刘炳森书法

刘炳森自小严格临帖学书，1949年11岁时便名扬乡里。1957年19岁时因其文采、书法超众，被当时研究书法的权威机构“中国书法研究社”破格吸收为最年轻的社员。1962年秋到北京故宫博物院，从事古代书法绘画的临摹复制和研究工作。
历任北京故宫博物院研究员，中国书法家协会副主席，新加坡中华书学协会评议员，中日友好协会理事，中日友好21世纪委员会委员。是国内外著名书法家和国画家，青年时代就已蜚声日本。书艺向以隶、楷著称于世，并兼长行、草。传统功力深厚，书风凝厚稳健而又俊逸潇洒，其出版物总发行量达200余万册，在国内外有着广泛的影响。
1981年5月加入中国书法家协会任常务理事。书艺以隶、楷书著称于世，1990年5月荣获日本“富士美术奖”，1991年起任中国书法家协会副主席。
1994年8月加入中国美术家协会。在艺术观上坚守民族传统的阵地，否则艺术本人和其作品就会一同贬值。是中国人民政治协商会议第七届全国委员会委员，全国政协第八届、第九届常务委员。
2005年2月15日凌晨4时因患肺癌医治无效，在北京逝世，终年67岁。编写有20余种书法专业书籍，出版有《刘炳森楷书千字文》，《刘炳森隶书千字》、《刘炳森隶书板桥道情》、《刘炳森选编勤礼碑字帖》、《刘炳森主编中国书法艺术》、《刘炳森主编中国隶书名帖精
华》等，发行总量近300万册。著有《刘炳森隶书杜诗》、《刘炳森楷书滕王阁序》、《刘炳森隶书历代游记选》。出版有多部书法作品集，文学作品著有散文集《紫垣秋草》等。出版有《国际歌》、《三大纪律八项注意》隶书字帖、《鲁迅诗歌选》隶书字帖、等，著有散文集《紫垣秋草》，编有《选字放大北魏刁遵墓志》等。其作品多次在日本、美国、新加坡等地展览。

在艺术观上坚守民族传统的阵地，但又不墨守古人的陈规，并在继承的基础上力求具有新的发展，创作的艺术作品一定要“尊重民族的欣赏习惯”（毛泽东语）。当然不排斥一切进步和优秀的外国艺术，而且应当认真钻研、吸收、融化和发展古今中外具有民族风格和时代特色的完美的艺术样式。认为一位人民的艺术家必须追求真、善、美，反对假、恶、丑。认为艺术家不同于企业家，企业家必须多创造利润，向国家多作贡献，才算是有了好的业绩。而艺术家则是把更多、更好的艺术作品奉献给自己的国家和所处的时代，当艺术作品达到一定的品位时，会带来它的副产品，即经济效益，但这永远是副产品，不能主次颠倒，否则艺术家本人和其作品就会一同贬值。

酸、甜、苦、辣一本书 刘炳森的《紫垣秋草》一书，这其中有童年的回顾、故乡的写真、人生的攀登，亦有书坛拾零，旅游散记，可谓其写作集锦。细细捧读，敬重之心愈发强烈，多年的交往，只看他忙里忙外应接不暇，何曾想他还能如此忙里偷闲地写出这么多精彩散文！现又编书成集，实出乎意料。的确他是一个勤奋进取、追求艺术孜孜不倦的人，他也是一个很会安排时间很会生活的人。
入画时，说起来还有一个小故事。他15岁那年，在天津书店偶然发现一张64开的小画片，是董寿平先生的《天都云汇图》，画的是黄山天都峰云遮雾锁的景象，那精湛的笔墨、灵动的气韵，深深地迷住了他，为此，贫苦的他第一次放纵自己，花了一毛钱买下那张画片，回来后反复欣赏临摹，并一直保存。无巧不成书，后来董老真的成了他的老师，且不断亲授指点，成为他的良师益友；而那张保存了数十年的小画片，现已传给了他专攻山水的儿子刘学思。
“蚊帐利偷读，熄灯写肚皮。庶乎三百草，梦里复依稀。”这是他在回忆自己下放干校劳动偷临《草字汇》时所作的打油诗。他是一个科班毕业的山水画家，但数十年如一日酷爱书法，那时的他做梦都在临帖练字，也正是这种痴迷，才有现如今的成就和功力。正是所谓“精诚所至，金石为开”。他19岁时，便被“北京中国书法研究社”这个名家云集的社团破格吸收为最年轻的社员。几位著名老书法前辈后来看到刘炳森的成就时感慨地说：我们当时没有看错人。
1973年，刘炳森应邀出席了一个为欢迎日本书法代表团来访的笔会，日本书家当场命笔，站悬挥毫，好是厉害；而当时我国的书法，只是文人、学者、画家的业余技法，皆为伏案作字，这使刘炳森很受刺激。他暗下决心，一定要练就徒臂凌空的过硬功夫，写出中国人的气派。后来他每日坚持右手执笔，左手反扣背后，冬练三九，夏练三伏，从不间断，到后来他每去日本访问，在众目睽睽之下，左扣右挥，得心应手，日本书家无不感叹叫好。直至今日，刘炳森无论创作篆、隶、楷、行、草任何一体，他都是这样去写，游刃有余。就这一条，恐怕当今书家有此功力者，凤毛麟角；而且，刘炳森在创作之余，一直坚持日课临帖。这许多年，每进他的书房，都可看到床下放着新近临习的一叠又一叠临满各种书体的毛边纸。多年来，为使中国书法艺术广泛传播于世界，刘炳森虽身兼数职，他还一直承担着为一批来京求学的日本友人上书法课的任务

