典藏單位:國立中正紀念堂管理處

館藏編號:PT09300500

連勝彥

尺寸:181×90 (畫心)

連勝彥（1938-），字慕豪，號傑閣，出生於新北市三重。1960年畢業於中原理工學院化工系，1967年起師事曹容習字，1974年參與成立換鵝書會，1975年獲臺北市美展第一名，任換鵝書會會長，1978年任清傳商職校長，1980年當選國大代表，並於1987年、1999年連任。2000年籌設中國書法藝術基金會，2003年退休後，轉任董事長，並獲文建會第六屆文馨獎。2009年為中正紀念堂典藏審議委員，2012年成立傑閣書會，參與國內外重要書法展覽與評議委員，並推廣書法教育與書法藝術活動，獲「全球中華文化書法藝術薪傳獎」、中華文藝協會書法類「文藝獎章」等榮銜。
連勝彥先以楷書入手，習歐、顏、虞、褚、柳等唐代名家，後習行書，從二王入手，兼習隸法，以漢隸為主、清人為輔，再次習草、篆，草書從智永、王羲之、孫過庭等，篆書從金文、石鼓文、吳昌碩等，自詡以弘揚傳統書道為己任；其字典正有館閣氣，遒勁清秀，繼承臺灣傳統文人書風的典型。
本作品錄曹容的詩作：「每當執筆學忘機。養性修身道與歸。自古名流多健壽。臨池先我悟精微。」詩中描寫學書之感觸，作者亦有借曹容之詩自抒己懷的涵意。全幅以行書寫成，但布局嚴整，具曹容渾厚平正的風格，但在鋪排上較為嚴謹；運筆並用濃墨枯筆寫出蒼勁力道，有濃厚金石意，但不過分渲染，均勻有度。(510字)

Lien Sheng-yen (1938- )–style name Mu-hao, pseudonym Chieh-ko–was born in Sanchung, New Taipei City. In 1960, he graduated from Chung Yuan University as a Chemical Engineering major. In 1967, he started learning calligraphy from Tsao Jung, and in 1974, he was one of the people who helped establish the Huano Calligraphy Society. In 1975, he won first place in the Taipei City Arts Competition, and he became the President of the Huano Calligraphy Society. In 1978, he began serving as the President of Chin Chwang Commercial Vocational High School, and in 1980, he was elected to the National Congress, re-elected later in 1987 and 1999. In 2000, he founded the Chinese Calligraphy Foundation. After retiring in 2003, he transferred to become the Chairman, as well as awarded the 6th Arts & Business Awards. In 2009, he became a member of the collection review committee for the National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall. In 2012, he founded the Chieh-Ko Calligraphy Society, participating as a member of the appraisal committee for both domestic and international calligraphy exhibitions, promoting calligraphy education and art activities. He was awarded the Global Chinese Culture Calligraphy Art Advocation Award, the Literary and Artistic Medal from the Chinese Writers Artists Association, etc.
Lien Sheng-yen first started with regular script, incorporating qualities from Ou, Yan, Yu, Chu, Liu and other famous Tang dynasty masters. Later, he studied semi-cursive script, starting with Erhwang’s style, as well as clerical script, with the Han clerical as the main and the Qing people as the auxiliary. He once again dived into cursive and seal script, learning cursive from the works of Jhi Young, Wang Hsi-chi, Sun Guo-ting, etc.; he also studied seal script from bronze, stone drum, Wu Chang-shuo, etc., holding the promotion of traditional calligraphy as his own responsibility. His penmanship harbors a Guange style, strong and beautiful, inheriting the traditional Taiwanese literati calligraphy archetype.
This work records Tsao Jung’s poem–"Time pauses when one picks up the pen, the cultivation of the self and returns. Since ancient times, the famous have had more longevity. Before the pool, I understand the subtleties”–which describes the sentiments stemmed from learning calligraphy. Lien also intends to express his own sentiments through quoting Tsao’s poem. The entire work is written in semi-cursive script, yet the layout is rigorous, with Tsao Jung’s vigorous and straightforward style. The brushwork is thick and sturdy yet written in dry pen, with a heavy air of the Jinshih style yet not excessively exaggerated, even and uniform.