Twentieth-Century Chinese Masters
A House of
Fire and Ink
Hand-numbered giclée editions of the twentieth century’s most revered Chinese ink masters — Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Wu Guanzhong, Zhang Daqian. Printed on rice paper, signed COA, ships worldwide.
Twentieth-Century Masters
Qi Baishi · Xu Beihong · Wu Guanzhong · Zhang Daqian
Archival Rice Paper
Cotton-rag giclée · 200-year archival pigment
Hand-Numbered Editions
Strictly limited · numbered & catalogued
Certificate of Authenticity
Signed COA shipped with every work
Featured Works
Newest arrivals and signature works.
Printmaking
Four Screens
Qi Baishi
$2,840
Printmaking
Strolling Alone, Longing for Home
Zhang Daqian
$2,990
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Spring
Wu Guanzhong
$1,940
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Lotus Pond with Ink Butterflies
Qi Baishi
$2,990
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Longevity
Qi Baishi
$2,990
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Rice Ears with Mantis
Qi Baishi
$1,690
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A Corner of Lingyan Stream
Pan Tianshou
$1,940
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Wonders of Cloudy Mountains
Lu Yanshao
$2,990
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Fifteen canonical names of twentieth-century Chinese ink art.
Master Artist
Qi Baishi
齐白石 · changsha,hunan
Artist of the Month
Qi Baishi
Qi Baishi (1864–1957), born in Xiangtan, Hunan, was one of the most influential Chinese artists in the 20th century. He began as a woodcarver and later taught himself painting, calligraphy, poetry and seal carving. He excelled in freehand brushwork, known for lively shrimps, insects, flowers, birds and landscapes. His works combine folk art vitality with traditional literati painting elegance, simple in form but rich in spirit. He created tens of thousands of paintings and enjoyed high reputation at home and abroad, honored as a people’s artist and a master who revitalized Chinese ink painting.
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Lin Fengmian: The Quiet Father of Modern Chinese Painting
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The Splashed-Ink Revolution: How Zhang Daqian Reinvented Chinese Painting in His Sixties
Zhang Daqian was already in his sixties — internationally famous, comfortably wealthy, and at the top of the classical Chinese painting world — when his eyesight began to fail and he reinvented his style entirely. The result, splashed-ink (泼墨) and splashed-colour (泼彩), pushed Chinese painting into territory closer to Pollock or Rothko than to Tang Yin.
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Wu Guanzhong: How One Painter Bridged Western Modernism and Chinese Ink
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Xu Beihong's Horses: A Painter, a Nation, a Symbol
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Why Qi Baishi's Shrimp Define Twentieth-Century Chinese Ink
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How to Collect Chinese Art: An Outsider's Beginner Guide
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Bamboo: The Noblest Brush Subject in Chinese Ink Art
The bamboo is not merely a plant in Chinese ink tradition — it is a moral statement. Its hollow stem represents humility; its upright growth, integrity.
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Curator's Autumn Pick: Five Works for a Contemplative Season
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Qi Baishi: The Peasant Who Painted Shrimps for Eternity
Qi Baishi learned to read at twenty-seven and to paint at thirty. He died at ninety-seven, the most celebrated Chinese artist of the twentieth century. In between, he produced over ten thousand works — shrimps, crabs, cabbages, and cicadas — each one a quiet argument for the dignity of ordinary life.
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Fu Baoshi: The Collector's Guide to China's Most Poetic Painter
Fu Baoshi's rain-swept landscapes and historical figure paintings have shattered auction records repeatedly since the 2010s. For collectors, his work represents one of the last undervalued pillars of twentieth-century Chinese art — but authentication remains the single greatest challenge.
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