Huang Tingjian

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Huang.

Huang Tingjian (黄庭堅) (1045-1105), is predominantly known as a calligrapher but was also admired for his painting and poetry. He was one of the Four masters of the Song Dynasty. Huang was a student of Su Shi at his school of literati painting.

Huang is generally regarded as the finest and most creative calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. His kaishu displays a sharpness and aggression which is instantly recognisable to the student of Chinese calligraphy.

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(2005) Encyclopædia Britannica, copyrighted 1994-2005.

(1981) William Willets, Chinese Calligraphy: Its History and Aesthetic Motivation, Oxford University Press.