He is an indispensable heavyweight in the history of our calligraphy art, and his calligraphy enjoys a high reputation in our art history. His calligraphy has attracted worldwide attention for its unique wild style. Perhaps, you are not too familiar with his name, he is Xu Wei, a great genius of the Ming Dynasty who is known as a generation of ** grandmasters-Xu Wenchang.
Xu Wei has a ** uninhibited character, his style of poetry, writing, calligraphy, and painting is strange and indulgent, and he is still charming in the vigorous "wild" and unrestrained. Yuan Hongdao, a contemporary writer, commented on his calligraphy as "unrestrained in brushwork" and "vigorous and charming".
Open the history of calligraphy and find Xu Wei's page, careful friends will find that his life is very bumpy, and it is also very legendary.
His ups and downs have contributed to his extraordinary artistic style. In calligraphy, he pursues the supreme realm of "lawlessness" and "true self", with detachment from emotion and liberation as the theme of "wildness".
In calligraphy, he broke through the shackles of his predecessors. The calligraphy form of Xiaocao has been brought into full play, and at the same time, the chapter grass has been transformed into a delicate and beautiful grass. He pursues the freedom of calligraphy with the most rational and calm thinking, strengthens the "dot cluster" brushwork of lifting, pressing, pausing and frustrating in the stroke, and gives the momentum and vitality of the calligraphy works.
The "Eight Poems of Du Fu Qiuxing" used in this article is one of his calligraphy works known as classics, with a total of 456 characters. At first glance, the work is not only "wild", but also resembles a mess of grass, cluttered and jerky. However, it contains a very rhythmic beauty. He skillfully integrates the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness of his depressed life experience with the lines of calligraphy. The changes of light and heavy, sparse and dense lines are vividly displayed, giving the viewer a sense of spiritual strength and "wildness".
Xu Wei's calligraphy, on the basis of inheriting and breaking through his predecessors, made innovations, increased the artistry of calligraphy, and formed his own unique "wild" style, which had a very far-reaching impact on Bada Shanren, Shi Tao, the "Yangzhou Eight Monsters" of the Qing Dynasty and many later calligraphy fans.
Xi his calligraphy can enrich our pen changes, feel the joy of various brushstrokes such as lifting and pressing, and at the same time expand our artistic vision and enhance our innovation ability. It can also promote our artistic appreciation and our own attainments in calligraphy.
Drawing the artistic nourishment and inspiration we need from Xu Wei's calligraphy works can make our calligraphy road more brilliant.
This kind of "wildness" is unique to his calligraphy, a unique style that is unique and amazed by the viewer.