Gai Qi, courtesy name Bowen (伯蕰), art names Qiliang (七郎) and Yuhu Waishi (玉壶外史), was a poet and painter born in western China during the Qing dynasty. As an artist, he was active in Shanghai. His paintings mainly concerns plants, beauty, and figures. However, he also did numerous landscapes. In poetry, he preferred the rhyming ci form and added such poems to his paintings.