Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1976

Dimensions: Height 22.0 cm, Width 100.0 cm (Shen's letters); Height 20.8 cm, Width 10.0 cm (Zhao's postscript)

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • postscript shen yinmo's letter running script handscroll zhao puchu 1976 ink paper

Zhao Puchu and Shen Yinmo were very compatible and both interested in Chinese classics, history, and calligraphy. They often wrote poems to each other. When Shen Yinmo passed away in 1972, Zhao recalled Shen's abundant erudition, extraordinary calligraphy, and respectable qualities such as open-mindedness and modesty. In 1976, Zhao wrote a postscript for the scroll of Shen's letters to Zhao, which centered on Chinese calligraphy. The postscript was written with wet brushstrokes in an uninterrupted flow and rhythm when Zhao was seventy.