Plum Blossoms and Bird / Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
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- Accession Number
- 1949/1.192
- Title
- Plum Blossoms and Bird
- Artist
- Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Artist Life Dates
- (1864 - 1957)
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Beijing (municipality)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Beijing (municipality)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Katsuizumi Sotokichi
- Inscription
- Signed and inscribed: People ask how to paint the blossoms. I say, what the ancient painters try to avoid, you follow, then you are not like ordinary people. To have no method is actually to have method. Pai-shih Mountain-hermit wrote. Upper Seal: ? Lowe Seal: Pai-shih
- Dimensions
- 210.82 cm x 54.61 cm (83 in. x 21 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- hanging scroll
- Secondary Object Classification
- Painting
- Secondary Object Type
- bird and flower
- Physical Description
- A black crow is seated on a plum branch above calligraphic text and cascades of open blossoms.
- Subject Matter
- The subject of plum blossoms had long been a favorite among scholar-painters. Because they bloom in the very late winter, plum blossoms are likened to the scholar who thrives in adverse environments. Plum blossoms also offered the sheer formal beauty of contrast between the thrusting, angular branches and the delicate, rounded blossoms.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- buildings and the land
- deciduous trees
- descriptors
- herbaceous plants
- image-making processes and techniques
- landscapes (environments)
- natural landscapes
- plants
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- trees
- trees by leaf life
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- writing (processes)
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 926 x 3703
- File Size
- 133 KB
- Record
- 1949/1.192
- Link to this Item
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"Plum Blossoms and Bird; Qi Baishi (Ch'i Pai-shih)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1949-sl-1.192/1949_1.192.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.
