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Gao Qipei was born in Tieling, Liaoning Province, in 1672. His zi, a style or name taken at the age of twenty, was Weizhi, and his hao, an assumed or alternative name Qieyuan, or Shuqie daoren. Gao was a high government official as well as a painter. He was noted for his finger painting, and he was able to paint any subject, achieving very original and extraordinary effects. He inherited the creative concept of the Tang Dynasty painter Zhang Zao, but unlike him, Gao Qipei relied entirely on his fingers, and did not use a brush at all.
For a detailed and very well documented overview of Gao Qipei's life and his art, see Klaas Ruitenbeek, Discarding the Brush - Gao Qipei and the Art of Finger Painting, Amsterdam, 1993.