Name: BI BAICHUAN (ACTIVE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY)
Brand: Boys at Play
Price: 3000.00 USD
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BI BAICHUAN (ACTIVE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY)
Boys at Play
A set of four hanging scrolls, ink and color on paper
Each scroll measures 51¹⁄₈ x 13¹⁄₄ in. (130 x 33.8 cm.)
Each scroll inscribed and signed, with a total of eight seals of the artist
Dated early summer, sixth month, yiyou year (1945)

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Bi Baichuan, who was originally from the Tianjin area, was an artist active in the Minguo period. Like his teacher Xu Yansun (1899-1961), he excelled in the meticulous gongbi style of painting and created compositions inspired by such early masters as Song and Yuan-dynasty artists, and Qiu Ying, as noted in his inscriptions on his paintings. Boys at Play belongs to an American naval officer who visited Tianjin in autumn 1945 and spent time visiting local sites.