Yang Chunrui
Yang Chunrui
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Yang Chunrui, male, was born in 1954 in Hebei Province. He is a Chinese National Gift Art Artist, currently serving as a council member of the China Calligraphers and Painters Association, a member of the China Calligraphers Association, and a member of the Hebei Artists Association. He is also a committee member of the Calligraphy Art Committee of the China Couplets Society and vice president of the China Five-Style Calligraphy Research Association, as well as a standing committee member of the Seal Script Professional Committee.
Yang began studying calligraphy in 1965, successively learning the styles of clerical script, running script, and small seal script. He started learning traditional Chinese painting in 1969. He has achieved numerous outstanding accomplishments in calligraphy and fine arts, with profound expertise in artistic commentary and creative practice in calligraphy, painting, and seal carving, earning high praise from contemporary masters in the art world. He has been honored with the title of "Good Youth of Our Village" by Hebei Province and the title of "Outstanding Individual in Rural Culture" by Baoding City. His artistic works have been exhibited more than hundreds of times in major exhibitions hosted by authoritative national institutions such as China Calligraphy and Painting Daily, the Ministry of Culture, the Communist Youth League Central Committee, the China Writers Association, the China Artists Association, the China Calligraphers Association, and the China Chan Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting Academy. His artworks have been collected by over 500 cultural and museum institutions both domestically and internationally, including the Hong Kong General Charity Foundation, the Europe-China Cultural Exchange Center, the Alumni Association of Europe and America, the Fine Arts Foundation, and others.
He specializes in figure and landscape painting, particularly excelling in depictions of Zhong Kui. He has thoroughly studied traditional techniques, legends, and the cultural significance of Zhong Kui, developing a unique artistic representation of Zhong Kui that has won widespread public acclaim and has been collected numerous times by friends both at home and abroad. For many years, he has been engaged in calligraphy education, mentoring students who have won awards in various competitions at all levels. His own works have also received awards in provincial and municipal calligraphy exhibitions. In 1987, he won an Excellent Award at the Second China Calligraphy and Painting Art Festival; in 1996, he received an Excellent Award at the First "Art Cup" National Calligraphy and Painting Competition; in 2001, he won the Gold Award at the Fifth National "Taihang Cup" Calligraphy and Painting Competition; in 2003, he received a Special Honor Award in the Senior Category at the Ninth National "Qingya Cup" Calligraphy and Painting Competition; and in 2011, he won the Couplets and Ink Art Award at the Second National Couplets Calligraphy and Painting Invitational Exhibition.
Yang began studying calligraphy in 1965, successively learning the styles of clerical script, running script, and small seal script. He started learning traditional Chinese painting in 1969. He has achieved numerous outstanding accomplishments in calligraphy and fine arts, with profound expertise in artistic commentary and creative practice in calligraphy, painting, and seal carving, earning high praise from contemporary masters in the art world. He has been honored with the title of "Good Youth of Our Village" by Hebei Province and the title of "Outstanding Individual in Rural Culture" by Baoding City. His artistic works have been exhibited more than hundreds of times in major exhibitions hosted by authoritative national institutions such as China Calligraphy and Painting Daily, the Ministry of Culture, the Communist Youth League Central Committee, the China Writers Association, the China Artists Association, the China Calligraphers Association, and the China Chan Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting Academy. His artworks have been collected by over 500 cultural and museum institutions both domestically and internationally, including the Hong Kong General Charity Foundation, the Europe-China Cultural Exchange Center, the Alumni Association of Europe and America, the Fine Arts Foundation, and others.
He specializes in figure and landscape painting, particularly excelling in depictions of Zhong Kui. He has thoroughly studied traditional techniques, legends, and the cultural significance of Zhong Kui, developing a unique artistic representation of Zhong Kui that has won widespread public acclaim and has been collected numerous times by friends both at home and abroad. For many years, he has been engaged in calligraphy education, mentoring students who have won awards in various competitions at all levels. His own works have also received awards in provincial and municipal calligraphy exhibitions. In 1987, he won an Excellent Award at the Second China Calligraphy and Painting Art Festival; in 1996, he received an Excellent Award at the First "Art Cup" National Calligraphy and Painting Competition; in 2001, he won the Gold Award at the Fifth National "Taihang Cup" Calligraphy and Painting Competition; in 2003, he received a Special Honor Award in the Senior Category at the Ninth National "Qingya Cup" Calligraphy and Painting Competition; and in 2011, he won the Couplets and Ink Art Award at the Second National Couplets Calligraphy and Painting Invitational Exhibition.
