The Initial Discussion And Study On Zhang Xinruo’s Calligraphic Art

Zhang Xinruo, as a famous calligrapher predecessor with good professional virtue and professional skills, devoted himself to the calligraphic character-carving art all his life. He always researched deeply in the artistic theory and popularized the popularity and development of the calligraphic character-carving art. Unfortunately, because of his social position, there was no treatise about his system research. This article will comprehensively and objectively measure Zhang Xinruo’s position in the history of contemporary calligraphic development according to his life condition and artistic experiences, in order to further research his artistic thought, achievement and influence. As a nonprofessional calligrapher, what’s the origin and cause of his works (regular script, running-hand and scribbles)? Why his works get a highly professional evaluation and are collected by various artistic exhibition halls? What’s the learning value of his thesis? What’s the relationship between his works and the first Chinese calligraphic newspaper? What are the contributions to Popularization and promotion of Hubei calligraphy? All of these are the author’s initial discussion and study.