Qi Baishi was an outstanding modem Chinese painter and a seal maker. He is not only famous in China， but also well-known in the world.

齊白石是中國現(xiàn)代杰出的畫家和篆刻家。他不僅在中國出名，而且在世界上也很有名。

Qi Baishi was bom to a peasant family from Xiangtan， Hunan， on January 1st， 1864. He grew up in a family of low-income background. He lived with his parents， grandparents， and eight

younger sisters and brothers. Qi Baishi was schooled for less than a year due to illness. However， he was too weak to do much of the work. Qi Baishi became a carpenter at 15， and from that time on， he began to teach himself to paint.

齊白石1864年1月1日出生于湖南湘潭一個農民家庭。他在一個貧困家庭長大。他與父母、祖父母和八個弟弟妹妹住在一起。齊白石因病上了不到一年的學。他身體太虛弱，很多工作都不能做。齊白石15歲時成為一名木匠，從那時起，他開始自學繪畫。

While Qi Baishi was growing up， he came upon a Chinese manual of painting， which was what sparked his interest in art and painting animals， insects and other types. In his painting， he depicted things that people have seen. However， he didn't start following this motto until much later in his life.

在齊白石成長的過程中，他偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一本中國繪畫手冊，這激發(fā)了他對藝術和畫動物、昆蟲及其他類型的東西的興趣。在他的畫作中，他描繪了人們所看到的東西。然而，他直到晚年才開始遵循這一信條。

After 1917， he came to Beijing. Qi Baishi started receiving artistic training from Hu Qinyuan which consisted of fundamentals in gongbi mode， which features fine brushwork and meticulous detail. He was taught that every aspect of painting mattered， from the subject matter to the way the paint was applied to the paper. His landscape paintings came as a result of his next mentor Tan Pu. Because of Tan's training， Qi Baishi then realized that he could pursue art as his full-time career instead of just dreaming to become a professional artist. Despite his training in gongbi mode， Qi Baishi is famed for painting in the freely expressive xieyi style. After he turned 40， he traveled， visit-ing various scenic spots in China.

1917年后，他來到了北京。齊白石開始接受胡沁園的藝術訓練，包括工筆畫的基礎知識，工筆畫的特點是筆觸細膩。從主題到繪畫在紙上的應用方式，與繪畫有關的每一個方面他都受到了教育。他的山水畫來自他的下一位導師譚溥。由于譚溥的訓練，齊白石意識到自己可以把藝術作為自己的全職職業(yè)，而不僅僅是夢想成為一名專業(yè)藝術家。盡管在工筆畫方面受過訓練，但齊白石還是以在自由表達的寫意中作畫而聞名。40歲后，他開始旅行，游覽中國的各個景點。

Some of Qi Baishi's major influences include the Ming Dy-nasty artist Xu Wei and the early Qing Dynasty painters Bada Shanren Zhu Da. His works are quite distinctive， and the subjects of his paintings include almost everything， commonly animals， scenery， figures， toys， vegetables， and so on. Qi Baishi theorized that “paintings must be something between likeness and unlikeness， much like today's vulgarians， but not like to cheat popular peo-ple”. In his later years， many of his works depict mice， shrimps or birds. He was also good at seal carving and called himself \"the rich man of three hundred stone seals”.

齊白石曾受到的一些主要影響包括明代畫家徐渭和清初畫家八大山人朱聾。他的作品很有特色，繪畫題材幾乎包羅萬象，常見的有動物、風景、人物、玩具、蔬菜等。齊白石主張，“作畫妙在似與不似之間，太似為媚俗，不似為欺世”。晚年時，他的許多作品描繪了老鼠、蝦或鳥。他還擅長篆刻，自稱“三百石印富翁”。

In 1953， Qi Baishi was elected President of China Artists Association. On September 16th， 1957， Qi Baishi passed away in Beijing.

1953年，齊白石當選為中國美術家協(xié)會主席。1957年9月16日，齊白石在北京逝世。

Qi Baishi was popular for his variety of works ranging from plant to animal life; because of his natural style， many collectors purchased his works.

齊白石的作品內容品類繁多，從植物到動物，廣受歡迎;由于他的自然風格，很多收藏家都收藏有他的作品。

Notes：

outstanding adj.杰出的""" aspect n.方面

seal maker 篆刻家""" applied to 應用于

low-income 低收入""" landscape painting""" 山水畫

due to由于……""" as a result其結果是

carpenter n.木匠""" mentor n.指導者;老師

manual n.手冊""" pursue v.追求

spark v.點燃""" career n.職業(yè);事業(yè)

insect n.昆蟲""" distinctive adj.與眾不同

depict v.描繪""" theorize v.主張

motto n.座右銘;信條""" likeness and unlikeness 像與不像

consist of 由……構成""" vulgarian n.俗人

fundamental adj.基礎性的""" association n.協(xié)會

gongbi mode工筆畫法""" variety of...各種各樣的……

brushwork n.筆法""" range v.范圍涉及

meticulous detail 細致入微""" purchase v.購買