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DiaporamaProse Poem on Fishing
1507
33.0 x 944.0 cm
Poet, calligrapher, and bon vivant, Zhu Yunming was one of the most prominent and colorful literary figures of the Ming period. Except for a brief official career as a magistrate in Guangdong Province from 1515 to about 1520, Zhu passed most of his life in the Suzhou area enjoying scholarly pastimes in the company of such friends as Wen Zhengming (1470–1559) and Tang Yin (1470–1523).An uninhibited, highly creative calligrapher, Zhu is best known for his "wild" cursive script inspired by the Tang dynasty masters Zhang Xu (ca. 700–750) and Huaisu (ca. 735–800?) and by the Song scholar-poet Huang Tingjian (1045–1105). Prose Poem on Fishing, nearly twenty-seven feet long, is a tour de force of sustained creative energy. Written on coarse paper "by lamplight" with a "worn brush," the rounded and thick brushstrokes have a blunt strength that distinguishes this writing from Zhu"s usually more carefully executed and gracefully modulated characters.
Zhu Yunming (? – ?)
Zhu Yunming (1461-1527) was a renowned Ming dynasty calligrapher, poet, and scholar known as one of the "Four Talents of Wu." Celebrated for his expressive wild-cursive script and iconoclastic writings, he challenged Neo-Confucianism and influenced later thinkers like Li Zhi.
About this artwork
- Title: Prose Poem on Fishing
- Artist: Zhu Yunming
- Year: 1507
- Original dimensions: 33.0 x 944.0 cm
- Format: Panoramic
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Main color: Putty
- Color hue: Blue-Violet to Rose
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