Qi Baishi's Shrimp is Figurative, Imaginative, Abstract or Realistic

In terms of Chinese brushwork, Qi Baishi's shrimp is figurative and abstract. Figurative and realistic in China is called brush painting, which emphasizes writing God with form. Imagery and abstraction in China is called "writing" painting (can also be called reduced-brush painting), pay attention to the meaning of God. Relative to the brush, writing requires a higher cultural quality of cultivation, so the former will be a craftsman brush painting, and will be called writing literati painting. Qi Baishi's shrimp although belongs to the writing of the painting, but its painting of shrimp in the details of the treatment is very accurate, such as the use of thick ink point shrimp glasses and back, and the swimmer-like beard, are very vivid, can also be said for the figurative and realistic. Qi Baishi said, for a painter, if the painting is not like that can not be called a painter, if the painting is too much like and things are exactly the same, then there is no need to paint, go directly to see things, so it is necessary to be between like and not like. The reason why qi baishi is known as one of the greatest painters in modern china, it can be seen on the calligraphy and painting research and practice of the depth. For Qi Baishi's paintings can not simply say is realistic or realistic, in general he is in the use of realistic pen and ink bold pen, and then carefully clean up the method of brushwork, to play the highest artistic effect of both the form and the spirit. By the way, Qi Baishi is a very good master of brushwork and grass bugs.