In the early morning of March 8, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact. The flight was carrying 239 people, including 154 Chinese passengers. The reporter learned from relevant parties yesterday that there were 24 Chinese painters on the flight who went to Malaysia to participate in the calligraphy and painting exchange pen meeting, including Zhang Jinquan, a national first-class calligrapher from Luzhou. Mrs. Zhang’s name, Che Junzhang, also appeared on the list.
Zhang Jinquan has been fond of calligraphy, poetry and painting throughout his life. His calligraphy skills are based on regular script of the Tang Dynasty. He dabbled in pre-Qin inscriptions and stone tablets and Han and Wei steles. He devoted himself to studying the calligraphy styles of the two kings and the four families of the Song Dynasty, and gradually formed his own artistic style. In his calligraphy creation, his brushwork is solid and flexible, and he pursues a simple and simple artistic effect.