Watercolor woodblock print
China 20th cent.
Depiction 31 x 21,3 cm, paper size 31 x 21,3 cm
Composition of two bamboo shoots with the added text of the artist: "Do not let obstacles along the path lead you astray by, Baishi". Seal of the artist.
From the workshop of Rong Baozhai.
From the Walter Exner Collection, 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 broschure about him in January 1986.
Expertise: Wolfmar Zacken