There are some reasons why Tian Yingzhang is not recognized by the calligraphy circle.
Tian Yingzhang, who was born in Tianjin in 1950, entered the University of Tokyo in Japan after graduating from Capital Normal University, and his main subject was calligraphy research. After years of study, he has become a very famous calligrapher. In fact, when he was very young, he often studied calligraphy with his family elders.
Because of his strong ability in the field of calligraphy, after entering the army, he became a very outstanding literary soldier in the army, especially in hard-pen calligraphy, his level was even higher than that of the 1980s and 1990s. Top notch. He has won many domestic and foreign awards, and even won the first prize nationally.
Because of his outstanding performance in the field of calligraphy, he successfully joined the Chinese Calligraphy Association when it was established in 1981. It was also in that year that he was specially transferred by the State Personnel Bureau and became a book student appointed by the State Council, responsible for writing appointment letters for the State Council. Because of his outstanding performance in the field of calligraphy, he has conducted many academic exchanges and even held various art exchange exhibitions for calligraphy and painting talents.
Just when Tian Yingzhang’s calligraphy was studied and imitated by a large number of people, Tian Yingzhang’s position in the Chinese Calligraphy Association also changed. Because he has profound attainments in calligraphy, the Chinese Calligraphy Association hopes that He was able to take on more important roles, and eventually he left the association. Although he could continue to join the Chinese Calligraphy Association again, he did not rejoin it for various reasons. What made him give up the Chinese Calligraphy Association?
Anyone who knows the inside story knows that the reason why he did not join the Chinese Calligraphy Association again is directly related to one person, Su Shishu, the chairman of the Calligraphy Association. In his opinion, although Tian Yingzhang's calligraphy looks fair and neat, it lacks grandeur. He even pointed out that Tian Yingzhang's handwriting is very formal.
In addition to criticizing Tian Yingzhang’s calligraphy a lot, Su Shishu also stated that the Chinese Calligraphy Association does not welcome Tian Yingzhang and will never recognize his regular script.
Facing this kind of criticism from the chairman of the Chinese Calligraphy Association, many people think that his criticism is too harsh, and some people think that this is actually a phenomenon caused by some battles within their organization. What the reason is, outsiders have no way of knowing. But many people think that Tian Yingzhang's calligraphy is indeed worth learning.