Research On Qi Baishi’s Fine Brushwork Paintings Of Grasses And Insects

Qi Baishi, a rare traditional painting master in China, shows great talents both in thefreehand brushwork paintings of flowers and birds, and fine-brushwork paitings of grasses andinsects, to which he also makes great contributions. Qi Baishi, born from a farmer family, whoseunique artictic feature benefits a lot from his early experience in carpenting and great artisticperception.The thesis aims to explore Qi Baishi’s fine brushwork paintings of grasses and insects fromthe perspectives of theory and aesthetic based on the documents collection. The thesis firstintroduces Qi Baishi’s life, social background of his fine brushwork paintings of grasses andinsects, local culture and individual artistic creation. Chapter II and Chapter III, the mostimportant parts, explore the features of his fine brushwork paintings, namely exactappropriateness, enjoyment of highbrow and lowbrows, concordance of shape and essence, andpsalm of life. The last chapter, discusses his fine brushwork paintings’ significance and influenceupon his students. The thesis adopts the reseach methods of summary, comparison, analysis andinterpretation of his works.Qi Baishi’s fine brushwork paintings of grasses and insects is one of the significant worksin China’s fine brushwork paintings. It’s profound to inherit and further study it. Qi Baishi’scombination of carpentry and epigraphy, representing a generation of scholar’s painting, initiatesfine brushwork paintings of grasses and insects full of country joy, with the spirit of the age. It’svaluable for contemporary art creation and theory study to have a deep understanding andsummary of Qi Baishi’s fine brushwork paintings of grasses and insects,which has realized theunion of people and insects, riched the traditional fine brushwork paintings genres and itsmanifestation,as well as made tremendous contributions to the development and creation oftraditional fine brushwork paitings.