B O W E R S M U S E U M
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 11 – July 11, 2015
Santa Ana, CA (March 16, 2015)—Bowers Museum is honored to host an exhibition of scroll paintings by China’s most renowned modernist painter, Qi Baishi (1864-1957). The exhibition, Qi Baishi: China’s Modern Master, is on display from April 11 to July 11, 2015, and on loan from the Hunan Provincial Museum located in Changsha, China. Qi Baishi was born in Hunan Province, and the exhibition is significant as it marks the first occasion that this collection has been exhibited in the United States. The forty-seven paintings on display document the artist’s early career as a figure and landscape painter to the paintings from the zenith of his career that favored quick, expressionistic images of animals, flowers and food; subjects relatable to all people and especially significant to Qi Baishi as they reminded him of his humble beginnings. Continue reading