Calligraphy

Length:45.3 x Width:185.9 (cm)

6件畫心尺寸(1:45.3×185.9_2:45.2×183_3:45.1×185.4 _4:45.5×186.1_5:45.2×186.2_6:45.2×186),6件全尺寸(1:55.4×228.7×3_2:55.6×229.2×3_3:55.3×229.4×3_4:55.5×229.4×3_5:55.3×229.3×3_6:55.4×229.2×3.2)

Accession Number：20170300080

Fu Chuan-Fu (1910-2007, Hangzhou, Zhejiang) was born Fu Bao-Ching and was also known by the sobriquet Chueh-Weng and the studio name Xuehua Village Resident. From an early age, he studied literature, calligraphy, painting, and seal carving under his father, Fu Yu (1880-1959). At seventeen, he joined the Xiling Society of Seal Arts in Hangzhou and became a disciple of Wang Jen-Chih (1871-1932). At twenty-nine, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, he traveled with the military to Sichuan, where he studied bird-and-flower painting under the renowned master Chen Chih-Fo (1896-1962). After relocating to Taiwan, Fu taught at the Political Staff School (now the Fu Hsing Kang College of National Defense University) and the National Taiwan Academy of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts). He also co-founded the Six Beauties Painting Society, Ren-Yin Painting Society, Eight Friends Painting Society, the Chinese Calligraphy Society, and the Chinese Painting Society of the Republic of China. Over his career, he was honored with the Ministry of Education’s Literary and Arts Award, the National Award for Arts, the Executive Yuan Cultural Award, and the Wenxin Award.
This six-panel work, written in cursive script, transcribes Peach Blossom Spring, a yuefu-style poem by the Tang dynasty poet Wang Wei (701-761). The brushwork is spontaneous and unrestrained, with strokes that flow continuously from one to the next. Ink tones shift between dark and light, wet and dry, creating a wide range of variations. The structure of the characters opens and closes with measured balance, adhering to established rules while appearing effortlessly free. Within this air of elegance and ease, one can discern Fu Chuan-Fu’s mastery of the styles of past calligraphers, as well as his ability to generate fresh ideas beyond traditional constraints. The inscription reads, “Wang Mo-Chieh’s Peach Blossom Spring. Written by Chueh-Weng Fu Chuan-Fu at Fudan Hall,” and is accompanied by eight seals: “To Delight in a Finite Life,” “Brush Loosed in the Spirit of the Moment,” “Finding Joy in the Mountains and Fields,” “Fudan,” “Wandering Freely in the Great Transformation,” “Drifting Across the Art World,” “Seal of Fu Chuan-Fu,” and “Studio of Things Left