mainly comes from three aspects.

firstly, his experience in rural life and his knowledge in carpentry career are the natural sincerity in his paintings.

Secondly, the literati and artists he made led him into the world of painting.

Third, the influence of the ancients, through learning to describe the paintings of the ancients to innovate their own painting skills.

qi Baishi has his own set of copying methods, which mainly include three types: facing, facing back and facing three times. In a strange and turbulent Beijing, Qi Baishi slowly moved from a small painter to a famous painter with these perseverance spirits.

In the winter of p>1926, Qi Baishi bought a quadrangle in Beijing's straddle-car alley from a eunuch in the former Qing Dynasty for 2, yuan. From then on, I finally had my own home in Beijing.

At the age of p>57, Qi Baishi went to Beijing for the third time. Here he took an 18-year-old girl Hu Baozhu, who had to support a large family in Beijing and a large family in his hometown in Hunan.

It is in this extremely embarrassing situation that Qi Baishi came up with the theory of "similarity and dissimilarity", which is the impulse to change painting methods. Qi Baishi emphasized that painting should be between "similarity and dissimilarity. If it is pursued too much, it will appear vulgar, and if it is too dissimilar, it will not be painting."

This summary has been consistently reflected in Qi Baishi's long creative career and his understanding of painting spirit.

With Chen Shiceng's encouragement, Qi Baishi was not confined to his past painting habits, that is, he formed his own style after he was 6 years old.

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If Hu Qinyuan and Chen Shiceng are Qi Baishi's teachers and friends, then Xu Beihong, who appeared in 1928, is undoubtedly his noble person.

Xu Beihong is keenly aware that Qi Baishi is a mountain on the road of painting development in China.

It is precisely because Qi Baishi has no orthodox education, no prejudice, and dares to challenge and change that he has found his own artistic world in the new era.

Xu Beihong hired Qi Baishi as an art professor twice. During his teaching in the university, Xu Beihong treated Qi Baishi with respect and special treatment.

Japan invaded China in p>1931, and Beijing was occupied by the Japanese in 1937. At that time, the Japanese were bullying in Beijing and doing all kinds of evil.

After learning of Qi Baishi's status and fame, the Japanese invited Qi Baishi to paint for Japan in many ways, and also invited traitors to lobby many times. Qi Baishi was proud and unmoved.

Unfortunately, the Japanese had to use force to detain Qi Baishi, forcing him to submit. In the end, due to Qi Baishi's status and reputation, they had to give up.

In p>1948, Qi Baishi was thinking of leaving Beijing, but was dissuaded by the visiting Xu Beihong couple and stayed. In 1953, Qi Baishi was elected as the chairman of the First Council of China Artists Association, and then served as a deputy to the National People's Congress. On Qi Baishi's 93rd birthday, his gift was awarded the honorary title of "People's Artist" by the Ministry of Culture.

what a person insists on in difficulties must be what he loves. Qi Baishi has been pursuing art, beauty and perfection all his life.

This is why Qi Baishi can change from a carpenter to a master of Chinese painting. His paintings always preserve the innocence of children. As a university professor said, "Innocence can avoid greasy and kindness can ward off evil spirits." We can learn from Mr. Baishi. To truly express creation, we must truly love them, regard them as a part of our own lives, and thus extend our lives into our own works. With a pair of observant eyes, a pair of eyes and hearts that discover beauty, and hard-working hands, we can certainly reach the self-study realm of Qi Lao!