[Painting Inspriation]
Cursive-script in Wang Xi Zhi style with freehand brush work
草书（取自王羲之303AD-361AD）及写意画
7in x 5in (17.8cm x12.7cm), complete in 2021, Orlando,Florida, USA.
 
This painting is inspired by the definition of rest. We appreciate time can be used by us to relax, sleep or recovery strength than just keep working. It is just alike the butterfly in the painting. Sometime we all need a rest!
 
“蝶/butterfly is the Chinese character wrote  in cursive-script (草书)from Wang Xi zhi (王羲之303AD-361AD) style with freehand brush work of butterfly.
 
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[Painting You Will Receive]
An original Chinese painting on Chinese rice paper without photo frame but with a black photo mat board only.
 
The Painting Designed for Simple Photo Frame Size as below:
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Painting Dimensions
7in x 5in (17.5cm x13.1cm)
 
Photo Frame Dimensions
Painting without a mat, width: 5 "    (13 cm)
Painting without a mat, height: 7 "   (18 cm)
The Painting with mat, width: 4 "      (10 cm)
The Painting with mat, height: 6 “    (15 cm)
Mat opening, width: 3 ½ "                  (09 cm)
Mat opening, height: 5 ½ "                 (14 cm)
Frame width: 6 "                                 (15 cm)
Frame height: 7 ¾ "                             (20 cm)
 
 
[Chinese Culture Introduction] 
 
Cursive Script / 草书
traditional Chinese草書; simplified Chinese:草书; pinyin: cǎoshū
 
Cursive often mistranslated as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. Cursive script is faster to write than other styles, but difficult to read for those unfamiliar with it. Cursive script originated ' Eastern Jin dynasty ' 东晋 in China.
 
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)
https://baike.baidu.com/item/草书/473235
 
Freehand Brush Work /写意画
traditional Chinese: 寫意; simplified Chinese: 写意; pinyin: Xiěyì
 
Freehand brush work is a genre of Chinese traditional painting which includes poem, calligraphy, painting, and seal. Xieyi literally means "writing ideas".[1] It was formed in a long period of artistic activities and promoted by the literati. The freehand brush work emphasizes the semblance in the spiritual aspect. This kind of artwork does not chase for the physical similarity and the cooperation of reality. And it might be the essence of freehand brush work that it mostly grasps the most obvious or essential spiritual characteristics.
 
Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freehand_brush_work
https://baike.baidu.com/item/写意画
 
Wang Xi Zhi / 王羲之
[wǎŋ ɕí.ʈʂɻ̩́];Chinese: 王羲之; 303–361
 
Wang Xi Zhi was a Chinese calligrapher, politician, and writer in the ' Eastern Jin dynasty ' 东晋. He was best known for his ' mastery of Chinese calligraphy ' 书圣. Wang is sometimes regarded as the greatest Chinese calligrapher in Chinese history, and was a master of all forms of Chinese calligraphy, especially the running script. Furthermore, he is known as one of the ' Four Talented Calligraphers ' 古代书家四賢 in Chinese calligraphy.[1]
' Emperor Taizong of Tang ' 唐太祖 admired his works so much that the original ' Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion ' (or Lanting Xu 兰亭集序) was said to be buried with the emperor in his mausoleum.
 
Reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xizhi
https://baike.baidu.com/item/王羲之/127554?fr=aladdin
 
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