In the modern history of Chinese painting, there is a proverb, called Nan Huang Qi case, which focuses on two artists who represent the most important of this period - Qi Baishi north, famous for his painting, prawns, and Huang Binhong in south, famous for painting landscapes and his theories.

Huang Binhong (1865-1955) was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province. He changed his name at his home in Binhong cottage its name in Binhong middle age, because he loved the stand Binhong to his hometown. He has participated in many social activities in his youth, and became friends with Tan Sitong, Bo Wenwei, Chen Duxiu, etc. He and read many books and was widely known when he was young, and much literature, art history and theory of painting reached in his life. Before age 50, was the famous works of ancient Chinese landscape painters, traditional Chinese painting of a solid foundation, which copied.

He moved to Beijingin 1937 and has worked in assessing theForbidden City Museum to cultural relics. WhenBeijingwas capture by the Japanese army, refused to cooperate with the Japanese government and stay at home for the Fine Arts to study and write books. In 1944, the Japanese held a symposium to celebrate the eightieth birthday, he refused to submit. He moved the bamboo is grown in southern gardens, promote and behave the Chinese people, straight as bamboo.

Huang Binhong is not only a master of painting, but also a great patriot and revolutionary. Huang Binhong influenced by Liufang Li, Cheng and Kun Can Zhengkui its early years. After 50, was on tour in the beautiful mountains and rivers of the country to enrich himself and his paintings. Recognized the true nature of art of nature. After age 70, Huang began his artistic style and form of paintings reaches a higher realm. Many people have described Huang Binhong landscapes both dark and wet, indicating subjective impressions of mountains and rivers. He used deep colors to represent all the mountains and rivers, and created a result of non-humid with wet brush to prepare to decorate the grass and trees of the mountain. This style of painting shows the charm and power of nature inChina.

Huang Binhong produces a variety of works and paintings, has also been systematically studied and presented pictures of Xinan Branch, enrich the record of the history of Chinese painting. Qi Baishi (1864-1957) was a famous painter, whose life nearly 100 years, including two centuries. Qi Baishi came ofXiangtan, HunanProvince. Original name was Zhi. Her family was very poor when he was young, he studied at home alone with her grandfather a few years. She stayed at home to firewood, the herds of cattle, crops and farm work. At age 12, learned carpentry and woodcarving, and to help support his family. He grabbed the wrong one copy of the Book Paintings theJieziGardenand repeatedly copied pictures in the book to teach themselves the basic skills of painting.

At age 27 he started painting, seal cutting, poetry and literature to learn and to achieve rapid progress through diligent study. The maturation as a painter in a people, a carpenter and then a famous artist. Qi Baishi inBeijingafter moved was 60 and won his life selling scraps of poetry and painting. The befriends Mei Lanfang, the master of Peking opera. It was the first time, grass and worms for Mei Qi and painted sangDrunk Mei Qi Concubinefor. Qi Baishi once chosen as a representative of the Democratic Congress and the President of the Association of Fine Arts in China. Democratic Germany awarded him the Academic College of Communicative Arts and Sciences, democratic Germany. In 1956 he was awarded the Peace Prize of the United Nations.

Qi Baishi made great achievements in painting, calligraphy, seal cutting, poetry and literature. Free hand flower, and the images of birds on techniques of painting, Xu Wei, Zhu Da, the eight eccentrics of Yangzhou and Wu Changshuo, which shows the strong cultural foundation. Meanwhile, Chinese farmers saw and mixed feelings in his paintings, has attracted mice, oil lanterns, Abacus, hoes and rakes in his works reveal a single feature and innocent farmers. Broke with the traditional Chinese painting bamboo symbolizes humility and delicacy of orchids indication. Qi Baishi are experienced dramatic changes, taught painter. His paintings are filled with a happy outlook, strong, humorous and confident about life.

The two gentlemen of the art is the heritage of our ancestors past and create new approaches to a bridge between past and future.