In the long history of modern and modern Chinese painting and calligraphy, Lin Sanzhi is undoubtedly a bright pearl. With his vigorous, bold and ingenious cursive script, he became one of the most influential calligraphy masters of the 20th century. His calligraphy and painting works not only inherit the deep skills of traditional pen and ink, but also reflect the noble feelings of literati and scholars, and have won the admiration of countless art lovers with their perseverance and charisma.
Lin SanzhiRooted in the cultural context, determined to be in the art world
Lin Sanzhi (1898-1989), formerly known as Lin, character Sanzhi, No. 3 idiot, Jiangshang Old man, from Hexian County, Jiangsu Province. He was born into a Shuxiang family. Although his family background is cold, he has been exposed to painting and calligraphy since he was a child. When he was young, Lin Sanzhi studied hard in Linchi under the influence of his parents. He especially loved the calligraphy of "Two Kings" and kept working hard.
As a teenager, he was talented and intelligent, and he had a high degree of sensitivity to painting and calligraphy. At the age of fifteen, he began to copy the inscriptions of the past dynasties, accumulating deep basic skills. The landscape and humanities of his hometown and the poetry and calligraphy exchanges between literati and literati have laid a solid cultural foundation for his future artistic path.
In the turbulent era, the edge of calligraphy and art is beginning to appear
At the beginning of the 20th century, the situation was turbulent, but Lin Sanzhi always regarded painting and calligraphy as an indispensable spiritual basis in his life. In his youth, he traveled to Jinling, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other important cultural towns, communicating with many calligraphy and painting people, and his horizons became wider and wider. At this time, his calligraphy and painting works have begun to take shape, especially his paintings of landscapes, flowers and birds, and his calligraphy is also mainly cursive, with a vivid charm.
In 1929, Lin Sanzhi, the painters Zhang Shuyi, Xu Linlu and others established the "Jinling Painting and Calligraphy Research Association", dedicated to the exchange and promotion of painting and calligraphy art. He firmly believes that painting and calligraphy are not only skills, but also the sustenance of the spirit of literati. This belief has permeated his long artistic career.
Calligraphy and painting go hand in hand, poetry and literature coexist
Lin Sanzhi's artistic cultivation is not limited to painting and calligraphy itself. He reads a lot of books, especially poetry and literature. His poems are timeless and fresh, which complement his paintings and calligraphy. For him, poetry, books, and paintings are one. Poetry is meaning, books are form, and paintings are scenery. Only by combining the three into one can the vast world of the heart truly be expressed.
Because of this, when Lin Sanzhi created calligraphy and painting, he often used poetry in his paintings, or wrote self-titled verses in long calligraphy volumes. Between pen and ink, he had his own heaven and earth opening and closing, and the mountains and rivers were magnificent.
The turning point from landscape painting to cursive giant
Lin Sanzhi's road to painting and calligraphy has not been smooth sailing. Before the age of 40, his main creation was still landscape painting. His landscape painting, inheriting the Song and Yuan Dynasties style of painting, combines vast scenery with delicate pen and ink, and is highly praised by his peers. However, he was never satisfied with this, and he was especially passionate about calligraphy.
After the establishment of New China, Lin Sanzhi devoted all his energy to calligraphy. He traveled all over the classics of the Northern stele such as "Zhangqian Stele" and "Deng Shiru Stele", absorbed its square and heavy aura, and combined with the elegant and smart movement of the southern posts, gradually formed his own style.
By the late 1950s, Lin Sanzhi had pushed cursive script to the peak of art. With his thick and vigorous brushstrokes and unrestrained chapters, he created a new situation of "Linti cursive script" and is known as the "contemporary grass saint".
Prosperous in his later years, a legend in the art world
Lin Sanzhi's artistic peak was reached just in his twilight years. After 1958, he was invited to hold calligraphy exhibitions in Nanjing, Beijing and other places, causing a sensation in the art world. Famous calligraphy and painting masters, scholars, and poets from all walks of life all admire his calligraphy and art.
Since the 1970s, his cursive works have become more popular. The tip of the pen is like a flying dragon walking a phoenix, and it is natural; the ink rhyme is appropriate in intensity and shade, showing the feelings of literati. His classic masterpieces, "Self-made poems in Cursive Script Long Volume", "Self-titled Seven Laws in Cursive Script", etc., are immortal chapters in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
Lin Sanzhi's cursive script is never confined to one grid. Either majestic, or flowing clouds and water, both the robustness of the monument and the beauty of the post have created a new realm of calligraphy art.
Personality style, far-reaching influence
In Lin Sanzhi's life, although he has gone through wars and ups and downs, he has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, and insists on the true nature of art. He has a resolute temperament and an open mind, especially self-cultivation of "cultivating virtue with books and cultivating books with virtue". This kind of charisma reflects each other with his vigorous and powerful cursive script, which has achieved Lin Sanzhi's style of inheritance.
He once said: "Calligraphy has to be spineless to hold a person's soul. "It is this belief that has allowed his calligraphy works to exude vitality beyond time and space, and it is still admired by calligraphy lovers.
Influence future generations, art is always new
Lin Sanzhi's art has a profound impact on future generations. He helped him learn and did not hesitate to give him guidance. Many contemporary masters of calligraphy and painting drew inspiration from his pen and ink. His works are collected by many museums and art museums at home and abroad, and have become an important symbol of Chinese calligraphy art.
In today's world of calligraphy, Lin Sanzhi's cursive script is no longer just a style of calligraphy, but also a symbol of cultural spirit. With his respect for tradition and response to the times, he inspired the latecomers: pen and ink should have the world in mind in order to become a family.
Poetic life, handed down to the worldPick
Lin Sanyi's life was picturesque, with both the warmth of the smoky rain in the south of the Yangtze River and the pride of going east of the Yangtze River. His calligraphy is a tribute to life, a sigh for the times, and an eternal commitment to culture.
He said: "I only live for pen and ink in my life. "These words express Lin Sanyi's will and true meaning in his life. It is this kind of persistence that has made him constantly surpass himself in his long journey of painting and calligraphy, and eventually become a generation of masters in the world of calligraphy.
Today, when we wander among Lin Sanzhi's pen and ink, we can still feel the power to travel through time and space. In the vast pen and ink, the chest and faith of an old man leaped, and an immortal legend in the history of Chinese calligraphy was also frozen.
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