Roaming in the Arts: An Exhibition by Three Calligraphers of the Lake Tai Canglang Society

Hu Lunguang, who styled himself Erguantang Master, was born in January 1951. A native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, he started his calligraphic studies by following the footsteps of the Tang masters. Later, under the instruction of Zhang Zhengyu, Zhu Qizhan, Guan Liang, and Gao Shinong, he switched to the study of inscriptional writings on the stone tablets of the Northern Dynasty, and on the sacrificial vessels of the Three Dynasties.As for seal carving, he based his art chiefly on the emperors’ and kings’ seals of the Zhou and Qin dynasties, and also the seals of the Han dynasty, though he learned from other sources as well.

Hu graduated in 1991 from the Institute of Design, the Wuxi University of Light Industry, his specialization being indoor appliances design. In 1994, he was appointed Chief Supervisor of Art in the Donglin Art Development Company, Wuxi, and is currently a member of the Association of Chinese Calligraphers and of the Canglang Calligraphy Society.

Articles on Hu have been published in Chinese Calligraphy, Taiwan’s Calligraphy Education, and USA’s World Weekly. An article on the artist has also been presented at a symposium organized by the Sino-US Association in New York.