Zhang Qisheng

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Zhang Qisheng

Personal Profile

Zhang Qisheng, Han Chinese, born in 1950, is a renowned contemporary calligrapher. He is currently the Vice President of the China Calligraphy and Painting Research Institute, Vice President of the China Collection Association, and a member of the China Elderly Calligraphers and Painters Association. Zhang Qisheng has studied calligraphy for nearly 50 years, specializing in seal script, clerical script, and regular script in the Liu style. At the age of six, through introduction, he traveled south to study under Deng Sanmu, a renowned master calligrapher known as "South Deng, North Qi," and learned seal script under his master for three years. In the early 1960s, as Deng Sanmu's health deteriorated, Zhang Qisheng remained by his side, caring for his master while continuing his calligraphy studies. Zhang Qisheng’s brushwork alternates between the elegant, refined techniques of the帖学 (epistolary school) and the rugged, metallic strokes of the gold-and-stone tradition, presenting a bold, vigorous, and anciently powerful aesthetic. After the age of fifty, he developed a highly distinctive personal style of seal script. His regular script is primarily based on Tang dynasty models, with influences from Northern stele inscriptions, and he excels particularly in small regular script—his works are graceful, fluid, elegant, fresh, rounded, and subtle, exhibiting a gentle beauty without being overly forceful or rigid.

Awards and Honors:

Professor Zhang Qisheng has won numerous awards in national and provincial calligraphy and painting exhibitions. His works have received the Gold Award at the 2021 National Fine Calligraphy and Painting Competition; the First Prize at the 6th National Thirty Provinces and Cities Senior Calligraphy and Painting Competition in 2020; the First Prize at the 2018 China Elderly Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition, and the Special Award at the China Folk Calligraphy and Painting Research Society Exhibition; and the title of "People's Artist of Moral and Artistic Excellence" in 2016.

In 2014, due to his outstanding achievements, he was named one of the Top Ten Figures in the Calligraphy and Painting World alongside Shen Peng, Liu Dawei, Jin Shangyi, Ouyang Zhongshi, Huang Yongyu, Fan Zeng, Li Duo, and Zhang Hai. Simultaneously, China Culture Publishing House published the book "Red Heritage Figures of the People's Republic of China – Top Ten Figures of 2014," which has been distributed nationwide.

Published Works:

"Calligraphy by Zhang Qisheng," "Selected New Works by Zhang Qisheng," "Selected Masterpieces of Zhang Qisheng Calligraphy," "Masterpiece Analysis: Zhang Qisheng's Seal Script of Seven Tang Poems," "Masterpieces Collection: Shen Peng, Su Shishu, Zhang Qisheng," "Memories of the Past: Works of Deng Sanmu and Zhang Qisheng."

Exhibition History:

In 2011, he was invited alongside Zhang Hai and other renowned Chinese calligraphers to participate in the World Chinese Calligraphy Exhibition of Ancient Scripts;

In 2012, the exhibition "Morning Flowers, Evening Moon: The Beauty of Seal and Clerical Script – Personal Calligraphy Exhibition of Zhang Qisheng" was held in Beijing and Shanghai;

In 2013, invited by the Singapore Chinese Calligraphy Society, he traveled to Singapore to lecture on seal and clerical script;

In 2015, his works were exhibited at the National Calligraphy Masters Exhibition at the National Art Museum of China;

From 2014 to 2017, he held the "Dreaming of Qin and Han – Touring Exhibition of Zhang Qisheng’s Seal and Clerical Calligraphy" in eight cities including Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Jinan, Hefei, and Xi’an;

In August 2015, he was invited with Su Shishu to participate in the Chinese Characters Culture Master Exhibition held in Tokyo, Japan;

In 2016, he was invited to lecture at the Hong Kong Chinese University;

In 2017, he was invited to participate in the CCTV interview program "Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Masters."

Representative Works:

Clerical script version of "Snow in the Spring Garden" won the Gold Award at the 2015 National Pu Songling Calligraphy Competition; in 2016, this work was selected among the Top 20 Master Calligraphers of Seal and Clerical Script nationwide; on June 11, 2019, it was permanently collected by the Kong Fansen Memorial Hall.

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