Watercolor woodblock print
China 20th cent.
Depiction 27 x 18 cm, paper size 36,8 x 25 cm
Composition of two magnificent, red peaches with the added text of the artist: "Double long life, Bai Shi". Seal of the artist.
From the workshop of Rong Baozhai.
From the former Collection Walter Exner, Vienna-Bad Wildungen.
Qi Baishi (1863 - 1957) is probably known today in the West as the most famous Chinese painter of the 20th century. Coming from a farmer′s family, he taught himself to paint. He resided since 1917 in Beijing. Wilhelm Exner (father) and Walter Exner (son) often visited the artist Qi Baishi and acquired works from him directly. Gallery Zacke published a small broschureabout him in January 1986.
Expertise: Wolfmar Zacken