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Size:Length:203.5 x Width:45 (cm)

Size description：135×34 (畫心)

Introduction：Hsueh Ping-nan (1945- ), style name Ting-Chi, was born in Jiading Township, Kaohsiung County. In 1960, he studied mechanical engineering at National Tainan Industrial High School, and he was admitted to the Department of Arts and Crafts Night School at National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) in 1968. He started learning from Li Pu-tong in the following year, during which he earned first place in calligraphy in the National Students Art Competition. In 1972, he graduated from NTUA and stayed as an teaching assistant. In 1973, he studied seal carving under Wang Chuang-wei, participating in the Huano Calligraphy Society in the subsequent year. In 1980, he served as a part-time lecturer at NTUA. He was awarded the Chung-Hsiang Literary and Artistic Creation Award in 1982, as well as the Sun Yat Sen Literary and Artistic Creation Award in the next year. In 1985, he served as a part-time lecturer at the Taipei National University of the Arts, and he won the National Literary and Artistic Creation Award in 1995. In 1999, he became a part-time Professor at Shih Hsin University, and in the following year, he started serving as the President of the Standard Cursive Script Association.
Hsueh Ping-nan’s calligraphy style is elegant and refined. He stated himself that his style has evolved through the years, from uptight to verifying, and from the copybook clique to the stele clique. Based on the classical spirit, the doctrine of the mean, and nature, his calligraphy does not intentionally seek for innovation and change; rather, he allows his style and formation to develop naturally, like that of the ancient calligraphers. Hsueh’s cursive script was taught by Li Pu-tong then passed on to Yu Yu-jen, hoping to demonstrate the magnificent and striking quality of his calligraphy. Seal carving, after the baptism of the Han seal, ancient seal, and Anhui and Zhejiang cliques, has become beautiful and neat, with smooth lines and freehand styles. Hsueh hopes to channel his inner spirit into his calligraphy, embodying Wu Jang-chih and Wu Chang-shuo’s legacy, and he pursues the state in which his knife and pen become one.
This work is written in running cursive script, bearing the characteristics of both Yu Yu-jen and Li Pu-tong’s style. The words translate to: “Su Dong-po holds unique talent, leaving everyone gasping in his wake. In his later years in the North, his innocence shines through composed yet simple manner.” The form was based off of Yu Yu-jen, but thicker and sturdier, with an air of the Guange style. The content is Wang Wen-chi’s commentary poem on Su Shih, inheriting the charm of the Qing Dynasty literati, which demonstrates Hsueh’s intention of connecting the scholars of the Song Dynasty.

Accession Number:PT09301400

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