Lu Yanshao
First, Lu Yanshao is a pioneer in painting. His paintings have formed a unique new scene, both in composition and pen, and are known as "Lujia landscape". In addition, Lu Yanshao is especially good at expressing the change of clouds and qi with lines, which is mainly due to his tempering of calligraphy lines.
Lu Yanshao's Calligraphy
In fact, Lu Yanshao's achievements in calligraphy are no less than his accomplishments in Chinese painting. Sha Menghai once said in an article that Lu Yanshao's books and paintings are first-class, which are rare in ancient and modern times. In the literati circle, it is obvious that Lu Yanshao's accomplishments in calligraphy are not empty.
Lu Yanshao's calligraphy
Although he is a painter, Lu Yanshao is quite confident in his calligraphy. He once wrote a passage in one of his calligraphy scrolls:
Although the book is not artistic, it can stand proudly and proudly, and it is an independent portal with no one to rely on. However, between paintings, there is no regret in lifting the turning point and stretching the outline, and it has been covered for two or three hundred years, but no one is there.
The classical Chinese used in writing is not difficult to understand. The general idea is that although calligraphy belongs to the last technical path, my calligraphy is unique and has its own style. Even in two or three hundred years, I am the only one.
Lu Yanshao's calligraphy
Then, Lu Yanshao wrote: Although my calligraphy is not famous, it is not inferior to everyone in ancient times. Unfortunately, my calligraphy is mostly covered up by the name of the painting, and not many people know my calligraphy because I don't often show it to people. But no matter how many people know my calligraphy now, my calligraphy will eventually be passed down and can be verified by future generations.
There are many crazy people in the cultural history, but there are really not many such crazy people. But when we look at Lu Yanshao's madness in calligraphy through his works, we really have to say that his madness has capital.
Lu Yanshao's calligraphy
Lu Yanshao's cursive script is calm and happy, which makes the rotation and opening and closing application freely and changes as much as possible. In his pen, the lines are flying rapidly, or late and dignified, or full of twists and turns, or down the trend, which makes people feel happy and enjoyable.
"Calligraphy and painting are of the same origin" is the characteristic of China's art. Almost all the classic painters in history are calligraphers. But now, due to the change in the way of learning Chinese painting, painters learn painting from sketches and sketches, rather than traditional pen and ink and lines, so it is rare for contemporary painters to write calligraphy well.
Lu Yanshao's calligraphy
Lu Yanshao, who is also a painter, has truly achieved the homology of calligraphy and painting and the communication of calligraphy and painting. In his paintings, all the lines of calligraphy are used, which are powerful and quality; In his calligraphy, the dripping ink and drumming rhythm come from the cultivation of painting.
A good artist must apply all his skills to his works, instead of forcibly splitting them up. In Lu Yanshao's calligraphy, we can clearly see the vibrant "misty atmosphere", which is very similar to the landscape in his works.
Lu Yanshao's Calligraphy
Lu Yanshao once said that he can be unique without sticking to the book. In fact, Lu Yanshao never relaxed his study of calligraphy. A day in Lu Yanshao usually begins with grinding ink and writing, getting up at four o'clock in the morning, grinding ink and posting, Wei Bei, Han tablet and two king's calligraphy posts, all of which are within the law.
In Lu Yanshao's calligraphy, we can also clearly see his reference to Du Mu's running script Zhang Haohao's Poem Volume.
Part of Du Mu's Zhang Haohao's Poem Volume
Du Mu is a poet, but with a running script, he just squeezed into the history of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty with a lot of talents. His "Zhang Haohao's Poem Volume" has a serious structure, but its brushwork is full of meaning, agility and flexibility, and it has a very high style.
In Lu Yanshao's cursive script, Du Mu's "gifted scholar's book" was brought to the extreme in both style and charm. In history, there are not many people who directly take Du Mu's calligraphy, but it is even more rare to take Du Mu's calligraphy to write creatively. If we choose the best one to learn Du Mu's calligraphy, Lu Yanshao will undoubtedly hold the leading position.
Lu Yanshao Calligraphy
For artists, self-confidence is an important condition for success, but like Lu Yanshao, the self-evaluation of "only one person in two or three hundred years" is indeed somewhat arrogant. However, its method of learning from the ancients and being ingenious can really inspire future generations.