Liu Yong is a creative calligrapher who is a scholar of the past and is not rigid. His calligraphy is characterized by heavy ink, rich body and strong bones, thick and stocky, and unique features. And especially good Xiaokai, later generations praised its Xiaokai not only has Zhong Xuan, Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing and Su Shi's law, but also won the Wei and Jin Xiaokai style. In this year's Shang's Spring Auction, there is a 1784 painting by Liu Yong of 11 characters
Style: Filial piety is reluctant to be a parent in a blink of an eye, and he forgets to report and only looks back at your children and grandchildren. Qianlong Jiachen autumn and August both looked, Shi'an Liu Yong.
Liu Yong also works with Wenhan, Botong Baijia History, intensive study of ancient texts, because of the good writing of the work, and famous, the people of the time have the reputation of "thick ink prime minister, light ink to explore flowers". His title of "Prime Minister of Thick Ink", on the one hand, refers to the difference in calligraphy style with Wang Wenzhi, who is "Light Ink Tanhua", and on the other hand, it is also to praise his personal character and official style.
The famous calligrapher Bao Shichen once said of Liu Yong's calligraphy: "His brushwork method is to raise the momentum with the front and take the posture with the folding front; the ink rule is thick and clumsy, and the dry is skillful; and the knot method is to stack dot paintings, and the corner is widened." So that the white and black are equivalent, dry and moist each other, in order to make a flower arrangement. It can be said that this evaluation vividly depicts the artistic characteristics of Liu Yong's calligraphy. Zhang Weiping, a Qing dynasty man, also commented on his calligraphy: "The appearance is rich and strong, the taste is thick and hidden, not imprisoned by the ancients, and it is transcendent and unique." These characteristics can be seen in this work in this auction.