The Times of London discovers that Qi Baishi is Artprice’s artist with the third largest auction turnover for 2009. That puts his work right behind Picasso and Warhol:

Qi’s work, which is classical in feel but modern in execution, is particularly collectible because he explored so many genres in so many different artistic phases. Alongside painting landscapes, flowers and animals, Qi was also an expert calligrapher, who drew inspiration from the 18th- century master Zheng Banqiao.Continue Reading