The best calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty wrote orchids, full of elegant charm

The best calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty wrote orchids, full of clear charm

2024-07-29

"Orchid and Bamboo Album" by Guo Shangxian of the Qing Dynasty

Guo Shangxian was also a famous calligrapher of small regular script in the Qing Dynasty, and was once hailed as the best calligrapher of small regular script in the Qing Dynasty!

"Orchid and Bamboo Album" by Guo Shangxian of the Qing Dynasty

This album of orchids and bamboos is a masterpiece of Guo Shangxian's later years. The painting style is elegant, natural and fluent, with crisp strokes and no rigid adherence to form.

"Orchid and Bamboo Album" by Guo Shangxian of the Qing Dynasty

Guo Shangxian (1785-1832), courtesy name Yuankai and pseudonym Lanshi, was born in Putian, Fujian Province. He was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Jiaqing (1809). Guo Shangxian was a learned man with many talents and wrote many books. He was good at calligraphy and seal carving, "first learning from Ouyang, and later from Yan and Zhu", so much so that people from Korea and Japan at that time competed to buy his works with a large sum of money. He was also good at painting, and in addition to landscapes, he was particularly good at orchids and stones.

"Orchid and Bamboo Album" by Guo Shangxian of the Qing Dynasty

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