Is Kang Youwei a calligrapher?

Kang Youwei (1858- 1927), a native of Nanhai, Guangdong Province, was originally named Zuyi and Guangsha, and was called "Mr. Nanhai". His calligraphy works include Guang Yi and Zhou Shuang, which put forward the idea of respecting Wei and belittling Tang. Advocating the Northern Monument Movement had a great influence on the calligraphy style in the late Qing Dynasty, which broke the pattern that calligraphy dominated the whole country for thousands of years, had a strong impact on the traditional calligraphy of the two kings, and formed the mainstream form of calligraphy creation in modern calligraphy circles.

Kang Youwei's calligraphy had a market in the Republic of China. In the 1990s, his calligraphy works began to enter the art market, and the price was very expensive. Among them, the highest bid was the eight-screen Bao Zhao's "Bofei Tree Shi Ming" filmed in Guardian, China last June. The estimated price is 200,000-300,000 yuan, and the final transaction price is 737,000 yuan. Affected by the downturn of the whole calligraphy auction market, by 2004, the average price of Kang Youwei's works per square foot was only about 2,800 yuan. Although it has increased in the past two years, it is still far from being achieved? Due price, as a prominent figure in modern history, his works should have considerable room for growth in the next few years.

Kang Youwei's calligraphy is called "bodybuilding" in the world. Eight-screen calligraphy is simple and elegant because Shimenming and Shigu are integrated into the running script. When writing, the pen is hidden, late and sharp. Font strokes are flat and long, horizontal and vertical, long and large, and the turning point is round and thick. The knot is tight and loose, criss-crossing, with an open momentum. It is vigorous and powerful, and the northern inscription has a strong sense of pen. It can be said that it is a melting and casting in ancient and modern times, and it has its own atmosphere.