Some distinctive features of Huang Yao's calligraphy Many different scripts Chuyun Shu can be used to write any script, as long as it is written incisively it will reflect the inner spirit of the calligrapher, even pictograms can be included in his writing. This interest in the pictorial script is evident in the calligraphy written when he lived in Thailand (1951 to 1956). His calligraphy in regular script was infused with picture words, example in Figure. 4, Huang Yao wrote that … [Read more...]
Huang Yao ’s unique Chinese calligraphy – Chuyun Shu (or Rising Cloud Writing) – Part 1
Background “The Dictionary of Chinese Art” published in Shanghai in 1989 and Taiwan in 2001 described Huang Yao (1917 – 1987) as a contemporary Chinese artist, famous for his cartoon characters (Niu Bizi) in China, as well as his book published in 1967 on “The History of Chinese in Malaysia and Singapore”1. Huang Yao had remarked that he was by profession a journalist, by accident a cartoonist, and he painted all his life. Perhaps it was the exposure to complex issues in society as a … [Read more...]