Four key periods of Tang Bohu's painting and calligraphy style transformation

Tang Bohu's calligraphy and painting: Tang Yin's calligraphy is not as famous as painting and poetry, but his talent is also extremely high. In fact, Tang Bohu's calligraphy, like his paintings, pays attention to extensive coverage and mastery, and has various characteristics. But it has not yet reached the realm of "everyone will get old when they communicate".

Tang Bohu's calligraphy and painting: According to the world's literature records and existing works, he has extensively studied Zhao Meng, Li Yong, Yan Zhenqing and Mi Fei, with different emphases in different periods, forming a constantly changing stage appearance.

Generally speaking, his book style changes can be divided into four periods. The first period of Tang Bohu's calligraphy and painting was before he was 30 years old. He lives in his hometown, Suzhou, and becomes good friends with Wen Zhiming, who is the same age. He is deeply influenced by calligraphy and painting, which are closely related. In his twenties, Tang Yin painted "Huang Xiaojing Tujuan", with lakes, mountains and rocks, and bushes with flat slopes, which is very similar to Wen's meticulous brushwork. Calligraphy also began in Zhao Meng, with beautiful figure and elegant brushwork. Tang Yin's Master of Tibetan Painting is very similar to Wen Zhiming's.

30-36 years old is the second period of Tang Bohu's painting and calligraphy creation. His wife divorced in Tang Yin, so he had no choice but to make a living by poetry and painting. At that time, he pursued the Tang Dynasty in calligraphy and tried to standardize it. You Zongzan Yan Zhenqing's regular script is dignified, round and fleshy, with long knots, dense rigidity, fine horizontal strokes and thick vertical strokes, which absorbed Li Fa. The horizontal pen end is like a silkworm head.

The third phase of Su Lao Yin Bohu's painting and calligraphy in Tang Dynasty, aged 37 to 45. Tang Yin was in his prime, living in seclusion in Taohua Temple, a paradise, and devoted himself to the free creation of poetry, calligraphy and painting. At that time, calligraphy returned to Zhao Meng, catching up with Li Yong in the Tang Dynasty, and formed its own mature style. Based on Zhao Ti's graceful brushwork, it combines Li Yong's oblique brushwork, powerful brushwork and vivid layout. Her beauty is bold and unrestrained, and her beauty is smart.

Many works of this style, such as Poems of Falling Flowers by Zheng 1506, Axis of Seven-character Rhyme, and Axis of Pine Sound in Mountain Road, are all integrated with Li Yong.

The fourth period of Tang Bohu's painting and calligraphy died at the age of 46-54, and he lived in Tang Yin in his later years. From the age of 45, he pretended to be crazy and sold stupidly, and fled back from King Jiang Xining. He further saw through the world, his thoughts became more depressed, his behavior became more depressed, and his calligraphy became expressive. He also absorbed Mi Fei's calligraphy style of seeking meaning and gaining momentum. His pen is swift and powerful, calm and comfortable, radiant, frank and free, and he pursues strength, speed and rhyme. At the same time, it also integrates the brushwork of various schools, making the composition and brushwork full of changes, and achieving a situation of free and smooth brushwork.

His representative works include Three Exquisites of Running Script and Axis of Western Zhou Dialect. They were all made after the age of 50.