Friday, March 14, 2014

Reflection on Artistic Representation



Haihui Yang’s personal reflection on artistic Representation

This Chinese ink painting is called “Shrimp”. It’s by one of the greatest artists in China, Qi Baishi. This work was created in 1950 when he was 83 years old.  I like this ink painting not only it’s a high value of collection, but also it is Chinese traditional art work.  Master Qi had a great talent in ink printing.  He started to paint shrimp when he was 78 years old, but this work shows his highly skill in printing. Every details of the printing, the actions of shrimp in the water, that all make these shrimps looks like alive on the paper. Collectors comment on his shrimp painting as using a camera and taking a snap shot. The painting features all come from his great observation in his daily life and observe how shrimp live under the water. You might think this is a very easy painting. But in contrast the easier ink painting the more skills it required.  Master Qi has been practiced in shrimp painting for almost 20 years. Now a shrimp painting from master Qi could worth hundreds thousand dollars. His art works become popular collections by Chinese collectors even world wide.

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