Chinese Painting Blog » shrimp https://www.artisoo.com/blog Chinese art globe share Sat, 11 Oct 2014 03:58:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Who is the Master in Shrimp Chinese Paintings? https://www.artisoo.com/blog/who-is-the-master-in-shrimp-chinese-paintings/ https://www.artisoo.com/blog/who-is-the-master-in-shrimp-chinese-paintings/#comments Mon, 23 Sep 2013 11:28:58 +0000 CNArtGallery http://www.artisoo.com/blog/?p=1087 Continue reading →]]>

Shrimp live in both fresh water and salt water. Shrimp is one of delicious food all over the world. Their appearances, features of vivid, transparent, and energetic, are beautiful but not easy to be captured in Chinese paintings. In China, lobster is literally “dragon shrimp”. It represents energy and spirit, and regeneration, resoluteness.

Shrimp Chinese paintings can be the difficult subject for artists. But Master Qi Baishi was extremely good at shrimps. His shrimps are real in appearance and sprit Without a single brush or ink, he also expresses the water surrounding the shrimp. The subjects of his paintings include almost everything, commonly painting animals, scenery, figures, vegetables, and so on. In his later years, many of his works depict mice, shrimps, or birds. Qi Baishi is particularly known for painting shrimps.

Shrimp - Chinese Painting

Shrimp - Chinese Painting

]]> https://www.artisoo.com/blog/who-is-the-master-in-shrimp-chinese-paintings/feed/ 0 Chinese Shrimp Paintings https://www.artisoo.com/blog/chinese-shrimp-paintings/ https://www.artisoo.com/blog/chinese-shrimp-paintings/#comments Fri, 28 Jun 2013 01:44:03 +0000 CNArtGallery http://www.artisoo.com/blog/?p=979 Continue reading →]]> Shrimp live in both fresh water and salt water. Shrimp is one of delicious food all over the world.

Famous China painters Qi Baishi loved to draw shrimps paintings or scrolls. Shrimps is actually more difficulty to be painted than other fishes. Their appearances, features of vivid, transparent, and energetic, are beautiful but not easy to be captured in Chinese paintings. So drawing good shrimps pictures need good painting skills.

Chinese painting-Shrimp

Chinese painting-Shrimp

Chinese Shrimp Fengshui Painting: "shrimp(虾)" sounds like the word "laugh(笑)" in mandarin and the sound of laughter in Cantonese(sounds "har"), so it symbolizes happiness and joy. Sometimes its auspiciousness also represents good fortune, long life.

Lobster Painting: in China lobster is literally "dragon shrimp(龙虾）". It represents energy and spirit, and regeneration, resoluteness.

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