Wu Changshuo was a famous painter, calligrapher and seal engraver in the late Qing Dynasty, and was a representative of "Houhai School". The first president of Hangzhou Xiling Printing Society. Jun, first named Chang Shuo, also known as Cang Shi and Cang Shi. Commonly known as Cang Shuo, Lao Cang, Lao Bian, Bitter Iron, Deaf, Buddha.
In the 24th year of Qing Daoguang (1844),/kloc-0 was born in wucun, Xiaofeng County, Zhejiang Province in August. I studied with my father when I was young, and then I went to a private school in a neighboring village. 10 likes to carve seals when he is in his teens. His father gave him some advice and got started. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the Taiping army and the Qing army fought in the west of Zhejiang, and the whole family fled to the chaos in the barren hills and valleys, and their siblings starved to death. Later, he was separated from his family and made a living as a short-term worker and handyman. He lived in exile in Hubei and Anhui for several years. 265,438+0 years old returned to his hometown to farm. After farming, I studied hard. Learn seal cutting calligraphy at the same time. Tongzhi four years (1865), Wuchang Master Jinshi. He used to be the magistrate of Andong County (now Lianshui County) in Jiangsu Province, and didn't go until January, so he carved the seal of "Andong Order in January". In the eleventh year of Tongzhi (1872), he married Xing Wu Shijiu (Jixian) from Anji City, linghu town, Gui 'an County, Zhejiang Province (now Xing Wu County). Shortly after marriage, in order to make a living, seek advice and make friends, and pursue further studies in art, he often stayed away from his hometown for many years and never returned. In the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), he took his family to settle in Suzhou and then moved to Shanghai. He traveled between Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and experienced many stone tablets, seals, calligraphy and painting, which was an eye-opener. After that, he settled in Shanghai and collected poems, books, paintings and prints extensively. In his later years, his painting style was outstanding, and he was famous for his excellent skills in seal cutting, calligraphy and painting. He became a pioneer representative of "post-Shanghai School" art and a master of modern art in China. In twenty-two years, he was promoted to the county magistrate of Anton (now Lianshui County, Jiangsu Province) and resigned and returned to South within one month. In the summer of thirty years, I met with Ye Weiming, Ding Ren, Wu Jinpei, Wang and others on the first floor of Hangzhou West Lake to discuss the art of seal cutting printing. 19 13, Hangzhou Xiling printing press was formally established, Wu Changshuo was promoted to the first president, and his stage name was increased. After seventy, he was deaf again. China, an outstanding artist in modern times, was a recognized leader in Shanghai painting and printing circles at that time, and was famous all over the world.
16 years 1 1 month (1927165438+16 October), Wu Changshuo suffered a stroke on 1 1 6 October. 1933, 1 1 June, was buried at the west foot of Baochi Temple in Chaoshan near Tangqi, Yuhang County, Zhejiang Province. The cemetery is located on the bank of Songmeiting. A couplet written by Shen Qiquan (Wei) is engraved on the stone pillar of the tomb gate: "He is a Jinshi family, three generations of Ding Yi, and two Beijing tablets, and I am deeply impressed." This place is next to Yuxi's old house, surrounded by several mountains and plum blossoms. "Five villages have his cenotaph. Xiling Printing House has Wu Changshuo Memorial Room. 1984, Wu Changshuo Memorial Hall was built in Dipu Town, 1987, and its former residence in wucun was restored. Wu Changshuo's paintings, calligraphy and seal cutting works include Wu Changshuo's Painting Collection, Wu Changshuo's Works Collection, Bitter Iron Breaking Gold, Lu Lu's Close Ink, Wu Cang's Lithography, Lu Luyin and so on. His poems include Lu Lu badminton's collection. Wu Changshuo has three sons and a daughter. Wu Han, the second son, and Wu Dongmai, the third son, are good at seal cutting calligraphy and painting. [Edit this paragraph] When I was a teenager, I was influenced by my father, that is, I liked to write books and seal cutting. His regular script began to be strict, followed by Dean Zhong; Li Shu studied China stone carvings; The study of seal script was initially influenced by Deng, Zhao and others, and later it was integrated in the writing of Shigu. Sha Menghai's comment: Mr. Wu tried his best to avoid the state of "stubborn" and "grasping the heart and gnawing teeth", and confused the three styles of Zhong Ding pottery characters, so he was much better than Zhao Gaoming. Wu Changshuo's running script was greatly influenced by Huang Tingjian and Wang Duo's brushwork, while Huang Daozhou's brushwork was greatly influenced by Beibei's brushwork, seal and pen.
His seal cutting began with the "Zhejiang School" and later specialized in Chinese and Indian, and was influenced by Deng, Zhao and others. Become a grandmaster. His paintings are ups and downs, good at blank spaces or diagonal lines, and have a strong sense of volume in composition. His seal script has a strong personality, and the characters in the seal script are full of brushwork, and the knife melts into the pen. Therefore, his seal cutting often shows the characteristics of male and charming, clumsy and simple, ugly and beautiful, ancient and present, changing and positive. In the aspect of seal cutting, Wu Changshuo took Ding Yi from the top and Qin and Han Dynasties from the bottom, and creatively combined Song Qian's and Wu Fu's cutting with obtuse carving knives. Therefore, his seal cutting works can see vitality in beauty, magnolia officinalis in fluency, and often inadvertently see skill.
▲ Printmaking works
The lion-carving buckle in the old pit of Shoushan is cleverly colored, and people do things in the world. Through the ages, they have learned blessings, such as HeiQingtian, January Andongling, Anji County of Huzhou, Taishan Residual Stone Building, Mei Dongsheng Gardener, Bamboo Cave Longer, Storm Book, Chihiro Bamboo Studio, etc.