刘炳森书法

 隶书是一种最好写的书体，同时也是一种最难写好的书体。说它最好写，因为他的笔画最简单；说它最难写好，因为它的笔画过于简单。所以，有人一天就学会了写隶书，但一辈子也未能把隶书写好。也许是因为这个原因，当代书法家用心于隶书者便为数甚少了。

刘炳森以隶书立足当代书坛，是当今最著名的隶书书法家，但也是最有争议的书法家，争议的焦点便是刘炳森隶书的雅俗问题。刘炳森先生从他出名之日起，就将自己置身于这种争议之中。这固然是书家个人的问题，但也是一个历史问题。从隶书的发展来看，这种书体确实与“俗”更为贴近一些。首先，最初的隶书使用于下级官吏———或可直接呼之为“俗吏”中间；其次，隶书的点画在五大书体中是最简单的，书体本身便有“俗”的特征；第三，成熟的隶书具有工巧、秀丽等世俗的审美特征。由此我们不难看出，隶书作为一种书体，它本身便具有“俗”的意味，某种程度上说，它是一种俗书。

隶书以汉代隶书为其极致，而汉隶又分为西汉和东汉两个阶段。西汉隶书风格拙朴，风神接近篆籀，相对高古一些，“雅”一些；东汉隶书则趋于工整秀丽，相对“俗”一些。刘炳森隶书，主要取法《华山庙碑》、《乙瑛碑》，面目与二碑极为相似。对《华山庙碑》，前人评说竟不能一致。清朱彝尊于《西岳华山庙碑跋》中云：“汉碑凡三种：一种方整；一种流丽；一种奇古。唯延熹《华岳碑》变正乖合，靡所不有，兼三者之长，当为汉隶第一品。”而刘熙载于《艺概》中则称“若《华山庙碑》，旁薄郁积，浏漓顿挫，意味尤不可穷极。”康有为云：“汉分佳者绝多，若《华山庙碑》实为下乘，淳古之气已灭，姿致之妙无多。”实为下乘，淳古之气已灭，姿致之妙无多。”（《广艺舟双楫》郭宗昌则跋曰：“割篆未会，时或肉胜，一古一今，遂为隋唐作俑。”显然，同样一块汉碑，个人的看法竟然相左如此。撇开个人偏好，我们看到的《华山庙碑》点画宽扁，波画明晰，结构紧凑，字字匀称，章法布白（其实是布黑）也极为停匀，无疑是彻底摆脱篆书的标准隶书。朱彝尊所谓“方整”、“流丽”颇能中的，而“奇古”则纯属子虚乌有。康南海的“淳古之气已灭”倒是颇为中肯。所以，《华山庙碑》纯属清秀华丽一路汉碑，是成熟汉隶的代表作，风格近乎甜俗。刘先生钟爱的另一个汉碑《乙瑛碑》与《华山庙碑》情趣相近，是他风格的补充。虽然刘炳森也学过《张迁碑》、《石门颂》等其他风格的汉碑，但他的吸收是非常谨慎的，他学习《张迁碑》只是为了克服《华山庙碑》的飘浮；而对《石门颂》的学习，则又是为了克服《张迁碑》的拘谨。刘炳森隶书的面目，始终离《华山庙碑》不远。

首先，在用笔上，刘先生讲究匀净。刘炳森隶书中很难看到飞白笔法，他似乎在极力回避这种笔法，而对线条的滋润、光洁有着骨子里的偏好（这很能让人联想起“馆阁体”来）。在用笔的力量分配方面，刘先生也处理得非常“公平”：横画一律较粗，竖画一律较细，这种笔法虽然看上去非常卖力，却并未显现出应有的力度，究其因，主要是用笔上铺毫与聚毫运用不当所致。铺毫使线条呈扁平状，这种线条虽然表现出一定的宽度，但却丧失了应有的厚度，缺乏立体感，给人以单薄的丝绸或布条等扁平物体的感觉，而且又给人以笔始终浮在纸面上，不能入纸的感觉，自然缺乏力度。聚毫所写出的线条则相反，它表现出一定的立体感，给人以破空杀纸、力透纸背的审美效果。古钱币文字就有这种审美感染力。按说，两种笔法并无优劣之别，关键是如何使用。刘先生将聚毫用在竖画上，铺毫用在横画上，横粗竖细，加剧了字形的扁平感，极大减弱了书作的体积感和感染力。