In 2009, "Viewing All Mountains as Small" won an Excellent Award at the Baoding Spring Festival Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition
In 2011, "Yellow Flowers and Green Vines, Piled High; Painting a Fence of West Wind and Rain" won the First Prize at the Academy Cup and was collected by the organizing committee
In 2013, "Horse Painting" won the Third Prize at the National Hanmo Cup
In 2016, "Homesickness" participated in the National Touring Exhibition of Art Teachers' Works, hosted by the Development Center of the Ministry of Culture, winning the Second Prize. The work was selected for inclusion in the "Comprehensive Book of Chinese Calligraphy and Art," "Chinese Calligraphy and Art," "History of Chinese Calligraphy," and "Selected Collection of Chinese Calligraphy Works," and is permanently collected.
Award-winning works have been exhibited at the Military Museum, Baoding Shenzhou Art Museum, and Dingxing Huanyan Art Museum. His seal script works have toured exhibitions in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Since childhood, he has loved calligraphy and painting, diligently studying without ceasing, examining ancient and modern masterpieces, integrating the styles of numerous calligraphers and painters from past and present, earning high praise and commendation from many experts in the art world. He has frequently received guidance and assistance from Master Sun Zhanxiang, a renowned Chinese painting artist working at the county cultural center, gradually maturing his path in calligraphy and painting and serving society.
Award-winning works have been exhibited at the Military Museum, Baoding Shenzhou Art Museum, and Dingxing Huanyan Art Museum. His seal script works have toured exhibitions in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Since childhood, he has loved calligraphy and painting, diligently studying without ceasing, examining ancient and modern masterpieces, integrating the styles of numerous calligraphers and painters from past and present, earning high praise and commendation from many experts in the art world. He has frequently received guidance and assistance from Master Sun Zhanxiang, a renowned Chinese painting artist working at the county cultural center, gradually maturing his path in calligraphy and painting and serving society.
Yang Chunrui's personal works have won awards in exhibitions organized by county, prefecture, provincial, and national cultural departments, and he has been honorably recognized as "Outstanding Individual in Culture" at the county, prefecture, and provincial levels, "Advanced Cultural Household," and has attended commendation meetings held by the Provincial Department of Culture, taking group photos with provincial cultural and party committee leaders. The provincial radio station has repeatedly reported on his arduous journey of self-improvement, and the Baoding Daily has published his works and articles regarding his membership in the county Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the county Artists Association. The county Youth League Committee has named him a "Model of Self-Education and Achievement," and he was admitted as a member of the China Farmers' Calligraphy and Painting Research Association. He graduated from the China Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University in 1989. He has won the Gold Award at the Second and Third National "Chinese Dream Cup" Calligraphy and Painting Competitions. Since childhood, he has been passionate about calligraphy and painting, diligently practicing for over fifty years, studying ancient steles and rubbings in the styles of Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ouyang Xun, Zhao Mengfu, and many others, never ceasing to practice and absorbing the strengths of numerous schools to form his own style. He has won awards in numerous national competitions and has been honored with the titles "One of the Top 100 Outstanding Contemporary Chinese Calligraphers and Painters" and "One of the Top 100 Master Calligraphers and Artists of the New Century." His works have been included in more than sixty collections, including the "Collection of Chinese Calligraphers' Works," "Great Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphers and Painters," "Treasures of the Nation: Dictionary of Master Calligraphers and Painters," Volume Four and Five of "Masterpieces of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Couplets," and others. His works have been presented as national gifts to foreign friends. He is currently a member of the China Calligraphers Association, Honorary Chairman of the China Calligraphy and Painting Masters Research Institute, Lifetime Art Consultant of the Oriental Art Research Institute, First-Class Painter of the Hebei Artists Association, Chairman of the Hebei Qingyart Calligraphy and Painting Academy, Council Member of Qingfeng Art Gallery, and Honorary President of Wanjia Calligraphy and Painting Academy. His works are frequently exhibited across China and have been selected multiple times in domestic and international calligraphy and painting exhibitions, winning gold, silver, and bronze awards, and have been collected by domestic collectors and international friends. Chinese characters evolved from pictographs and symbols into standardized forms, gradually developing from ancient large seal script to small seal script, then to clerical, regular, running, and cursive scripts. In the process of writing and applying Chinese characters, a unique art form—calligraphy—emerged, standing alone among the world's scripts. With the development of the times, calligraphy has become increasingly rich and diverse, among which he is particularly skilled in seal script, clerical script, and regular script.
Calligraphy works: 8,000 RMB per square foot; Fine art works: 10,000 RMB per square foot.
Calligraphy works: 8,000 RMB per square foot; Fine art works: 10,000 RMB per square foot.
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