Qi Baishi's family was poor, and he studied for a year when he was young. He studied painting after herding cattle and chopping wood. 65438-0877 apprenticed as a carpenter, and changed to woodcarving the following year. He copied the Biography of Mustard Seed Orchard as a new sample of sculpture. 1888 began to learn painting, president of Longshan Poetry Society. 1890 at the age of 26, he turned to study portrait painting from Xiao Peng and Wen Shao. At the age of 27, he began to learn poetry and calligraphy from Hu Qinyuan and Shao Chen. At the age of 37, he studied with Confucian scholars and became a mentor with Li, Yang Du and others. Qi Baishi lived in his hometown, where he was born: Xingdoutang, Meigong Temple and Jiaruchong Jipingtang. From the age of 40, he left his hometown and traveled to Shaanxi, Henan, Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Guangdong and Guangxi, enjoying the famous mountains and rivers and making friends with contemporary celebrities. Fan Fanshan, Xia Wuyi and Guo Baosun are all close friends. Painting styles range from meticulous painting to calligraphy, from calligraphy to Wei Bei, and seal cutting from Ding to Zhao. At the age of 55, he fled to the north and settled in Beijing two years later. Chen Shiceng, Xu Beihong, Luo Yinghong, Lin Fengmian, etc.
1926, Qi Baishi was appointed honorary professor of National Beiping Art College, honorary president of Beiping Artists Association, honorary professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, research librarian of Central Museum of Literature and History, director of China People's Association for Foreign Culture, honorary president of China Painting Academy, chairman of Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association and chairman of National Artists Association. 1July 1949,1September 1953, attended the National Congress of Literary and Art Workers in China twice and was elected as a member of the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles. 1August, 954, elected as the representative of the first National People's Congress; He has a deep friendship with President Mao Zedong and has been received. 1953 1 The Ministry of Culture awarded him the honorary certificate and the title of "People's Artist"; 195565438+In February, German Democracy and China Academy of Art awarded him the honorary certificate of Communication Academician; 1956 In April, the World Peace Council awarded him 1955 International Peace Prize, and an award ceremony was held in September; 1963 was selected as a world cultural celebrity by the World Peace Council. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he said that "the paintings are not for sale to the government". From 65438 to 0946, he resumed his career of selling paintings and managing printing. In the same year, he went to Nanjing and Shanghai to hold a solo exhibition, and served as honorary professor of Beiping Art Institute. He is the author of Poem Grass by Borrowing Mountain, Poem Grass by White Stone, Print Grass by White Stone, Autobiography of White Stone Old Man, etc. There are nearly 100 kinds of paintings such as The Complete Works of Qi Baishi. At the age of seventy-four, he went to Shu and met Huang and Jin Songcen.