Master Qi Baishi's disciple Guo Xiuyi was born in Shanghai into a family originally from Zhongshan, Guangdong province of China.

In 1934 Guo married Huang Qixiang (Huang Chi-hsiang), a hero of the Chinese Northern Expedition and renowned patriotic general against the Japanese invasion. General Huang Qixiang fought with the American alliance in the war and Guo Xiuyi was with her husband at the front of the battle. Guo was a member of the Standing Committee of the China War Time Children Care Association, which rescued, cared and educated for more than 30,000 orphans of the War.

With a Chinese victory after eight years of hard war, Guo Xiuyi, together with her husband, were recognized for their dedication and outstanding contributions. Each of them were awarded Medals of Victory. Husband Huang Qixiang was awarded the Medal of Freedom by the American President Harry Truman.

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Guo Xiuyi subsequently served as a Member of the Standing Committee of the National Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and as Honorary Deputy Chairwoman of the Central Consultative and Control Committee of Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party. Guo Xiuyi also served as the Vice President of The Beijing Research Society of Qi Baishi's Artistic Works.

Guo Xiuyi was apprenticed to Master Qi Baishi in 1951 and studied with the Master for six years. Guo bore the master's teachings in mind, devoting all of her energy to diligent study. As a result, she made marvelous progress and gradually brought into full play all of her talent in the art of painting. Master Qi Baishi was overjoyed to see his disciple's success.

Besides concentrating her effort on grasping the quintessence of the Qi School, Guo also learned and integrated the merits of other schools of painting: learning the style of Master Pu Xuezhai for rocks, orchids and bamboo; how to paint flowers and plants from Master Wang Xuetao. Studying and contrasting the styles and methods of the various schools of painting, Guo was able to bring them together in a comprehensive manner for her own use, thus forming her unique style. Everything painted by Guo seems alive on paper: human figures, landscapes, birds, and other animals, fish and shrimp, plants and flowers. All her paintings are true to life, full of vitality, showing inspiration and creativity.

There are 120 paintings in the album, including 66 paintings with inscriptions by Qi Baishi, five paintings with inscriptions by Huang Miaozi, and paintings with inscriptions from Chen Lifu and Zhang Ding. There is one painting co-painted by Guo Xiuyi, He Xiangning, Hu Jieqing, Tong Ruolan, and Guo Feng Hui. There are five paintings of Guo with Pu Xuezhai and six paintings of Guo with Lou Shibai. The painting album collects several precious history photos, including Guo with Qi Baishi, Song Meiling (Soong May-ling), Deng Yingchao, and Hu Jieqing. The album also exhibits Qi Baishi's, Lou Shibai's, and Guo Xiuyi's engraved seals.

While enjoying the paintings in the album, readers may study Master Qi's inscriptions and appreciate the witty humor of the master. In the album readers may also see Master Qi's praise of his students and understand his teaching style.

齊白石大師的女弟子郭秀儀 (1911-2006) 廣東中山人，抗戰期間曾任中國戰時兒童保育會常務理事，解放後曆任全國政協常委、中國農工民主黨中央名譽副主席、 北京齊白石研究會副會長等職。是愛國名將原中國農工民主黨副主席兼秘書長黃琪翔的夫人。

1951年郭秀儀執弟子禮拜於白石老人門下， 追隨齊師杖履 , 侍奉筆硯達六年之久。 除專注領悟齊派精髓，苦練大師技法外，還善於博采名傢之長，嚮溥雪齋學蘭石， 從王雪濤習花卉， 並常與鬍潔青，婁師白切磋研討畫技，多有閤繪之作。郭秀儀天資聰慧，加之後天勤奮， 故進益頗快。 她筆下的人物 、 山水、 禽鳥、走獸、魚蝦、花卉能得齊翁之奧妙， 深得恩師之喜愛贊賞。

畫冊由郭秀儀之子黃嚮明書前言， 婁師白先生作 序，並收有郭秀儀與齊白石、徐悲鴻、 宋美齡、 鄧穎超、 鬍潔青等人閤影的珍貴曆史照片 , 齊白石、陳立夫、張仃、宗德路等人的題字，齊白石、婁師白、郭秀儀篆刻的印章。

畫冊共有畫作120餘幅 , 白石老人題字66幅，與何香凝、鬍潔青、佟若蘭、郭鳳惠閤作的一幅 , 與溥雪齋閤作的五幅 , 與婁師白閤作的六幅，黃苗子題字的五幅，還有一幅白石老人代筆的梨花。

讀者可在欣賞畫作的同時研讀白石老人的題跋，感受老人的風趣幽默及對弟子的贊譽喜愛，並領會白石老人的治學育人之道。

作為一位愛國民主人士,一位女畫傢, 一位社會活動傢，郭秀儀其人其畫，皆可留名青史, 無論“畫以人傳”亦或“人以畫傳” , 郭秀儀皆稱當之無愧