Hu Chenghan 胡澂瀚.
Hu Chenghan displays two very different syles in the pieces below. The poem about bamboos is in a semicursive hand—xing shu (行書). The strokes are fluid and vigorous. Several of the characters have ligatures where the brush continues on into the next character linking them in one continuous stroke. The couplet below uses clerical script—li shu (隸書). This style has a tight rectangular structure with strong vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines giving the characters something of a chiseled look.
Creator.Personal Name: Hu Chenghan.
Creator.Role: calligrapher
Title: [Poem]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (semicursive script); inscribed and signed by the artist; two white seals below signature and one at upper right.
Date.Creation: 1999
Type: Calligraphy—Chinese.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)—Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 21 x 38 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
A poet praising bamboo, said, they grow in the green mountains,
enduring winds from every direction.
Creator.Personal Name: Hu Chenghan.
Creator.Role: calligrapher
Title: [Couplet]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (clerical script); inscribed and signed by the artist; two white seals below signature and one at upper right.
Date.Creation: 1999.
Type: Calligraphy—Chinese—1999.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)—Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 17 x 36.2 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Sunset clouds scud along with a lone waterfowl,
the autumn river mirrors the sky's color.
落霞與孤鷟齊飛
秋水共長天一色