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 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.
I would like to know more about the life and work of the famous Chinese Shrimp Artist, Zhu Fa Da (hope I have spelt the name correctly) or in Cantonese Chee Fatt Tat. I believe I have a painting by him.
Thank you.
Here is one of my Chinese painting collections, shrimp Chinese painting. Not the famous painting by the ancients, but the original one by Zuo Jiayang. Hope can help and thanks for stop by!
Speaking of the famous Chinese painter of shrimp, I think Qi Baishi is the great great master.