Ming Zhang Ruitu's Cursive Scrolls of Songs, Collected by the Palace Museum
"Zhang Rui Calligraphy Art Exhibition" is another exhibition of works by Fujian calligraphers in the Ming Dynasty after the "Zodiac Zhou Calligraphy Art Exhibition" of the Fujian Provincial Museum. On the basis of the works collected by the academy, the exhibition also brings together more than a dozen calligraphy and painting works in the collection of the Palace Museum, Shanghai Museum, Liaoning Provincial Museum, Hubei Provincial Museum, Sichuan Museum, Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Fuzhou Museum, Jinjiang Museum, etc., with a total of more than 60 pieces (groups). Including vertical scrolls, hand scrolls, fans of the form of a variety of forms, of which, most of which are Zhang Ruitu's line, cursive works, such as "Cursive Climbing The Tower Song Scroll", "Cursive Du Fu Poetry Axis", "Xingshu Seven Absolute Poetry Axis", "Xingshu Seven Absolute Poetry Axis" and so on.
Ming Zhang Ruitu "Zhang Ruitu Xingshu Seven Absolute Poetry Axis" Shanghai Museum Collection
Ming Zhang Ruitu "Cursive Short Text Vertical Axis" Jinjiang Museum Collection
Zhang Ruitu (1570-1644), character Changgong, no painting, number Ershui, Guoting Shanren, Mustard Resident, Bai Hao Temple Lord, etc. A native of Jinjiang, Fujian. In the thirty-fifth year of the Wanli Dynasty, the third and third places of the first class of the court examination were awarded to the Editor of the Hanlin Academy, and the lishu was also a waiter of the ceremonial department, and the shangshu of the rebbe entered the cabinet, and the scholar of the Jinjian Jidian University was added to the shaoshi.
Zhang Ruitu is famous for his proficiency in books, along with Dong (Qichang), Xing (Dong), and Mi (Wanzhong), with the name of "Southern Zhang Beidong", and is also good at landscapes and water, and also works on Buddha statues, but there are few paintings passed down from generation to generation. There is the "Pekoe An Collection" passed down. His calligraphy is the most creative in the "Four Houses of the Late Ming Dynasty". The three bodies of kai, xing, and grass all see the wind of strangeness and elegance, and the cursive spirit is particularly strong and arrogant. In his later years, he was deeper than the Buddhist Tao, and his calligraphy also changed, and in the midst of linger and transgression, he became more and more pure and refined, which was quite in line with the calligraphy style of Zen Buddhism in the Southern Song Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty Liang Wei's "Records of the Accumulation of The Chronicle of the Chengjin Dynasty" says: "Zhang Ershui's book, the circle is a square posture, there is no turn, and the ancient law is a change." Qin Zuyong's "Tong Yin On Painting" said: "Rui Shu Fa Qi Yi." Commentators may say that there is no teacher, and there is another way to find a way outside the bell and the king. True books are like cliffs and cliffs, cursive books are like turbulent rocks, strange and unique. Zhang Zongxiang, a close friend, also praised him in the "Theory of the Origin of Calligraphy" for "dissolving the North Monument and thinking that it was a grass".
Ming Zhang Ruitu", "Five Laws of Poetry Axis", Hubei Provincial Museum
Ming Zhang Ruitu "Cursive Du Fu Poetry Axis", Guangdong Provincial Museum Collection
The difference between Zhang Rui's calligraphy method is the circling and jumping of the pen and the tight binding of the square fold, which is the result of Zhang Ruitu's development after deeply understanding the Jinren Fadu. Its lower stroke is straight in and out, the starting and ending turns are not decorated with any return and setbacks, coupled with skill, the speed of writing is very fast, giving people a feeling of pain and sharpness. Because the volley of the next pen into the paper momentum is sharp and horizontal, revealing the sharp edge, the bend at the turn is especially the sharp "failure", breaking the Tibetan Feng said that the book world is regarded as a golden rule, breaking through the forbidden area on the penmanship.
Ming Zhang Ruitu", "Fan Painting of the Five Laws of xingshu"
Ming Zhang Ruitu
Zhang Ruitu's change of style of writing had a great impact on the gentle, elegant, feminine and sweet style of writing at that time, and also brought many enlightenments to future generations of calligraphers. He also made a successful exploration of the visual effects of strengthening his calligraphy works, and objectively played a role in opening up the mountains for the zodiac Zhou, Wang Duo, Ni Yuanlu, and Fu Shan, who were slightly later than him. In modern times, Shen Zengzhi, Zheng Xiaoxu, Yu Youren, and contemporary Pan Tianshou and Lu Weizhao have all played here. Even the Japanese book world is highly respected. From the Edo period onwards, the Uighurs were well known for the handwriting of Zhang Ruitu when the Yellow Tiller's Hidden Zen Master traveled east to Japan, and had a great influence on the Japanese book world, and Zhang Ruitu was called "Mercury". Japanese people call his calligraphy "consistent in pulse and in its own style". It can be seen that Zhang Ruitu's influence is very huge and far-reaching.
"Rescue Project of Famous Artists of Fujian Calligraphy and Painting - Zhang Rui Calligraphy and Art Exhibition"
Chen Ji, deputy director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture, said, "In recent years, the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture has organized the implementation of the "Rescue Project for Famous Calligraphers and Painters of Fujian Nationality", and has successively held exhibitions of calligraphy and painting works of famous calligraphers and painters in our province, such as Zodiac Zhou, Yi Bingshou, Shen Xiaoshou, Chen Zifen, Zhao Yulin, shen Yaochu, etc., which have had a good impact on the national calligraphy and painting circles. This Zhang Rui Calligraphy and Art Exhibition is another important project of the series of activities of the "Fujian Calligraphy and Painting Famous Artists Rescue Project", and on the basis of the collection of the provincial library, the exhibition is specially borrowed from major museums across the country to borrow his remaining calligraphy and paintings, which is a rare move. This exhibition reproduces Zhang Ruitu's artistic achievements, presents an artistic feast for the masses and calligraphy lovers, brings artistic enjoyment and spiritual edification, and at the same time has profound significance for interpreting the connotation of Zhang Ruitu's calligraphy and painting, strengthening the protection, inheritance and development of Zhang Ruitu's culture and art, and also providing precious historical materials for studying the history of the development of fine art calligraphy in our province. ”
It is reported that the exhibition will last until August 5.
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