"Four Screens of Xingshu" Wang Xun Mu Yitang Art Museum exhibited works
Wang Xun (born unknown – 1915) was originally known as Xuehan (学汉), ziyuan (字子元), a native of Yanghu (present-day Changzhou, Jiangsu). In the eighteenth year of Guangxu (1892), he entered the priesthood and was taught editing.
Wang Xun was known as the Four Great Calligraphers of the Sea along with Wu Changshuo, Zhang Zuyi, and Gao Yong (yōng) in the book world of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty.
When it comes to Wu Changshuo, people will always say that he is a rising mountain in the history of modern calligraphy, representing the height of an era, and when it comes to Wang Xun, many people are still very unfamiliar with him, let alone understand his calligraphy. In fact, when Wang Xun was alive, the title of the book was extremely prominent.
Wang Xun's calligraphy work "Fan Noodles"
According to Yang Yi's "Merlin on the Sea", many shop signs in Shanghai's bustling arteries (such as "Jing Le" under the text) have a great reputation and the books are best-selling.
Wang Xun's calligraphy work "Jing Le"
He also initiated the first folk calligraphy and painting seal engraving creation, appreciation and management group in Shanghai with Wu Changshuo and others.
Excerpt from the article "Merlin on the Sea"
Wang Xun's calligraphy imitates Yan Zhenqing, gets his divine bones, and changes them by participating in his post, and the work force is very deep. It is also a fine seal, affiliation, quaint, and a small seal.
When he was young, Wang Xun also liked to make prints, but his old friends did not know. The seals used in his works are all engraved by himself.
Wang Xun not only has good calligraphy, but also works with flowers and grass worms, and his works are beautiful and lovely, but he does not use his pen lightly, and few people know that he can paint.
More Wang Xun calligraphy works to appreciate
Some of the graphics in this article are excerpted from the Internet