The rivers and mountains await the flowers competing in bloom; heaven and earth, impartial, welcome spring's return(Lower Panel)
Author:Chen Kun-yi
Size:Length:180 x Width:45.7 (cm)
Size description：180×45.7
Introduction：Chen Kun-yi (1944–) was born in Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County. His courtesy name is Tzu-chien. From an early age he was devoted to calligraphy, studying under Wang Pei-yueh, Chen Chi-chuan, Li Yu, and Wu Ping, and guided throughout by the spirit of the saying: "Set your will upon the Way, hold to virtue, lean upon benevolence, and roam in the arts." His creative work is characterized by ease and naturalness, far removed from the competitive tendencies of the literati; it is a return to the truest spirit of creation, giving viewers much to reflect upon. He has won first prize at the National Fine Arts Exhibition and has served as a juror for the Chung Shan Literature and Arts Awards, National Fine Arts Exhibition, and Taiwan Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition. He is also a former counselor at the Council for Cultural Affairs, Executive Yuan.
Chen has explored all the major scripts. He excels in clerical, seal, and regular scripts, with semi-cursive and cursive script being his greatest strengths and personal favorites. His letterforms are disciplined and restrained, rich and unsophisticated, natural and unaffected. Beyond his gifts in calligraphy, Chen's mastery of classical Chinese studies is far from ordinary: he writes the poetry and prose of earlier ages while remaining connected to everyday life, composes his own verse, and even creates works in a variety of materials. He is also skilled in seal carving and inscription, drawing on many traditions and presenting many different faces; the artistry of his chisel conveys the spirit of the brush. He brings to calligraphy an architectural sense of spatial beauty, and the results are deeply pleasing.
This work prevails through its tonal flavor, blending a measured, deliberate brushwork with an exhilarating rhythmic momentum; a work full of force and spirit. Within its simplicity lies an aesthetic consciousness that unites seal carving and calligraphy; ancient rawness coexists with a modern sensibility. The strokes flow in rounded turns, varying richly in weight, at once slow and swift. Viewers can sense the breath between movement and stillness. Through the brush, the work reveals the artist's moral cultivation and scholarship, inseparably fused with art—both a pleasure to contemplate and to read.
Accession Number:PT10400202
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