Chinese Paintings Prints

I have recently bought 7 Chinese woodblock prints / paintings?
I have managed to identify some artists but there is some I have not been able to find.
Is anybody able to identify the artist of the fish, lotus flower and bamboo with blackbird?
Does anybody has any idea of the value of these woodblock prints ?
Thank you.

Camels by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Horse by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Fish by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Bird by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Lotus by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Man by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

birds by anjah posted Jun 15, 2021 at 4:05 PM

 

None of those appear to have been made by the woodblock process.

 

How have they been made?

 

The originals were Brush painted. These are more likely to be prints.

 

Ok thank you.Do you have any idea who the artist is of the lotus, blackbird and fish?Do you know if these prints are valuable?

 

I do not know the artists names, but I do know the images are fairly common.

 

Ok thank you for your help.

 

Camels - WU Zuoren
Horse - XU Beihong
Fish - QI Baishi
Bird - LU Ji (if eyes are not tricking me)
Flower - PAN Tianshou
Old man - QI Baishi

Can't see the writing clearly on the darker one, on (what it seems to be) silk. The second character is Liang. I can't read the first one...

And yes, these are most likely woodblock prints, from Rong Bao Zhai in Beijing (or, alternatively, Duo Yuan Xuan in Shanghai.) There's a third famous woodblock print workshop, in Tianjin, Yang Liu Qing, but they don't usually dedicate their time to these sorts of prints.

It's sadly a dying art, as younger people don't want to learn it and the older generations are passing away. Most reproductions these days are done photographically, printed on "rice paper" that are exact copies of the originals. The woodblock prints (traditionally called douban) have variations, so collectors pick the best ones according to the same principles used when evaluating a painting, ink wash behavior, etc.

 

Thank you very much for your reply.I was so excited when I found them as I thought they were real paintings but unfortunately they are not.One can only dream...Do you have any idea of the value of them?

 

I think they are done beautifully and I think a modern photographically reproduction would not have the same charm...But it must have been very time consuming to make them.