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Young Fa (1696 - 1750)
Calligraphy
in Cursive Script, horizontal scrolled ink on paper, 20 1/4 x 73 3/8
inches
Yang Fa was
boarn in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province of the Qing Dynasty. He was
well versed in seal style calligraphy and was very good at seal
cutting. Yang Fa was the calligrapher who wrote the famous
inscription of Huangyuan. In 1745, he made 19 volumes of ancient
poetry in official style.
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Wang Duo (1592-1652)
Calligraphy in Cursive Script
Ink on Silk, 74 x 20 1/2 inches
Wang Duo was born in Mengjin, Henan Province. He is
also known by his literary names of Shiqiao, ChiAn, etc. He was
reconized during the Ming Dynasty and was appointed as the Scholar of
the court in the Qing Dynasty. He was famous of his style to add
importance to expressing emotion in his calligraphy.
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Zhang Zuyi (1849-1917)
Calligraphy in Clerical Script, ink on paper
52 3/8 x 26 inches
Zhang Zuyi was born in Tongcheng, Anhui Province. His was also
known by his literary name Lei. Zhang Zuyi learned the seal style
calligraphy from ancient styles of Shigu and Zhongding. His
official style was the style of the Han Dynasty. He also devoted to the
study of incriptions on the bronzes and stone tablets.
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Hu Shu (1825-1872)
Calligraphy Couplet in Seal Character, ink on paper
50 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Hu Shu is a native of Jixi, Anhui Province. He is also known for
his literary name Shisheng. He was very well-known in 1859.
His seal style calligraphy was known for its characteristics of that of
the Qing Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.
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Chen
Hongshou(1768-1822)
Calligraphy Couplet in Running Script
51 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches
Chen Hongshou was born in Hangzhou. He was also known by his
literary name Mansheng. He was not only famous of his calligraphy
but for the seal carving, painting, and in poetry. .
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Yi Bingshou
(1754-1815)
Calligraphy in Running Script, ink on gold flacked paper
6 7/8 x 20 1/2 inches
Yi Bingshou was a native of Ninghua, Fujian Province of the Qing
Dynasty. He was also known by his literary name Moqing. He
was of great literary talent and was well versed in seal style and
official style calligraphy. His regular script was of the Yang
Zhengqing style.
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