QI BAISHI (1863-1957)

Magpie and Plum Blossoms

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QI BAISHI (1863-1957)
Magpie and Plum Blossoms
Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper
102.8 x 33.8 cm. (40 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄4 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Su Kela (Y. K. Shukla)

Christie’s London, Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art, 15 June 1998, Lot 197.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Paintings, 2 October 2018, Lot 1293.

Mr Y.K. Shukla was born in 1907 in Porbander, Gujarat, India and studied drawing and painting in Bombay. He received the Meyo Medal, the highest award for an art student in India, then in 1934, he moved to Italy to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where he graduated with honours in 1939.
In 1947, Shukla won a scholarship from the Indian government to study Chinese painting at the National Institute of Fine Arts in Beijing. Whilst in Beijing, he had the opportunity to study under the internationally celebrated artist Xu Beihong, got to know several Chinese artists, and made visits to see private collections of Chinese paintings owned by collectors and artists. Shukla became close friends with Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong and other Chinese artists of the 20th century. With their advice, Shukla assembled a fine collection of modern Chinese paintings, including the current lot. This painting first appeared in Christie's London in 1998 and was sold by the descendants of Mr Shukla.

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