2009-11-25 Hefei Online-Hefei Evening News Author: Qin Ming intern Zhang Tingting
Fang Maohong, No. Yizhiluwang, was born in Quanjiao County, Anhui Province in 1949, and is now Director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, professor of the Training Center of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, executive vice chairman and secretary-general of the Anhui Calligraphers Association, and member of the Anhui Artists Association. He was awarded the title of "Double Virtue and Art" by the Chinese Calligraphers Association. His calligraphy and painting works have participated in many national exhibitions and international exchange exhibitions. His works have been selected into dozens of calligraphy and painting collections, collected by dozens of cultural and museum institutions, and his works have been selected and engraved in dozens of forests of steles. He participated in the compilation of the college calligraphy textbook "Calligraphy Appreciation" and published "Fang Maohong's Painting and Calligraphy Collection".
Fang Maohong worked in the provincial government for a long time before joining the Anhui Provincial Calligraphy Association. Although he loved calligraphy and painting in his early years, due to conditions and environmental restrictions, calligraphy and painting could only be done as a spare time, so he became a prominent figure in the calligraphy and painting world. There are not many "dews", but the dream of being a calligrapher and painter deep in his heart has never been shattered. In the early years, the books he occasionally took out were basically traditional Chinese calligraphy, with some simple and silk elements mixed in, injecting some freshness into the regular and rigid ancient calligraphy. His works are not often seen in public exhibitions, so that When he became the secretary-general of the Provincial Calligraphy Association, many people murmured: Who is Fang Maohong?
Eleven years later, Fang Maohong not only made a qualitative leap in his calligraphy creation level, but also organized and planned a series of important large-scale exhibitions, especially the 2000 Anhui Provincial Calligraphy Jinjing Exhibition, which opened the Anhui The book exhibition was the first of its kind, breaking the dull and sluggish atmosphere of Anhui's calligraphy circle in the past, which made Anhui's calligraphy circle's achievements and status increasingly improved across the country. In 2003, Fang Maohong was elected as a member of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference. Based on the current situation of Anhui calligraphy circles, he proposed the idea of ??focusing on organizational construction with one hand and creative development with the other, forming a ladder structure of calligraphy creation, and introducing top talents. At the same time, he emphasized the improvement of the calligraphy creation level of members of the calligraphy association bureau. He took the lead in setting an example and used his own actions to inspire and influence friends in the book world. Although he is good at all styles of calligraphy, he still has choices and emphasis, and constantly adjusts them according to his own personality. Judging from the books he has displayed in recent years, he put more energy into the refinement of seal script and official script.
Fang Maohong is also good at traditional Chinese painting, working with flowers and birds, and exquisite landscapes, especially Huangshan pine clouds and folk houses in southern Anhui. His paintings are vivid and poetic. His traditional Chinese painting "Hope" won a bronze medal in the National Art Exhibition to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Mao Zedong's speech at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art hosted by the China Artists Association. His paintings and calligraphy complement each other, complementing each other in interest and interest. [Anhui Business Daily]
Literary Anhui Army Style Record November 27, 2009
In the Anhui book world, people are no stranger to mentioning Fang Maohong. Due to his many years of study and research on the art of calligraphy and painting, his calligraphy and paintings are equally praised by people. Fang Maohong is a calligrapher and painter. His calligraphy focuses on seal script and official script, and he is also good at cursive writing. His official script is based on Han steles, and is based on Zhang Qian, Yi Ying, Ritual, and Shimen steles, as well as Qin bamboo slips and Han silk. The shortcomings of astringent stele boards and floating bamboo slips.
Fang Maohong is the same age as New China. He has been very interested in Chinese calligraphy and painting since he was a child. When he was a student, he wrote a large number of inscriptions on inscriptions. In the early 1980s, he focused on studying Han Li, and successively wrote many inscriptions on inscriptions such as "Cao Quan Stele", "Shi Chen Stele", "Zhang Qian Stele", "Yi Ying Stele", and "Liu Utensil Stele". In 1988, Fang Maohong was admitted to the postgraduate class of Henan Calligraphy Correspondence Institute and studied for one year, focusing on Han Dynasty calligraphy, including official script, bamboo slip calligraphy, silk script, etc. After that, Fang Maohong's calligraphy level made a qualitative leap, and his works were selected for exhibitions and won awards many times.
Fang Maohong also worked as a calligrapher and painter. While studying calligraphy, he also studied Chinese painting, first studying flowers and birds, and then studying landscapes. He started from freehand brushwork of flowers and birds, and had a special liking for Qi and Shanghai styles. He copied a large number of ancient and modern famous works and created them based on his own feelings. Since 1984, his calligraphy and painting works have been published in many newspapers and periodicals across the province and selected for various exhibitions.
Over the years, Fang Maohong has created a large number of works. His works have been included in dozens of books such as "50 Years of Anhui Art", "Exhibition Collection of Chinese Contemporary Calligraphy Masters", etc. He has held many exhibitions and won awards. In 2004, sponsored by the Chinese Calligraphy Association, a joint exhibition of calligraphy and painting by Fang Maohong and Miao Peihong was held in Hefei. More than 80 personal calligraphy and painting works were exhibited. Relevant leaders of the Chinese Calligraphy Association and more than 20 national judges congratulated them, and it was a great success. , won unanimous praise from experts and ordinary audiences.
Fang Maohong told reporters that even today, apart from work, he spends almost all his spare time practicing calligraphy and rarely socializing. He can draw on the strengths of both ancient and modern calligraphers' works. Fang Maohong believes that calligraphy works must first not deviate from tradition. Without tradition, calligraphy will become a tree without roots and water without a source; but it cannot blindly adhere to the ancients, because "the uniqueness of calligraphy art is that it must have its own basis on the basis of the ancients." The appearance has its own creative language and forms its own style that is very different from others."
Fang Maohong has long held a leadership position in the Provincial Calligraphy Association, but he is humble and gentle. Every Spring Festival, he and his colleagues would go to the countryside, factories, mines and the army to write Spring Festival couplets for farmers, workers, soldiers and ordinary citizens. As a literary and artistic worker with both virtue and art, Fang Maohong is well-deserved. (Reporter Yang Jingjing)