Artist: Zhao Puchu

Date: Modern

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Zhao Puchu Gallery
• Tag：
  • comment running script mounted sheet zhao puchu modern ink paper

This calligraphic work comprises Zhao Puchu's comments on calligraphies by four celebrities: Master Hongyi, Ma Yifu, Ye Shengtao and Feng Zikai. Each person's calligraphy is reviewed with four four-word phrases, and the passage concludes with the admiring statement that 'looking at a gentleman's calligraphy is just like seeing the gentleman'. Zhao's work features slightly melted, fleshy brushwork that integrates archaic form with flowing grace. He created this work at the age of eighty-four.