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    本书是一部人物传记。作者倪娜用英文写作，全面叙述了齐白石不平凡的一生：少年家贫辍学；青年面临没落的清政府和外敌入侵的险境，为维持生计开始学木匠并逐渐在各路前辈的指导下学习绘画，从此开始了奋斗终生的绘画事业。本书语言生动流畅，资料详实又不乏趣味性，是一部权威的研究齐白石生平的著作。此外，本书配有齐白石生平黑白照片56张及绘画作品彩图37张，其中包括他1952年创作的亚洲及太平洋地区和平大会献礼作品《百花与和平鸽》，目前绝大部分已经出版的齐白石画集（包括《齐白石全集》）均未刊登此作品。

    倪娜, a senior translator, was bornin 1953 in Xi'an and graduated inEnglish Literature at the PekingSecond Foreign Language Institutein 1978. Now, she is an advancedmember of China TranslatorsAssociatidn and a member of theChangchun Puyi study Association.Her interests include history, archaeology and anthropology andshe enjoys Chinese painting and calligraphy. She has written manyarticles for the China Daily about Chinese culture and places ofhistoric interest and scenic beauty in Xi'an.

Introduction to the Text
The First Half
  CHAPTER ONE  Childhood
  CHAPTER Two  Quitting School to Becoming a Cowboy and a Woodcutter
  CHAPTER THREE  Learning to Be a Carpenter
  CHAPTER FOUR  Becoming Acquainted with Mr. Hu Qinyuan and Being Accepted as His Student
  CHAPTER FIVE  Becoming a Famous Painter
  CHAPTER Six  The Five Long-Distance Tours
  CHAPTER SEVEN  Life in Seclusion in the Countryside The Second Half
The Second Half
  CHAPTER EIGHT  Migrating to Beijing
  CHAPTER NINE  The Reformation of His Painting Style in Old Age
  CHAPTER TEN  Becoming a Professor at the National Beijing Art College
  CHAPTER ELEVEN  A DiStinguished Chinese-Painting Master --Qi Baishi
  CHAPTER TWELVE  Hard Times during the Chinese People's War AgainSt the Japanese Aggression
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN  The Hardships of the Civil War
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN  In the Early Days of the New China
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN  Ascending to the Summit of His Art
Epilogue