Gao Qipei

(b Mukden [now Shenyang], Liaoning Province, 1672; d 1732). Chinese painter of Manchu birth. Gao Qipei was born far north of the major centres of artistic activity in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. Consequently, he did not associate with the most important painters of the time, nor did he serve in the imperial painting academy. Nevertheless, he had a successful official career at the courts of the Qing-dynasty emperors Kangxi (1662-1722) and Yongzheng (1723-35), and his duties afforded him time to paint. Gao began to paint at a time when the two main schools of Chinese painting

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Hanging scroll painting by Gao Qipei: "Finger Painting of Eagle and Pine Trees". On display at the Shanghai Museum.

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Gāo Qípeì (高其佩) (1660-1734) was born in Jiangxi to a family with Manchurian connections. He had success as an official in southern China, but is best known today as a painter. He initially gained reputation as an artist who did landscapes and figures in traditional style. By age twenty he became known as an eccentric who preferred using his fingers instead of a brush. This style had precedents as Zhang Zhao also preferred finger painting, but Gāo Qípeì went further. He grew his fingernails long to make them more effect instruments and used his entire hand to create a highly individualized style.

Sources

• Chinese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford(51) Oxford ISBN 1-85444-132-9
• Rijksmuseum
• Cornell Museum handbook on him

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