Painter from a Hunan farming family who began as a carpenter and became one of the best-known Chinese ink painters of the 20th century, famous for lively shrimps, crabs, insects and vegetables.
Qí Báishí de zuòpǐn zài pāimàihuì shàng lǚ chuàng gāojià.
Qi Baishi's works have repeatedly set record prices at auction.
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His art name 白石 'white stone' comes from 白石铺, a place near his family home. His best-known saying warns students off imitation: 学我者生，似我者死, 'learn from me and live, copy me and die'.
