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Ch'i Pai-shih, 1861-1957: Collection of Yakichiro Suma, Tokyo: Exhibition, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 3-31 May 1960.
Published by Tokyo: Sansai-sha, 1960, Slim paper bound wraps AS-IS condition with dry water stain rear spine edge and light ripple lower edges pages ( does not effect text or image see photos) approx. 51 pages, text description of 152 paintings for this exhibition, 100 illustrations on 44 plates (33 full color plus 67 B&W). approx 10 inches x 7 3/4 inches. Collector's notes written by Yakichiro Suma. ; Suma San and Ch'i Pai Shih by Alice Boney.
"Qi Baishi (1 January 1864 – 16 September 1957) was a Chinese painter, noted for the whimsical, often playful style of his works. Born to a peasant family from Xiangtan, Hunan, Qi taught himself to paint, sparked by the Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden. After he turned 40, he traveled, visiting various scenic spots in China. After 1917 he settled in Beijing. Some of Qi's major influences include the early Qing dynasty painter Bada Shanren and the Ming dynasty artist Xu Wei .
The subjects of his paintings include almost everything, commonly animals, scenery, figures, toys, vegetables, and so on. He theorized that "paintings must be something between likeness and unlikeness, much like today's vulgarians, but not like to cheat popular people". In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimp or birds. He was also good at seal carving and called himself "the rich man of three hundred stone seals" In 1953, he was elected president of the China Artists Association He died in Beijing in 1957.