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  • Lychees

    Lychees

    • Qi Baishi (1864-1957), Republican Period

         Qi Baishi (1864-1957) was born Qi Chunzhi. He later changed his name to Qi Huang and adopted the sobriquets Baishi and Jieshanweng. A native of Xiangtan, Hunan, he eventually took up residence in Beijing.
         The carrying basket in this painting brims with resplendently colored fresh lychees that have attracted the attention of a pilfering rat. The lychees’ brilliant vermilion, set off by the rat’s dusky fur, dazzles the eye. Simple and unaffected freehand brushwork such as adorns this work was especially popular in the first half of the twentieth century. This work was a gift of Mr. Lin Tsung-i.

  • Bamboo and Rock

    Bamboo and Rock

    • Wu Hu-fan (1894-1968), Republican Period

         Wu Hu-fan (1894-1968) was a native of Wu county in Jiangsu province. His given name was Wan and he used the sobriquet Qian’an. Talented in both calligraphy and painting, he also collected fine art and excelled in connoisseurship.
         Wu painted this image of a lake stone of extraordinary elegance in 1929, while in this thirty-sixth year. Light ink washes were first used to give the stone a sense of three dimensionality. Heavier ink was then applied before the washes had dried to give the stone its definition and embellish it with moss and grass, creating a unified, natural effect. Behind the stone rise up a stalk of desiccated bamboo and a fresh new shoot. They are painted in a hand at once crisp, vigorous, and elegant, lending an air of lightheartedness. This piece was a gift of Mr. Chu Ming-yüan.

  • Lotus and Sparrow

    Lotus and Sparrow

    • Hsieh Chih-liu (1910-1997), Republican Period

         Hsieh Chih-liu (1910-1997), born Hsieh Chih, was a native of Changzhou in Jiangsu province. In his later years he took the sobriquet Zhuangmu. His talents were most evident in flower-and-bird and landscape painting, but he was also an erudite connoisseur widely recognized for his talents in his time.
         This painting depicts a sparrow balanced upon a lotus stem, its head turned towards its tail. The piece boasts clean, bright, and simple composition, alacritous and attractive color blending, and deft control of brush and ink. It was donated to the National Palace Museum by Mr. Wang Hsin-heng.

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