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Up for purchase is "The Art of Guo Xiuyi"


From the Publisher:

Guo Xiuyi was apprenticed to Master Qi Baishi in 1951 and studied with the Master for six years. Guo bore the master's teachings in mind, devoting all of her energy to diligent study. As a result, she made marvelous progress and gradually brought into full play all of her talent in the art of painting.

Everything painted by Guo Xiuyi seems alive on paper: human figures, landscapes, birds, and other animals, fish and shrimp, plants and flowers. All her paintings are true to life, full of vitality, showing inspiration and creativity. Other disciples of Qi Baishi praised her: "Should her work be put next to our teacher's best examples, who can tell which one is the Master's?"

Master Qi Baishi was overjoyed to see his disciple's success. He would smile and take up his brush to add some fascinating touches on her painting. Once he wrote: "The dark ink color was added by Baishi to the cat painted by my disciple Xiuyi." Another: "My disciple Xiuyi painted seven chicks and me, the meddlesome old man, added five more."

His inscription on "A Rooster in the Morning" is "Xiuyi's painting is as brilliant as mine.", on "Crabapples in Autumn": "With the autumn breezes coming back the crabapple tree has come to fruit. In this school of mine Xiuyi is the only disciple who has made such incomparable progress.".

While enjoying the paintings in the album, readers may study Master Qi's inscriptions and appreciate the witty humor of the master. In the album readers may also see Master Qi's praise of his students and understand his teaching style.


This volume is hardcover with jacket, with blemishes.  In pages 30 to 60 there are wormholes.  In most of these pages it is a single hole that does not go thru the paintings [as in the second picture].  From pages 50 to 58 there are more holes [as in the last picture] with some going into the paintings.  The last picture shows the worst of this.


Otherwise it is in good shape -binding is good; pages complete and unmarked [except for the holes]; cover is good with light wear; jacket is good with some wear.

 

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