Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1983

Dimensions: Height 33.0 cm, Width 68.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • elegy zhang zhiyi running script handscroll zhao puchu 1983 ink paper

A native of Hanyang, Hubei Province, Zhang Zhiyi served as Vice Head of the United Front Work Department of CPC Central Committee, Deputy to the National People's Congress, and Member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Zhao Puchu wrote this elegy after Zhang's passing in 1983, to commend Zhang's high sense of responsibility being 'iron shoulders taking duties and brave hearts cutting thorns'. The work articulates the 77-year-old gentleman's great grief in deliberate and rhythmic brushstrokes.