Old Mr. Qi Baishi was a cowherd when he was a child. He put the cow home, washed his hands by the pond, and saw the shrimp swimming in the water, which was very interesting, so he drew the shrimp. After that, he took painting shrimp as a special hobby.

When Qi Baishi was fifty-seven years old, one day, he took out a picture of shrimp from the wooden cabinet and looked at it. He couldn't help saying to himself, "This painting is like an ancient painter painting shrimp, as if it were dead." The more he looked at it, the more dissatisfied he became. He asked his family to buy some live long-legged shrimps and keep them in a big basin. He observes prawns every day and sketches.

Sometimes he touches the shrimp with his pen and sees it jump. He immediately drew this gesture. So he looked at the picture and drew it. Over time, the shrimp he painted is as vivid as cucumber, and the shrimp whiskers seem to move at the touch.

Extended data:

First, painting style.

Strong local flavor, simple peasant consciousness, naive and romantic childlike innocence and poetic aftertaste are the inner life of Qi Baishi's art, while warm and lively colors, strong contrast of ink color, simple and naive modeling and brushwork, extreme integration of work and writing, fair and novel composition, as his unique artistic language and visual form, are relatively the outer life of Qi Baishi's art.

Realistic emotion needs a proper form, which strengthens the expression of emotion. They need each other, grow together, depend on each other, and become the artistic life of Qi Baishi, that is, the overall style of Qi Baishi's art.

On the evening of 20 17, 12, 17, Qi Baishi's Twelve Screens of Mountains and Rivers started at 450 million yuan in the autumn auction of Beijing Poly 20 17. After nearly 70 games, it finally fell to 8 10/00000 yuan, with a commission of 9365534.

Second, the life of the characters.

1864 65438+ 10/0/(the 22nd day of the winter month in the year of Guihai), Qi Baishi was born in Xingziwu Xingdou Hall, Baishipu, Xiangtan, Hunan. The name is Chunzhi, the word is clear, and the word Lanting. At the age of 27, he changed his name to Huang, was born frequently, and was nicknamed Baishishan, and sent to the garden.

From 65438 to 0870, he studied under his grandfather Zhou Yuruo and often painted with calligraphy books and account paper.

1878, Teacher Zhou Zhimei studied wood carving. In addition to carpentry, I studied flowers and birds and figure painting with Canjieyuan as my teacher.

1888, he took Xiao Peng, a folk artist, as his teacher and painted his portrait.

1889 studied poetry and prose with Hu Qinyuan and Chen Shaofan as teachers. With the help of Hu Qinyuan, I left the life of a carpenter, specializing in painting, making portraits and supporting my family.

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