Shen Juechu is a famous painter in Shanghai, as well as Liu Haisu, Xie, Lai Chusheng, Shan and Fang Quji. Together, it is called the eight masters of maritime painting and calligraphy. At the same time, he is also a master of bamboo carving and teapot carving. His knife carving works are all over teapots, model bones, handrails, pen holders, inkstones, inkstone wooden covers and so on. It is easy to write with a knife instead of a pen, which is a style of everyone. Contemporary pot carving, Yixing has Ren Ganting, and Shanghai has Shen Juechu. Almost all the famous teapot painted by famous painters in Shanghai were carved by Shen Lao. Shen Juechu is a long-lived old man who carved countless pots in his life. It is said that when he was 90 years old, he carved 80 plum blossom pots at once. It is necessary for Shen Lao to paint plums. So he carved the plum blossom pot, without drawing, and directly carved the plum blossom on the pot. Knife and pen are old and easy to use. Carved plum blossoms are either leafy or elegant and shy. There are gods, but they are different. All kinds of customs are impressive.
As a member of China Calligraphers Association, Shen Juechu, a librarian of Shanghai Literature and History Museum, lives in seclusion in downtown Tang Yun and Liu Danzhai, feeling indifferent and not asking for Wen Da. There is no copper smell. A Taiwanese businessman spent a lot of money on paintings, but he declined politely. He said, "I never sell paintings. If you like, you can send a small painting as a souvenir. " When he was in his eighties, he got up at 3 o'clock in the morning and painted until 7-8 o'clock in the morning, leaving an unforgettable mood.