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Gao Qipei
1700 - 1750
Medium
paper
Dimensions
36.5; 3.5; 32
About this artwork
…; from the dealer Mayuyama Junkichi, Tokio, ¥ 500,000, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1955;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972
About the Artist
Gao Qipei · 1672–1732
Gao Qipei (1660-1734) was a revolutionary Chinese painter of the Qing Dynasty who is recognized as the founding father of finger painting, a technique that discarded the traditional Chinese brush in favor of using hands, fingers, palms, and nails to create paintings. Born into a Manchu military family of nobility, Gao achieved success both as an imperial official, eventually reaching the rank of v...