A Comparative Study Of Flower And Bird Paintings Between Qi Baishi And Badashanren

Nourished by the five-thousand-year Chinese culture,the Chinese painting art has a long history and many talented painters emerged in the history of painting.Talking about the art of flower and bird painting,one cannot help but mention the undeniable position and influence of Qi Baishi and Badashanren in the flower and bird fields.Due to the fact that the two people are in different backgrounds,their life experience and thoughts are different.Therefore,the screens have their own characteristics and are not the same.Qi Baishi specializes in flowers,birds and insects and insects in his painting are particularly delicate.Based on the style of Badashanren and Wu Changshuo,he formed a unique style of freehand Chinese painting,and created a faction of safflower ink leaves.Qi Baishi's love for life is vividly expressed in his painting.Influenced by Badashanren,his brushwork is full of vitality,and a strong front.However,the paintings of Qi Baishi are not so exaggerated and unconstitutional like the Badashanren.Badashanren specializes in ink painting of flowers and birds with exaggerated imagination and concise,pen and ink.His works often use a symbolic approach to express his feelings and in a simple and refreshing style.Both of theme occupy a significant position in the history of Chinese art and contributed a lot in the development of art at home and abroad.This thesis uses the paintings of Mr.Bai Shi and BadaShanren as arguments to discuss the causes of the formation of the two artists' art and analyze the artistic origins and differences of these two artists in the freehand brushwork.This thesis compared the similarities and particularities of the two painters.The paintings of the two painters are unusual and colorful which has a huge influence on the flower and bird paintings.On the basis of “scientific practice”,they innovated and recreated their flower and bird paintings things from their inner feelings to the nature.Their painting styles are unique and unshakable which can never be surpassed by later generations.By comparing the artistic features of the two painters,it is clearer to understand the characteristics of the two painters and their respective era paintings.A comparison of the similarities and differences between the two painters can create some inspirations in the freehand drawing creation.