Chen Yinsheng, Lin Bing, was a metallurgical scholar in Qing Dynasty. He has medical knowledge and is good at calligraphy and painting. He created the art of copper carving on ink cartridges. Chen Yinsheng's bronze carving art is exquisite, no matter he is a flower, bird, fish and insect, or a landscape figure, but his most important achievement is his calligraphy works, which are excellent in words, lines, grass and seals. It can be said that he is careful with his words and flowing freely. Representative works include Preface to Lanting in regular script, Teacher's Watch and so on.
Zhang, whose real name is 14-year-old Jin Jing, studied in Yiyuanzhai lettering shop of Liulichang. The following year, Xuan Tong moved to Mingyuan Pavilion, specializing in copperplate printing. Yan Fu, Yang Shoujing, Yuan, etc. They all gave guidance and help, and their skills increased greatly. Chen's bronze carving knife method is vigorous, mellow and skillful, and a large number of famous works and drawings are used, which is of high artistry.
Mang Fu Yao, whose real name is Shigemitsu, was appointed as the owner of the Lotus Shrine. He was a scholar in Guangxu period and later studied in Japan. Yao often went to Liulichang in his early years, became close friends with Zhang and began to cooperate. Mang's father painted and carved, and the latter two often carved copper ink cartridges together. Yao often signs mang's father's name.
Yao's self-carved works are autographed, and most of them are seal cutting, with clear knife method and graceful charm. Yu Shi's poems and songs, ancient monuments and textual research are all well-versed. Calligraphy and painting are landscapes, flowers, seal script, official affairs, truth, deeds, and also have deep attainments.
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Copper engraving originated from the traditional art of copper engraving in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was used to record the social history, cultural landscape, major events and biographies at that time. Because bronzes are resistant to oxidation and can remain unchanged for thousands of years, the art of chiseling copper has left valuable historical materials for future generations.
The art of copperplate originated in the north, and the most famous copperplate artists in history gathered in Beijing. These famous copperplate artists are all cultural people, who have profound attainments in calligraphy, painting and seal cutting.
The materials of bronze carvings are white copper, brass and red copper, which were mostly in the past. Carved bronzes include ink bottles, paperweights, ancient coins, incense burners, hookahs, hand stoves, tea boxes, stationery boxes, teapots, scales, smoking utensils, bronze locks and animal racks. Among them, ink box is the most famous.
Because most of the bronze sculptures are literary works in Zhai Fang, most of them are engraved with calligraphy and seals, which is very bookish. Bronzes are often related to historical events and figures, and have high historical and cultural connotations and collection value, so they have become people's favorite collections of works of art.
Little-known is that as early as the Tang Dynasty, when court gold and silver wares prevailed, folk bronze carving had become a very mature skill, and many lost skills, including modern science and technology, could not be broken through in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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