Name: WEN HUAISHA (1910-2018)
Brand: Calligraphy
Price: 1000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

WEN HUAISHA (1910-2018)
Calligraphy
Scroll, mounted for framing, ink on paper
23 ¾ x 52 ¼ in. (60.3 x 132.7 cm.)
Inscribed and signed, with three seals of the artist
Dated winter, wuyin year (1998)
Dedicated to Howard H.S. Chao (1920-2012)

Howard H.S. Chao (1920-2012), a well-known journalist in China and Japan and professor at Yale University.

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Wen Huaisha (1910-2018), whose family was originally from Hunan, was born in Beijing. His studio was named Yantang. He was a renowned master of Chinese traditional culture, painting and calligraphy. He served as the president of the Yantang Poetry Club, honorary director of the College of Liberal Arts at Shanghai University and of the Research Institute of Chinese Poetry, Painting, and Calligraphy.