Liangchi Qi - Artist Info

About Liangchi Qi

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Lainchi Qi
  • Biography

    Born in Xiangtan, Hunan in 1921, Qi Liangchi became a famous painter in the style of Zichang. He was the fourth child of painter Qi Baishi. At the age of ten, he studied traditional Chinese painting techniques under the guidance of his father. At the age of twenty-four, he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Furen University, and then engaged in art education. Later, following Zhou Enlai's entrustment, he resigned to serve the old man Baishi and study the "Qi School" painting art. In 1945, he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Furen University. Liangchi later taught at the National Peiping Art College. Before his death, he was the deputy curator of the Beijing Institute of Literature and History, th...

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