Qi Folai (19 18 -2004) was born in Cha 'ensi Town, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province, and was a member of China Revolutionary Committee. The grandson of Qi Baishi, a master of modern Chinese painting, is a world cultural celebrity.
Chinese name: Chiffrey.
Alias: the owner of the provincial garden
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of Birth: Xiangtan County, Hunan Province
Date of birth: 19 18.
Date of death: 2004
Occupation: Master of Chinese Painting
Main achievements: The National Education Commission awarded the "Home of Painters"
Representative Works: Selected Poems and Paintings by Qi Folai, Selected Poems and Paintings by Buddhists.
biographical notes
At the age of seven, he went to a private school, and at the age of eight, he was the first primary school in Dongshan District. 1 1 years old, he went to Beijing province with his father to reunite with his grandfather. In his spare time, his grandfather taught Lu Fangweng's poems and Lushan copybooks. At the age of twelve, I read old books from my grandfather, Wang Zhongyan, and studied with two teachers, Ju Sheng and Luo Baquan, to cram ancient Chinese. /kloc-in the winter of 0/934, he married Ma, a woman from the same town. 1935, my grandfather returned to the south and began to learn painting from him.
Before the Lugouqiao Incident, he was admitted to the private Zhonghe National Studies Museum in Hunan. Later, because of the tense situation in Changsha, I dropped out of school. Due to the turmoil in my hometown at that time, I went to Xiangtan, Leiyang and Shaoyang several times to participate in some anti-Japanese and national salvation work, but I was afraid to stay away because of my parents, wife and children and my grandmother who was nearly eighty years old. When the country is in trouble, it is difficult to get ready. 1942 In the spring, my grandmother passed away, and my grandfather once said, "Ask the old man with red rope, why don't people never leave when they get married?" Blame the black-faced Yamaraja, care about my life and death, care about my reunion ",and express my deep condolences to my grandmother.
The life of the character
/kloc-in the autumn of 0/945, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. Grandfather wrote from Beiping asking him to go there for the New Year. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival the following year, I left home for Pingping, but I received a letter on the way. My grandfather is going south and asked me to wait in Nanjing. My grandfather has been in Shanghai and Nanjing for more than three months. In addition to personal entertainment, he grinds ink and arranges paper every day, which will benefit a lot in the future.
1947 spring, introduced by Zhang Daofan, he was hired as a member of the Fine Arts Committee of the Central Cultural Movement Committee of the Kuomintang, served as a director of the association, and handled the appointment and dismissal documents. In September, I was ordered by my grandfather to wait on my knees with my father. Six months later, Ju Ping repeatedly asked his grandfather to return to the south, but he was not allowed. Since then, I have lived an idle life for many years.
1August, 950, introduced by fellow countryman li jinxi, worked as a cashier in Jingxiang Hall. /kloc-in the winter of 0/952, my grandfather left no stone unturned to entrust him to find a formal job in Jiaxing Sixi Temple Printing Cooperative to handle business. 1955 was assigned to Beijing Education Bureau. In the second year, he was assigned to No.31 Middle School as an intern Chinese teacher. In September, my grandfather died of acute pneumonia in Beijing.
1958 spring to study in the city normal college, the following spring was assigned to Huairou Dongfeng No.1 Middle School as a Chinese teacher. Being allowed to rest at home due to illness. I am afraid of being a tutor. When I am in high spirits, I draw very skillfully. Flowers and birds, figures and landscapes are all rough.
The Cultural Revolution began at 1966 and became a "class enemy" overnight, suffering humiliation. At the end of August, a family of five was sent back to their hometown in Hunan. Because the local government did not accept it, I went back and forth to Hunan and Beijing three times. /kloc-in the summer of 0/968, I settled in my hometown, built four huts in the maple garden behind the borrowing pavilion, herded cattle and planted vegetables, collected dung and got paid, and lived a poor life in fear. However, this period of life has also played a positive role in strengthening physical fitness, enhancing labor consciousness and improving the level of old-style poetry.
1Beijingers implemented policies in the autumn of 977,1returned to Beijing in April of 979. The government has arranged housing for children many times, solved their jobs and lived and worked happily ever after.
1983- 12 was hired as a librarian of Beijing Institute of Literature and History, which was highly valued by the government and all walks of life. He was hired as consultant of Yanjing Calligraphy and Painting Society, adjunct professor of Fine Arts Department of Northwest University, consultant of Xiangtan Municipal Government and honorary curator of Qibaishi Art Museum in Jilin, Shandong. Invited to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers of the motherland, to visit and give lectures, and to write exquisite collections, it not only glows artistic youth, but also transcends physical aging, arouses infinite enthusiasm, actively promotes all aspects of the traditional culture of the motherland, and exerts the afterheat of the sunset. I am withdrawn, lazy to please, and not good at chasing fame and fortune. Besides painting, I only like old-style poems and occasionally write some essays. There are more than 2,000 paintings handed down by this family at home and abroad. More than 3,000 poems; There are not many papers, most of which are published in newspapers and magazines.
1in the winter of 1997, he was invited to give lectures in San Francisco, USA, and held a joint exhibition with his grandfather. He was highly praised by the local government, the Consul General of China in San Francisco and people from all walks of life, and was awarded the title of "Home of Painters" by the State Education Commission. In addition, he was awarded an honorary certificate by Nanhai Art Center.
Character works
He is the author of My Grandfather Baishi and Selected Poems and Paintings by Qi Folai, and his biographies have been included in China Dictionary of Contemporary Painters and Calligraphers, Who's Who in the World and other books. He died in Beijing on August 6th, 2004.