关键词: 余绍宋书法, 书画理论, 学者书家

Abstract:

Yu Shaosong was a famous scholar and a rare talent of encyclopedic knowledge and versatile abilities in the Republic of China era. He had extraordinary attainments in painting, calligraphy, history, politics and law, chronicles and annals, epigraphy and some other areas. He was not only well versed in the above aspects, but also gained mastery of their spirit through a thorough and comprehensive understanding of them. In the initial stage, he studied calligraphy from the works of two master calligraphers Wangxizhi and Wangxianzhi, and then proceeded to study two styles of calligraphy Han Li, Wei Bei and other styles from Tang and Song dynasties, and finally delved himself into the studying of traditional calligraphy of Tie style. His calligraphy and painting works all revealed the unbridled and unsophisticated traditional artistic features. In the meantime, he put the scientific and rigorous spirit into the research and writing of painting and calligraphy notions and theories, which perfectly combined academic studies and art skills. In his more than 60 years’ life of the art pursuit, he promoted the positive development of calligraphy and painting theory and art with other scholars of his time, with mutual appreciation and complementary roles and joint efforts.

Key words: Yu Shaosong’s Calligraphy, Theory of painting and calligraphy, Scholar calligrapher