Tian Yingzhang invented the Tian-style pen grip. In Tian Yingzhang's pen holding method, the thumb is not placed on the pen holder like a lock. The pen holder is locked with the thumb joint, and the fingertips are pressed on the index finger, so that the pen holder is firmly locked in the index finger joint.
Tian Yingzhang, born in Tianjin, 1950, is a postgraduate in calligraphy and a cadre in the Ministry of Personnel. Graduated from Capital Normal University and Tokyo University of the Arts.
National calligrapher. He has been a writer in the State Council, director of China Calligraphy and Painting Talent Training Center of Ministry of Personnel, executive director of Calligraphy and Painting Talent Qualification Examination Committee, president of China Modern Hard Pen Calligraphy Research Association, the first president of China Hard Pen Calligraphy Association, member of China Calligraphers Association and president of Ou Yangxun Calligraphy Art Research Association.
Wang Xizhi, Secretary-General of the Preparatory Committee for the Forest of Steles, Professor of Japan Art and Calligraphy Institute, Consultant of Japan Calligraphy Art Association and Vice Chairman of Japan International Federation of Calligraphy and Painting Artists. He is currently the vice president of China Talent magazine of the Ministry of Personnel, the director of China Painting and Calligraphy Talent Training Center of the Ministry of Personnel, and a lifelong calligrapher of China International Painting and Calligraphy Art Research Institute.
He has served as Secretary-General and President of China Modern Hard Pen Calligraphy Research Association; CCTV Hard Pen Calligraphy Speaker; Visiting Professor of Calligraphy Art in China, Beijing Institute of Technology; Professor of Japanese Art Bookstore; Professor of China Calligraphy Institute; Consultant of Japan Book Art Association; President of Ou Yangxun Calligraphy Art Research Association; Director of the Qualification Examination Committee for Painting and Calligraphy Talents.
Tian Yingzhang comes from an artistic family. His father, Tian Yinting, is a famous violinist with great talent in Quyi. He created Tianpai Xihe Drum, and the rap and percussion music of drum books reached perfection. In addition, Tian Yinting is also a famous painter and painter, who has made outstanding achievements in Quyi, so that the calligraphy art is covered by the title of Quyi.
It is said that the level of Jinghu Lake in Tian Yingzhang is also very high. After joining the army, 1970 engaged in literature and art propaganda. In the long-term artistic practice, Tian Yingzhang had to write with his right hand brush and play the piano with his bow. Over time, the posture of holding the pen and the posture of holding the bow gradually merged into one, and now he is writing with the bow and piano horizontally and the pen vertically. Tian Yingzhang's brushwork evolved from Jinghu's bow technique.