Introduction:
From the perspective of the style of his calligraphy, Mr. Feng Zikai does not deliberately express grandeur, nor does he deliberately set out to be sharp, bold, simple, or even thick. Random clothes. Compared with those fake, big and empty calligraphy, he pays more attention to small, clever, refined, beautiful and clumsy, showing the true feelings and true interest in calligraphy creation, as innocent and natural as a child. The treatment of words such as "Yu, Wei, Ren" in the pictures of the work is innocent and lively, without losing the ancient method. He brought the classic calligraphy of the Six Dynasties and the epitaph calligraphy of the Northern Wei Dynasty to life. In the writing, he incorporated the natural expression of running script and grass, especially Zhangcao brushwork, which made the strokes that originally had a clear tendency of regularization suddenly appear and simplify. Simple and bright, full of musical rhythm, it is amazing.
Mr. Feng Zikai is famous for his comics, but he values ??calligraphy far more than comics. He once said: "Calligraphy is the highest art... One of the main principles of art is to use feeling to receive it. The purest feeling is nothing more than the eyes and ears. Among the arts that appeal to the eyes, the purest thing is calligraphy, which appeals to the eyes. Among the arts of the ear, nothing is more pure than music. Therefore, calligraphy and music occupy the highest position among all arts. "Mr. Feng Zikai is a thoughtful artist, and his calligraphy is thoughtful calligraphy. Its grandeur is contained in the hair, and its romantic temperament is revealed in the knots of the shape. His calligraphy originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty and also included Zhangcao. The formation of style is influenced by both the Yuanshi sect and the perception of the real world. First of all, Mr. Li Shutong had a great influence on him in calligraphy. According to Mr. Feng Zikai's records in the article, during his schooling, he carefully copied "Zhang Menglong Stele" and "Twenty Products of Longmen" under the guidance of Mr. Li Shutong. ", "Wei Qi Statue" and other inscriptions and calligraphy. Secondly, Mr. Feng Zikai was also very impressed by Ma Yifu's running script when he was young, and Mr. Ma Yifu's calligraphy is a model of the combination of Wei stele and Er Wang's running script. The direction of Mr. Feng Zikai's later calligraphy may have a lot to do with this. Mr. Zhu Guangqian, an esthetician contemporary with Mr. Feng Zikai, once said: "Calligraphy and painting originally have the same origin in China. Zikai has worked hard on calligraphy for a long time. He recently told me that when he was studying Zhangcao, every time he encountered a painting When his progress stagnated, he would write. After writing for a while, he would leave it to painting, and he found that painting improved. Everyone who knows calligraphy knows that it takes a lot of hard work to make the pen strong and steady, so that the ink can be put on the paper and the words can be hung. It only appears vivid and solid when you look at it..." Furthermore, as far as the overall layout and content gist of Mr. Feng Zikai's comics are concerned, without the inscriptions on the paintings and the combination of the witty sentences on the paintings, there would never be the achievements that are recognized by everyone today. After reading Mr. Feng Zikai's cartoons and titles, we all admire the harmony and perfect combination of his calligraphy style and cartoons. We might as well compare his calligraphy and cartoons to twin brothers from the same mother.
Calligraphy can be roughly divided into two styles, one is mainly "Shang Zhi" and the other is mainly "Chong Yan". The former pursues the simple and natural beauty, which is full of "clumsy" taste, while the latter pursues the beauty of beauty, which is full of "elegant" taste. From the right army onwards, Shang Yan is the main style. In the Qing Dynasty, the study of stele was promoted, and the trend of advocating quality quietly emerged. In fact, quality and beauty are like a man and a beautiful woman, they are different beauties. People who study calligraphy should follow their own temperament and pursue it according to their own temperament. Mr. Feng Zikai's calligraphy is in line with his own temperament and comfortable with his own temperament, so it has a meaningful flavor and is absolutely not artificial. Mr. Feng Zikai's calligraphy has beauty in its quality. It uses Wei calligraphy as its quality, so it is calm; it takes the beauty of Zhangcao and Xiaocao, so it is full of interest. Mr. Shen Ding'an, the president of Shaoxing Lanting Calligraphy Association, once wrote: "Mr. Feng's calligraphy, just like his comics and prose, is unique and creative. Try displaying Mr. Feng's calligraphy alongside other people's calligraphy, and readers can understand it without looking carefully. Recognize the true face of Mr. Feng in Lushan. "Mr. Shen Ding'an defined the characteristics and status of Mr. Feng Zikai's calligraphy from the spirit of wind.