Huang Tingjian

Huang Tingjian

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Huang Tingjian (Chinese: 黄庭堅) (1045–1105) was a Chinese artist. He is predominantly known as a calligrapher, but was also admired for his painting and poetry. He was one of the Four masters of the Song Dynasty, and was a student of Su Shi at his school of literati painting.

Huang is generally regarded as the finest and most creative calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. His xingshu displays a sharpness and aggression which is instantly recognisable to the student of Chinese calligraphy.

Huang Tingjian writing

References

• Encyclopædia Britannica, copyrighted 1994-2005.
• William Willets(1981), Chinese Calligraphy: Its History and Aesthetic Motivation, Oxford University Press.

External links

• Huang Tingjian's Calligraphy Gallery at China Online Museum