Huang is a modern painter and master of landscape painting in China. He is also a calligrapher. Together with Bai Jiao, Gao Ershi and Li Zhimin, he is called "the four great calligraphers of the 20th century".
Huang's in-depth study of tradition is inseparable from his concern for sketch. Influenced by Xin 'an Painting School in his early years, Huang was called the "White" School, which was characterized by dry brushwork and light ink. After 80 years old, it is characterized by black density and brightness in the dark, and is called "Black Hong Bin".
His technique is due to Li Hecheng's emphasis on the unity of truth, simplicity and density in composition; If the pen is used as the seal, it is dignified and powerful, accurate and interesting. The so-called "black, dense, thick and heavy" painting style is his remarkable feature.
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Mr. Huang was born in the late Qing Dynasty, when the national situation was shrinking day by day. Huang, a young man with a cultural heritage background, also has the desire to show his talents through his official career. However, the trend of the times made him accept the idea of the old democratic revolution and took part in anti-Qing activities. But in the end, he did not embark on the road of politics, and retreated from the enterprising spirit of "establishing morality" and "making contributions" to the reality of "making statements".
Starting from his hobbies and talents, Huang has made great achievements in the cultural history of China through epigraphy research, rural literature collection and calligraphy and seal cutting practice. As far as the study of the six-nation script is concerned, the academic circles believe that it is still at the forefront of research.
These specialized knowledge may not be known to the world, but his contribution to calligraphy and painting seal cutting has been world-renowned before his death, and it has attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign cultural circles in the last half century. Together with Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi and later Pan Tianshou, he raised the peak of Chinese painting.
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