My random notes on Chinese-style seal carving.

Talking Seals

Wang Fengyuan

I don’t have much information yet about the Chinese seal artist Wang Fengyuan 王逢元 (Ming Dynasty) but here’s an example of one of his seals.

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Tang Zuishi

Tang Zuishi at the Xiling Seal Society. Tang Zuishi 唐醉石 (1886-1969). “Influenced by the Eight Masters of Xiling of the Zhe school, Tang also studied

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Song Jue

Song Jue 宋玨 [(1576-1632)] “was born in Pu-teng, Fujian Province, but lived in Nan-jin. Born to an illustrious family, he left his hometown when he

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Shen Shihe

Shen Shihe 沈世和 (Ming Dynasty) “was born in Chang-shu, Jiangshu Province, and lived in Suzhou. He was good at painting and seal engraving. He was

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Shen Feng

Shen Feng was a landscape painter closely connected with some of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.

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Qiao Dazhuang

Qiao Dazhuang 喬大壯 (1892-1948). “His compositions tend to be unusual, but his strokes are regular and smooth, resulting in a personal and sometimes eccentric style.

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Qian Song

Qian Song 錢松 (1807-1860) was born in Qiantang. “He learned seal carving from Ding Jing and Jiang Ren, but had his own unique style, which

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Qian Shoutie

Qian Shoutie 錢瘦铁 (1897-1967) was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. “He had a great talent for painting, and once held an exhibition of his paintings

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Li Yinsang

Li Yinsang 李尹桑 (1882-1945) lived in Fan-yu, Guandong Province and his ancestral home was Wu county, Jiang-shu Province. He was good at calligraphy and imitated

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Lin Gao

Lin Gao 林皋 (1657-1712) was a native of [Pu-ten], Fujian Province but lived in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, where he was influenced by the style of

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