Chen Zuiyun, a famous modern calligraphy master, formerly known as Chen Yingru, self-titled Zuiyun Louzhu, is a native of Taishan, Guangdong. When I was a child, I was deeply influenced by the calligraphy of my grandfather Chen Shaodian. He immigrated to the United States in 1962 and settled in San Francisco. Chen Zuiyun is not only a strong pioneer of modern calligraphy art, but also a strong and brave modern poet. His poems are informal in form, clear in love and hate, and use words concisely and implicitly. He is the author of "The Collection of Cold Stars", "Country People", "The Movement of Love" and "The Collection of Drunken Clouds".
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In the long and difficult years, the unswerving belief in "eternal artistic value" broke through the barriers of conformity, eliminated the restrictions on form and structure, and boldly innovated. He successfully integrated the expertise of hundreds of schools of thought in Rongxing, Cao and Kaikai, and used decades of skills to create the "Zuiyun Style" that is free and unique and full of artistic vitality. With thunderous momentum, he formed one or more large characters of more than one foot each in one go, creating a "one-stroke list" that broke through the tradition and was powerful and powerful. He also got inspiration from seal script and hieroglyphs, and used his extraordinary imagination to create He wrote the "characters" such as dragon, tiger, phoenix, horse, eagle, blessing and so on superbly, creating vivid new images, endowed them with thoughts, emotions and vitality, and named them "calligraphy paintings" (known as the "Three Creations of Zuiyun"); thus leading the way Fengsha has pushed the art of Chinese calligraphy to an unprecedented new realm and is known as the "contemporary golden mountain of rare pens". (1988) His classic work "Scroll of Dragon Spitting Pearls" was auctioned at Butterfield, the third largest auction house in the United States, on June 27, 2000. It was four times more than the reserve price - US$10,000. The high price was hammered down, setting a new auction record for calligraphy works of art for the company. This "dragon" takes off vigorously, with huge beads spraying out, and enjoys the reputation of "a rare and unique product worth ten thousand yuan".