齐白石：画坛巨匠的艺术人生

Qi Baishi is not only one of the most well-known modern (近现代的) Chinese painters, but also a world cultural celebrity (世界文化名人). He was born in 1864, and died in 1957. He created (创造) a simple (朴实的), pure (纯粹的) and fresh art world for modern Chinese painting.

Qi Baishi loved to paint flowers, birds, insects (昆虫), fish, shrimps (虾), landscape (山水) and so on. Every thing he painted is full of life. His works are full of joy, optimism (乐观) and some humor (幽默), and reflect (反映) his view of the world (世界观).

齐白石擅画花鸟、虫鱼、山水、人物等，其笔墨雄浑滋润，色彩浓艳明快。他将中国传统画论里关于“形”“神”的论述作了深刻的总结和概括。他主张“作画妙在似与不似之间，太似为媚俗，不似为欺世”。因此，他的画作多造型简练生动，意境却淳厚朴实。

Qi Baishi painted a lot of different things and all of them came from his daily life (日常生活). Among these things, the shrimp is the most famous. He often bought shrimps to observe (观察) their movements (动作) and expressions (神态) in the water. Then he drew them on the paper. In this way, observing and painting over and over again, Qi Baishi’s shrimps have accurate (精确的) and vivid shapes.

齐白石画的虾灵动活泼、栩栩如生，可以说是画坛一绝。他在观察虾的过程中将虾的进退、游的急缓甚至打斗、跳跃等形态统统收于笔端。他还增加了笔墨的变化，更显虾体晶莹剔透之感。