Wu's Calligraphy Art

Wu Hongen's Calligraphy Art-A Dictionary of Cursive Script, published by Guangdong Education Publishing House, was printed and published on June 5438+ 10 in 2008 after five years' revision. This book collects more than 36,000 cursive font shapes created by the famous calligrapher Mr. Wu, including more than 6,000 commonly used Chinese characters. This is the first calligraphy reference book with distinctive style in the history of Chinese calligraphy, which has high appreciation value, practical value and collection value. The book is an eight-page edition, which is divided into three volumes: upper, middle and lower. It is beautifully bound and limited to 2000 copies. Mr. Wu graduated from China Renmin University with a major in China Literature. At present, he is a member of the Art Committee of China National Academy of Painting, director of the Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Research Office, member of the Art Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Culture, and a national first-class artist. He is one of the most influential calligraphers in China today. He studied calligraphy and painting since childhood and has been engaged in calligraphy creation research and education for more than forty years. In the 1960s, he was engaged in artistic creation in the army. In the late 1970s, he studied under Mr Ouyang Zhongshi, a famous calligrapher and doctoral supervisor, and taught at China Renmin University. He used to be the director of the art research office, teaching introduction to art and calligraphy courses. Participated in the compilation of Calligraphy, a national college calligraphy textbook edited by Ouyang Zhongshi. From 65438 to 0988, he was transferred to Chinese Painting Research Institute (now China National Painting Academy). Under the guidance and influence of Li Keran, Liu Haisu and He Mo, he dabbled extensively in calligraphy tradition and was good at writing all kinds of fonts, especially cursive script, which was unique and influential. At the end of 1990s, he profoundly grasped the essential characteristics of China's calligraphy art from the comparison of Chinese and western aesthetic thoughts, and established the aesthetic orientation of the unity of formal beauty and artistic conception, and the innovative road of the unity of calligraphy tradition and modern aesthetics. In his creation, he created a distinctive artistic image through the combination of monuments and posts, the reference of calligraphy and painting, the melting and casting of different styles and the infiltration of different styles. His calligraphy lines are ingenious in simplicity; Font structure is dignified in danger; The rules and regulations are white, seeking balance in change; Through the unity of opposites of various contradictions, we seek to maximize the aesthetic value of calligraphy. It fully shows the beauty of strength, form, rhythm and artistic conception of calligraphy art, and shows the calligrapher's extensive cultural background, profound traditional skills, distinctive personality characteristics and profound understanding of calligraphy art. When commenting on Wu's calligraphy in 1994, Mr. Ouyang wrote: "Wu Xishu has gained a lot of experience in traditional skills for many years, and as for the research theory, he is also insightful and effective. He dabbled in all kinds of fonts, such as Oracle Bone Inscriptions, seal script, official document and even Zhong Ding Zunyi, and tried everything, which can be used for reference. Specializing in cursive script, he has his own strengths for Wang and Yan, and he can also choose casting well. It is particularly worth mentioning that he learned exquisite brushwork interest from many painters and integrated it into calligraphy. Therefore, his works in recent years are interesting and have a new look in ink, writing, writing, painting, ancient meaning and new feeling. " The publication of Wu's Calligraphy Art-A Dictionary of Running Grass reflects Mr. Wu's innovative achievements in calligraphy art from one side. Its appearance will help calligraphers and calligraphy lovers to think deeply about the inheritance and innovation of calligraphy art.