Tag: Calligraphy
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The Influence of American Nationalism on Mark Tobey’s Sumi Art
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was a quintessential Abstract Expressionist dedicated to applying Japanese calligraphy to the Western style painting. In 1957, he created a group of over fifty sumi abstractions, including Space Ritual No.1, which was the epitome of his Japanese study. However, this strong Asian influence on his style marginalized his position in the art circles,…
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The Calligraphy of Distant Lands: Abstract Expressionist Paintings of John Way
American Abstract Expressionist painting successfully shifted the center of contemporaryart from Paris to New York in the mid-20* century. This achievement was not only dueto the growing international influence of the United States’ power, but also to its inclu-sive and humanistic values. John Way, originally trained in traditional Chinese literatieducation as a seal carving artist…
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Some Contributing Factors to the Modernity of Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century’s Chinese Calligraphy and Paintings
Jingwei Zeng DOI: 10.64212/MQHQ8880 AbstractThis paper explores some factors that gave rise to the modernity of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Chinese calligraphy and painting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Special Collections. The art in this period has long been signified as a cultural stagnation. However, its modernist tendency is demonstrated here, bringing the overlooked subjects…
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To Go Beyond Imagery is to Attain Truth: A Brief Discussion of the Meaning of Calligraphy
“Meaning” is the essence of Chinese calligraphy expression. The unstable shape of the line produced by the brush’s movement makes the expression of meaning in calligraphic works extremely rich. The combination of dots and lines within a Chinese character, as well as the graphic combinations between characters, play an equally important role in the generation…