导言站在21世纪的视角,齐白石可算作20世纪最著名的中国水墨画大师之一。过去已有的研究,对他独特书画风格的发展过程,及其从木匠到民间画家,再成为北京画坛最受重视的画家之一的个人经历都做过详尽的讨论①。其作品集在世界各地发行②,私人收藏的齐白石画作在拍卖会上屡创新高。据此看来,齐白石的确应被视为20世纪中国水墨画领域的标志 Introduction From the perspective of the 21st century, Qi Baishi can be regarded as one of the most famous master painters in Chinese ink painting in the 20th century. Past studies have done a detailed discussion of the development of his unique style of painting and calligraphy and his personal experiences as a carpenter to folk painter and then as one of the most important painters in Beijing’s painting circles. Their collections are distributed around the world. The privately-collected Qi Baishi paintings hit new highs at the auction. From this, Qi Baishi indeed should be regarded as a symbol of the 20th century Chinese ink painting