"He has always been the leading light of English sporting art, a painter ... models—a youth nicknamed Shrimp. This young gypsy, "a wild, uncivilized primitive," also helped with the animals ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] The popular subjects depicted by Qi Baishi (1864-1957), a leading painter of the 20th century, include shrimp, birds, chickens, fish and other animals, which he ...