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What is unique about Baishi is that his works show no western influences, unlike most other artists at this time.

Other artists praised Baishi for his “ freshness and spontaneity that he brought to the familiar genres of birds and flowers, insects and grasses, hermit-scholars and landscapes ” ( Xiangtan, p. 2 ).

Even though Baishi wasn ’ t the first artist to focus on small things in nature, he was recognized for his very careful and beautiful way of painting such common images.