Calligraphy

This depicts an old noble man writing calligraphy as his servant fans him.

The title is 書 which means calligraphy. This title is followed by a poem about how practice makes perfect and more knowledge makes people more valuable/noble/wise.

After the 書 title, the rest of the Chinese characters indicate the year painted (2011) and the artist's signature.

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About the artist...

The artist's name is (Wang Wen-Hua) who lives in the Jinan area of Shandong Province in Northern China. He specializes in traditional figure paintings and subjects like this (especially Buddhism and philosophy-related themes).

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About the Art

This was painted on Chinese xuan paper (often incorrectly called "rice paper"). The artist used watercolors throughout.

After buying this from the artist in Jinan, I rolled it up in a tube, and put it in my backpack. I then took the 5-hour-train ride back to our workshop in Beijing. At the workshop, it was laminated to more sheets of xuan paper and silk brocade was added in the process of building this handmade wall scroll. See more about building handmade wall scrolls