Ming. Wang Duo

Author: Wang Duo
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Publishing Date: 2002-05-01
Features: The series "Exquisite Calligraphy Masterpieces of Chinese Dynasties" is a collection of calligraphy treasures from museums and private collectors around the world and China, published to showcase the depth and breadth of Chinese calligraphy. The entire series is published in batches, providing enjoyment and reference for. Wang Duo (1592–1652), from Mengjin, Henan, styled Juesi, also known as Juezhi, and styled Wen'an, Songqiao, Shiqiao, Chian, and Chixian Taoist. He was a renowned calligrapher of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, also skilled in poetry, painting, and literature. Wu Xiu of the Qing Dynasty, in his "Biographies of Calligraphers of the Ming and Qing Dynasties," remarked: [Duo's calligraphy follows the style of the Wei and Jin periods, highly regarded in his time, and is second only to Dong Wenmin.] Wang Duo's calligraphy has been particularly valued by contemporary scholars in recent years. The "Poetry Scroll in Cursive Script" in this album is a set of five seven-character regulated-verse poems composed by Wang Duo during a banquet hosted by the local official Zhang Baoyi, when he was fifty-one years old. The cursive script in this scroll is fluid and continuous, expansive yet restrained, executed in one breath, with a powerful and vigorous brushwork, and a dynamic and unrestrained spirit, revealing the ancient essence of the Wei, Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties. It offers great benefits for learners and admirers of cursive script in terms of brushwork, structure, and, making it an excellent teacher and companion for calligraphy students.