在结字上，刘炳森隶书呈现出“满”的特征。无论是多笔画字，还是少笔画字，刘先生都将每个字处理得四角填满。对于笔画多的字来说，这么作要容易一些，对笔画少的字，就需要将笔画加粗加厚，这样的结果便是大小齐平，如古人所谓“大字促之令小，小字展之令大”，给人的感觉便是“状如算子”，缺乏变化、缺乏生气、缺乏生动活泼的气象。

刘炳森书法

 Liu Bingsen (August 1937 - February 15, 2005) Zishu Ann, No. Haicun, the younger Mr. Liu Wu. In the summer of 1962, he graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of Beijing Academy of Art with a bachelor degree in Landscape and Landscape of Chinese Painting. From the autumn of the same year, he was engaged in copying and researching ancient calligraphy and painting in Beijing Palace Museum. He was a researcher of the Beijing Palace Museum, vice-chairman of the Chinese Calligrapher Association, vice-chairman of the Chinese Federation of Chinese Calligraphers, vice-chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association, standing member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, chairman of the Calligraphic Education Professional Committee of the Chinese Education Association, special professor of the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University, and Japanese White Fan Book. Consultant of Taoist Association, Consultant of Japanese Shidoku Research Quan Association, Member of the 21st Century Committee of Sino-Japanese Friendship, etc. Liu Ti's official script has a wide influence.

The main works include Shuangtan Smoke Picture, Yueyang Tower Picture and Jianming Autumn Picture. His works have been exhibited in Japan, the United States and Singapore for many times.

Liu Bingsen has visited various countries in South, North America, Europe and Southeast Asia successively, holding exhibitions and lectures, of which more than 30 times have traveled east to Fusang. In May 1990, he was awarded the Fuji Art Award in Japan.

Liu Bingsen has been a strict student since childhood. He became famous in the countryside when he was 11 years old in 1949. In 1957, at the age of 19, he was absorbed as the youngest member of the Chinese Calligraphy Research Society, the authoritative body for the study of calligraphy at that time, because of his outstanding literary talent and calligraphy. In the autumn of 1962, he went to the Palace Museum of Beijing and engaged in copying and researching ancient calligraphy and painting.

He has been a researcher of the Beijing Palace Museum, Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Calligrapher Association, a member of the Chinese Calligraphy Association of Singapore, a member of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Association and a member of the Sino-Japanese Friendship Committee for the 21st Century. He is a famous calligrapher and painter both at home and abroad, and has been well known in Japan since his youth. Calligraphy has always been famous for its official script and regular script, and it also has long lines and grass. Traditionally, the book style is solid, steady and handsome, with a total circulation of more than 2 million copies, which has a wide influence at home and abroad.

In May 1981, he joined the Chinese Calligrapher's Association as executive director. Calligraphy is famous for its official scripts and regular scripts. In May 1990, it won the Fuji Art Award of Japan. Since 1991, it has been the vice-chairman of the Chinese Calligrapher Association.

He joined the Chinese Artists Association in August 1994. In the view of art, adhere to the position of national tradition, otherwise the art itself and its works will be depreciated together. It is a member of the Seventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a standing member of the Eighth and Ninth National Political Consultative Conference.

On February 15, 2005, at 4:00 a.m., he died of lung cancer in Beijing at the age of 67. More than 20 kinds of professional calligraphy books have been compiled and published, including Liu Bingsen's Regular Book Thousand Characters, Liu Bingsen's Literary Book Thousand Characters, Liu Bingsen's Literary Book Banqiao Daoqing, Liu Bingsen's Selected Literary Stele Character Tie, Liu Bingsen's Editor-in-Chief Chinese Calligraphy Art, Liu Bingsen's Editor-in-Chief Chinese Literary Calligraphy Tie Essence.

China, etc., has a total circulation of nearly 3 million copies. His works include Liu Bingsen's Li Shu Du Shi, Liu Bingsen's Kaishu Tengwang Pavilion Preface, Liu Bingsen's Li Shu's Travel Notes Selected from Past Dynasties. Published a number of calligraphy works, literary works have prose collection "Ziyuan Qiucao" and so on. Published "International Song", "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions", "Lu Xun's Selected Poems" Li Shu Zi Tie, and so on, written prose collection "Ziyuan Qiucao", compiled "Selected Characters Enlarged Northern Wei Diao Zun Epitaph" and so on. His works have been exhibited in Japan, the United States and Singapore for many times.

In terms of artistic conception, we should stick to the position of national tradition, but not stick to the stereotypes of the ancients, and strive for new development on the basis of inheritance. We must "respect the national appreciation habits" (Mao Zedong language) in our artistic works. Of course, we should not exclude all advanced and excellent foreign art, but should seriously study, absorb, melt and develop the perfect art style with national style and characteristics of the times at all times and in all over the world. It holds that a people's artist must pursue truth, goodness and beauty and oppose falsehood, evil and ugliness. It is believed that artists are different from entrepreneurs. Only when entrepreneurs create more profits and make more contributions to the country can they achieve good results. The artist dedicates more and better works of art to his country and times. When the works of art reach a certain grade, they will bring about its by-product, namely economic benefits. But this is always a by-product, which can not be reversed. Otherwise, the artist himself and his works will be depreciated together.