He studied calligraphy and painting, then specialized in calligraphy, interplanting Chinese painting and seal cutting. Now he is a national second-class artist, and his artistic resume has been selected into more than 20 classics such as China Famous Painter. His paintings and calligraphy have spread to more than ten foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Engaged in painting and calligraphy and cultural relics archaeology in the cultural department for many years. He used to be the deputy director of the office of Linyi Cultural Relics Management Committee, and later served as the vice president of Linyi Painting Academy. Since 1985, I have been engaged in painting and calligraphy teaching in Linyi China Painting and Calligraphy Correspondence University, Linyi Senior University and Linyi Workers' Secondary School, and have been employed from time to time to coach primary and secondary school teachers in painting and calligraphy appreciation and calligraphy teaching, thus cultivating a group of painting and calligraphy talents for the society. He is also the vice chairman of Linyi Calligraphy Association, the vice chairman of Linyi Senior Painting and Calligraphy Research Association, the consultant of Shandong Zhouyi Research Association, the senior painter of Shandong Painting Academy, and the honorary president of Heze Painting and Calligraphy Institute.
Mr. Xu Minsheng has been taught by his family since childhood and has great enthusiasm for painting and calligraphy. After dozens of years of cold and heat, he persevered and pursued, and finally formed his own unique calligraphy style, pushing his calligraphy and painting art to a new level.
New realm.
At the age of six, he began to learn Yan, Ou and Zhao's regular script, and later learned the official script of Huashan Temple Monument and Yiying Monument, and copied the official script of Erwang and Dazhuan. After forty, he devoted himself to studying bamboo slips and silk books. He said, "Don't be eager for quick success and instant benefit when learning calligraphy. If you are eager to be famous, you can't practice calligraphy well. You should calm down and honestly practice calligraphy and paste, learn from each other's strengths. With the growth of age, experience and knowledge, one's own writing will naturally reach a state. "
Mr. Xu Minsheng is honest, careless, official, seal and good at doing things. Look at his regular script works, which have a deep foundation of traditional style. Absorbed the thick and square style and majestic momentum of Yan body. For example, his regular script work "Yueyang Tower" is much used by Hua Shikui, Fang Bi and Toby, although it is square and well organized. His running script, which originated from the two kings, is flowing, with beautiful connotation and flowing.
After changing jobs in 74 years, he has been engaged in cultural relics archaeology, painting and calligraphy appraisal for a long time in the cultural department. I went out for archaeology, saw many ancient calligraphy and paintings, and had enough time, so I studied bamboo slips in depth. He studied five kinds of bamboo slips such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Sun Tzu's Art of War for many years. After synthesizing the advantages of these five kinds of bamboo slips, he abandoned the single book of the original bamboo slips, increased the original weight of the strokes, emphasized the strokes, strengthened the contrast, and increased the aesthetic feeling of the characters. On the basis of in-depth study of bamboo slips, he carried out innovation and transformation. The ancients said, "Words are expensive, thin and hard". But on the contrary, he absorbed the heavy style of Liu Yong's running script in Qing Dynasty, and integrated bamboo slips with running script, forming his own heavy, smart and elegant personal style. Looking at his works, the charm is vivid, smooth and free, and the taste is fine, giving people a heavy and elegant artistic beauty.
Words are like people. Mr. Xu Minsheng is sincere and kind, unmoved by fame and fortune, and constantly explores the road of art silently and persistently. At the same time, he also taught calligraphy in Linyi Branch of China Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University and Linyi University for the Aged, which made great contributions to the prosperity of Linyi calligraphy and painting. With his passion and unremitting pursuit of calligraphy, I believe his calligraphy will be more perfect in the future.