Landscape, album page
Gao Qipei
1700 - 1750
Medium
ink and colours on paper
Dimensions
h 27.2cm × w 33.2cm
Classification
painting, finger painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Eén van twaalf landschappen, vingerschildering met opschrift van de schilder Gao Qipei (1662 - 1731(?)). Opmerking: Zie inv. nr. AK-MAK-290.
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...