Fu Shan created the calligraphy style of Cao Zhuan.
Fu Shan’s cursive seal script is based on his history of learning calligraphy that is compatible with inscriptions and calligraphy and his high attainments in various calligraphy styles. Spatial modeling and ink techniques have broken through the inherent form of traditional seal script. He used extremely rich text images and brush and ink expression techniques to create a series of ink scrolls with timeless characteristics.
The freshness of the picture and the mystery that is difficult to interpret leave viewers at a loss. But it is undeniable that Fu Shan's breakthrough, strong personality and aesthetic concepts are unprecedented, and he has also set a benchmark for the study and creation of today's cursive seal art. It can be said that Fu Shan is the master of cursive seal art.
Fu Shan’s Cao Seal Ink Method
For Fu Shan’s Cao Seal Ink works, he often dips the ink once to connect the numbers, from thick to light to dry, and then dips the ink again from thick to light, to "Ku" forms several different ink-colored word groups with rich rhythm throughout the text. This is very rare among the small seal script systems of Li Si and Li Yangbing, the large seal script system of the pre-Qin Dynasty, and the famous seal scripts after the revival of seal script in the Qing Dynasty.
This kind of ink method is widely used in Fu Shan’s large-scale running script and cursive script works. The reference and skillful application of cursive writing and ink techniques in his seal script works show Fu Shan's bold innovation in cursive seal script. Influenced by the unique epigraphic interest in the fragmented and simple style of calligraphy on stele and the aesthetics of "Shangqi" and "Shanggu" calligraphy in the late Ming Dynasty, Fu Shan's calligraphy style took on a primitive style after his middle age.
The pen also has the spirit of seal writing. His cursive script combines stele and calligraphy at a very high level. He uses simple and vigorous seal script lines to write cursive script, and uses continuous flying and flexible cursive script to write seal script, forming an ancient and elegant aesthetic. style.