薛九州 · 中国著名画家

为您财气汇聚的空间，画一幅定制吉祥龙鱼。

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Why the arowana?

In Chinese communities from Singapore and Malaysia to Hong Kong and Taiwan, the arowana is known as the dragon fish: a living charm for wealth and good fortune, often kept in hotel and restaurant lobbies. A painting brings the same wish to your wall, without the tank.

Gold, the colour of fortune

Gold stands for the precious, the noble and the abundant, which is why the golden arowana is the most prized of its kind.

A dragon in the water

Its large scales and barbels recall the Chinese dragon, and it carries a dragon's authority: status, prosperity and balance between heaven and earth.

A guardian of fortune

Popular belief holds that the fish turns misfortune away, even taking it on in its owner's place. In a painting, that protection hangs quietly on the wall.

Original paintings

A selection of the studio's work. More paintings are available on request.

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How many fish?

Each number carries a wish. Tell us yours and we choose the number of fish when we paint.

Companions in the painting

Symbolism follows Chinese tradition, popular belief and the artist's own notes. A painting is a work of art, not a guarantee of any outcome.

Four questions, three paintings for your space

Tell us where it will hang and what you hope it brings. We match the subject, the mood and the scale.

On your wall

Clubs, hotels, offices and homes each hang a painting differently.

Painted for your space

For offices and headquarters, hotels and clubs, restaurants and shops, and private homes. The subject, number of fish, colours and size are decided with you.

1
Tell us the brief
Share the space, the wall size and photos if you have them, and the wish behind the painting.
2
Approve the sketch
We propose the composition and meaning, and preview it on your wall before work begins.
3
The painting is made
Xue Jiuzhou paints it by hand in his own boneless ink technique, with progress shared along the way.
4
Delivered to you
Insured shipping worldwide, with a signed certificate of authenticity.

Sizes: From 50 × 50 cm to monumental scrolls
Lead time: To be confirmed with the studio
Deposit: 50% to begin, balance before shipping
Shipping: Insured worldwide, rolled in a tube or framed
Certificate: Signed and numbered certificate of authenticity
Copyright: Retained by the artist

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Xue Jiuzhou

Xue Jiuzhou is a celebrated Chinese painter, the founder of the arowana school of Chinese painting, and a pioneer and leading figure in painting Huangshan through the four seasons.

He is best known for the arowana, which he renders in ink with a look entirely his own. Beyond the arowana, his brush ranges widely: carp and goldfish gliding beneath lotus leaves and wisteria; peonies, lotus, wisteria and fruit, full and luminous; peacocks and roosters, emblems of wealth and good fortune; and Huangshan, painted through its sea of clouds, rugged pines, waterfalls and peaks. The subjects differ, but the brush is one: free and expressive, always after the spirit of the thing. Two of his 100-metre scrolls, one of arowana and one of Huangshan, are in the permanent collection of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, securing his place as a representative figure in contemporary Chinese ink painting.

Born from flowers, birds, fish and insects, yet moving beyond them: to keep innovating is the work of a lifetime.

Two 100-metre scrolls, of arowana and of Huangshan, permanently held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing
Several works collected by the museum of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts, Russia
Featured artist, France–China 60th anniversary stamp issue
Auction results in Singapore and Hong Kong