Hua Shikui
Hua Shikui (1863~1941), zi Qichen, Bichen, Han, one of the "Eight Greats" of Tianjin. Originally from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he later moved to Tianjin and is a famous calligrapher. His calligraphy takes the bone of the yan character, and the courage is majestic, the bone strength is open, and the skill is very thick. The handwritten "Tianjin Persuasion Field" five-character giant plaque, with a word size of 1 meter and a majestic vigor, is its representative work. The calligraphy works are as small as the fly head and as large as the list books above the diameter of the ruler, and the structure is very dignified and relaxed, and it is more vigorous and upright in the later years. It ranks first among the four major calligraphers in modern Tianjin.
Hua Shikui calligraphy
After a long period of calligraphy practice and exploration, Hua Shikui combined Su Dongpo's ingenious structure and zhu li's brushwork with Yan's clumsy characters to form a clumsy "Chinese style" calligraphy; and theoretically summarized six kinds of brushwork rich in his own personality connotations, namely "lifting, pressing, duning, frustrated, internal trembling, external trembling". He wrote many plaques, inscriptions, epitaphs, etc., leaving many commemorative cultural relics in Tianjin. The calligraphy works are as small as the fly head and as large as the list books above the diameter of the ruler, and the structure is very dignified and relaxed, and it is more vigorous and upright in the later years.
Tan Yanmin
Tan Yanmin (1880-1930), Zizuan, Fearless, Cut Zhai, Hunan Chaling people. Together with Chen Sanli and Tan Sitong, he was called "The Three Princes of Huxiang"; together with Chen Sanli, Xu Renzhu and Tao Jucun, he was called the "Fourth Duke of Restoration". He served as the overseer of the two Guangdong armies, three times as the overseer of Hunan, the governor of the province and the commander-in-chief of the Xiang Army, and was awarded the rank of general and the grand marshal of the army. He was the chairman of the National Government in Nanjing and the president of the Executive Yuan. On September 22, 1930, he died in Nanjing. After his death, the government of the Republic of China held a state funeral for him. Tan Yanmin is known as "Modern Yanshu Everyone", and his authors include "Collected Poems of Kuian", etc., who are good at food and are the founders of Kuian Xiang cuisine. Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling married, with Tan Yanmin as the introducer.
Tan Yanmin calligraphy
Tan Yanmin's characters are also like his people, his calligraphy points are like falling stones, paintings are like Xia Yun, hooks are like Qu Jin, Ge is like a crossbow, vertical paintings use the hanging needle method, the starting pen is calm and steady, the setback is powerful, making people feel rich and strong, and the taste is thick and hidden. A cleansing of the first book world posture, those who are insufficient, less of their own faces. His calligraphy skills are profound, the changes are dexterous, the pen is sharp, the pen edge can hide the sharp edge on the paper, and there is a majestic momentum, although it is a former Qing jinshi, but its calligraphy has no feminine atmosphere of the pavilion. It is another person who writes the face body after Qian Feng in the Qing Dynasty. It is praised as "so far in the Republic of China, and those who learn to look good are unsurpassed".