A Delicate Brush: The Life and Art of Zhai Jichang Zhai Jichang, a name perhaps unfamiliar to many outside the circles of dedicated Chinese art connoisseurs, represents a pinnacle of refined artistry within the Qing Dynasty. Born in Beijing in 1756, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, he flourished as a painter specializing in flower and bird subjects – a genre deeply embedded in Chinese artistic tradition yet brought to new heights through his meticulous skill and sensitive observation. While biographical details remain somewhat sparse, piecing together fragments from collector’s seal…