Biography
Huang Shiling, also known as Mu Fu, Mu Fu, Mu Father, Mu Father, Yi Shan People, Yi Shan People, Yi Shan People, Yi Shan Sick Sou, Tired Tour Lord, Shi Tired Lord, etc. Zhai name: "Snail Seal Residence", "YanqingFen Room", "Ancient Locust Neighbor House". His father Zhonghe was proficient in speaking, good at small seals, gong poetry, and had the "ZhuRuitang Collection".
Seal book appreciation
Huang Mufu was taught by the court at an early age, "At the age of eight or nine, the poetry ceremony was in the leisure time, and the side and seal were engraved. Since then, he has formed an indissoluble relationship with the seal carving. When he was a teenager, his home was destroyed, and his brother went to Nanchang to make a living, and his amateurs still did not give up the pursuit of calligraphy and seal engraving, and around the age of twenty-eight, he published the first printed book in Nanchang, "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra Seal", which fully demonstrated his talent and skill in seal carving.
Printed sheets
In 1882, he moved to Guangzhou, and had the privilege of getting acquainted with the local celebrities Fu Ziqin, the generals Changshan and Zizhirui, the scribes Shen Zetang, Liang Zhaohuang, Liang Dingfen, Wen Tingshi, etc., which played a very important role in promoting his later artistic development. In 1885, due to the strong praise and recommendation of the general Changshan and his son Zhirui and others, he entered the guozijiannan school in Beijing, the highest school at that time, and devoted himself to the study of epigraphy. And "from Sheng Boxi, Wang Liansheng, Wu Qingqing, learn from Dajin." In 1887, he was invited by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangguang, and Wu Dacheng, the governor of Guangdong, to enter the school library of Guangya Bookstore as a school engraver, and in 1900 he returned to his hometown after a tired tour; two years later, he was invited to the Duanfang shogunate to engage in the work of school journals and compilations of classics and jinshi books. He returned to his hometown in 1904 and did not make a comeback until his death in 1908.
Appreciation of seal engravings
Characteristics of the Yishan school seal carving
In terms of chapters, the seal carvings of the "Yishan School" pay attention to the density and interspersing, as if the ingenuity is unique, and it seems to be casually picked up, the secret characters are clear and sparse, and the meaning is full of interest; boldly expand the scope of seal engraving, Yi Ding, Quan Quan, Zhao, Quan Coin, Mirror Inscription, Ancient Pottery, Brick and Tile, Stone Carving, etc., have all been dissolved into the seal art, so that many of its works have the flavor of Ding Yi, Jing Ming and other words, which seem ordinary, but change endlessly.
In terms of knife technique, the "Yishan School" seal carving is clumsy, returning to the truth and simplicity, Huang Shiling changed the cutting knife to a thin-bladed punching knife, completely in accordance with tradition, the knife is extremely vertical, no different from the pen, each painting is light and strong, fierce and strong, washing and thick, the rise of each line, in one go, crisp and clean, the charm of the knife and the beauty of the line are very strong.
The art of seal engraving of the "Yishan School" is also reflected in the engraving of the side section of the seal, the side section is unique, with a single knife to imitate the six dynasties of the book, thick and sharp, just like its book, large or small, all have pen and ink, the big one sees Shen Xiong, and the small one is beautiful.
Poetry, calligraphy and painting are never separated from the family, and the paintings are attached to the view.
In the 28th year of Guangxu, Huang Shiling left Guangzhou to return to his hometown and built an "old German neighbor house" in Huangcun. He was self-sacrificing, generous to widows and orphans, poor and poor, and Guangxu died in thirty-four years at the age of 60. He is the author of the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra And the ÷ Miscellaneous Verses" (Prajnaparamita Sutra). His son Huang Shaomu's compilation of "The Seal of Mr. Mufu of yishan people" was published in 4 volumes.
The gentleman is gone, and the light shines on the present.
The skills are exquisite, and the merits are glorious in ancient and modern times.
(End)