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works as a full time professor at Fudan University
and holds the concurrent position of professor in
the Department of Fine Arts at Shanghai Normal University.
In addition, he is the director of the Academy of
Painting and Calligraphy of Fudan University and a
member of the Association of Calligrapher of China.
Building
on the tradition of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and
assimilating the essence of the masterpieces by
distinguished calligraphers of the Tang and Song
Dynasties, Mr. Yu has developed, after fifty odd
years of practice, a unique style of his own marked
with the elegance of elevated intelligentsia. His
calligraphic works can be found as inscriptions
or items in the collections at over 30 scenic spots
and historical sites in China.
Mr.
Yu excels in painting orchids, bamboo and landscapes.
He orchestrates the unrestrained variation of lines
in calligraphy into his vivid ink and color paintings
of orchid and bamboo. Mr. Shen Shi-jia, a great
contemporary master of traditional Chinese painting,
has given very high appraisals of Mr. Yu's paintings
of bamboo. As for his landscapes, Mr. Yu also has
a style of his own which he has developed by assimilating
the sublime and virile somberness found in the rich
tones of the thick and dark patches and strokes
in the paintings by Wang Bin-hong. Mr. Yu's paintings
have been widely appreciated by connoisseurs for
the perfect integration of verse, calligraphy and
painting, which has been treasured throughout history
in traditional Chinese painting. Among his publications
there are over 30 essays on poetry, calligraphy
and painting and a monograph entitled Jottings on
Art and Literature.
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