Qi Baishi(1983-1957)was one of China's greatest painters. He worked as a wood carver during his early youth. Then between 1902 and 1909, he traveled across the country and painted many pictures of scenery. His interest changed later to simple pictures from everyday life,such as vegetables,flowers, birds and insects. Cabbage is a well-known example of Qi's work. The tiny insect near the cabbage has some red on its back. Its black eyes,which are fixed on the cabbage, show the creature's interest in the vegetable.Qi Baishi's style of painting often leaves the audience guessing, and makes them use their imagination. Chen Yifei(1946-2005) was a very successful artist. His soft portraits of beautiful women are very valuable. In 1997,one of his painting sold for US$503,000 The painting ,named Poppy, is a typical example of Chen's style. In the painting,a young woman sits alone and is deep in thought. Her hand holding the fan is elegantly positioned above her knees. To emphasise the woman even more, Chen adds a lot of detail to her dress and fan, and choose to paint the background behind the woman black.