Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern, dated 1971

Dimensions: Height 47.0 cm, Width 89.0 cm

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • poem zhang shizhao celebration of eternal spring running script handscroll zhao puchu 1971 ink paper

Zhao Puchu composed this poem for Zhang Shizhao, a reputed democrat of the elder generation. They had known each for a long time and often wrote poems to each other. The red-colored and gold-flecked, waxed paper, along with the poem's tune name Celebration of Eternal Spring, indicates an atmosphere of great joy. Zhao's calligraphy, exuding a flowing grace, reveals his gentle and unworldly character. Zhao created this work in 1971 at the age of sixty-five.