My dreaming stamp issues on traditional Chinese painting

When you look at a stamp, you will be impressed by its design, color, content, ect; When you look at a stamp on painting, you will be definitely attracted by the painting. In another word, you are enjoying a painting.

Perhaps it is because the Chinese Post issued many stamps on traditional Chinese painting, I am always attracted by the stamps in painting topics. Today, I would like to share with you two issues on traditional Chinese painting: Galloping Horse by Xue Beihong and Qi Baishi's Painting Selection. These two issues are also my dreaming stamps and I will try to collect them during my next home visit in China.

Galloping Horse (Series No. T28, Issue Date: 5 May 1978)

Xu Beihong (徐悲鸿, 1895 - 1953) was primarily known for his Chinese ink painting of horses and birds. He was one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a new model China at the beginning of the 20th century.

Some Chinese ink painting works by Xu Beihong

The other set of stamps are from another Chinese artist - Qi Baishi.

Qi Baishi's Painting Selection (Series No. T44, Issue Date: 15 Jan 1980)

Qi Baishi (齐白石, 1864 - 1957) was one of the most well-known contemporary Chinese painters. The subjects of his paintings include almost everything, common animals, scenery, vegetables, figures and so on. In my memory, when I heard his name for the first time, his name was linked to the painting of a common kind of vegetable - Chinese cabbage.

Qi Baishi's artworks

References:

1. http://www.pudongstamps.com/
2. http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/