Wu Changshuo (1844 August1-1927165438+129 October), whose real name is Jun, also known as Cang Shi and Cang Shi, has many aliases. Common ones are Cang Shuo, Lao Cang and Lao You.
Wucun, Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province (now Anji County, Huzhou City). During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, China was a famous painter, calligrapher and seal engraver, a representative of "Houhai School", the first president of Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society, three representatives of "New Zhejiang School" with Zhao and Ren Bonian, Pu Hua and Xu Gu.
Wu Changshuo, who combines "poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal" and combines epigraphy and calligraphy in one furnace, is known as "the first stone drum seal" and "the last peak of literati painting". He is a flag figure in painting, calligraphy and seal cutting, and has high attainments in poetry and epigraphy.
As Professor Peking University and pioneer Li Zhimin said: "Compared with contemporary artists, Wu Changshuo is a comprehensive master who links the past with the future." Wu Changshuo's enthusiastic support made him a junior, and Qi Baishi, Wang Yiting, Pan Tianshou, Chen Banding, Zhao Yunhe, Wang Geyi and Sha Menghai were all taught by him. 1927165438+1On October 29th, Wu Changshuo died in his Shanghai apartment.