Zhang Daqian enjoys a high reputation in the painting world. He was praised by Picasso and praised as an "oriental brush" by western painting circles. Unfortunately, Chiang Kai-shek brought it to Taiwan Province Province at the beginning of liberation and never returned to the mainland. However, these two masters seldom meet each other in their lives. Is this why "writers despise each other"? This argument seems untenable. Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian are friends of Xu Beihong, a master of Chinese painting. It is said that they once painted for Xu Beihong's wife Liao.
At that time, Qi Baishi painted a pair of lotus flowers in water for Liao. After painting, Zhang Daqian added shrimp to the water with a brush and ink. Seven or eight shrimps were painted, all of which were lifelike. Zhang Daqian is satisfied, and the shrimp festival is more or less painted. Qi Baishi couldn't go on, and quietly said to Zhang Daqian, "No matter how big or small the shrimp is, the shrimp festival is six festivals." Zhang Daqian was very embarrassed after hearing this, and quickly got some water to cover the extra shrimp festival.
From this point of view, they do not intersect, but reflect their attitude towards art. Qi Baishi pays attention to rigor and Zhang Daqian pays attention to pondering. Is this because of the generation gap? After all, they are 35 years apart. But then Qi Baishi disliked Zhang Daqian more and more, so that he refused to meet Zhang Daqian. At this time, Zhang Daqian handed the business card to the servant and told him to wait at the door. Qi Baishi was painting in the studio at that time. The servant took the business card, looked at it, threw it aside and said to the servant, "If you go out, tell the man that I am not at home and ask him to go." Li Keran, a student of Qi Baishi, stood by to remind the teacher: "This is Zhang Daqian ..." Qi Baishi said coldly: "I despise people who make fake paintings the most. Even ordinary people can draw fake pictures. Successful painters will do the same. "