Ligang Wei was born in Datong, the first capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and home to the famous Buddhist grottoes of Yungang, which instilled in him a fondness for the grandeur of Han... Read full biography
Ligang Wei was born in Datong, the first capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and home to the famous Buddhist grottoes of Yungang, which instilled in him a fondness for the grandeur of Han (202 BC- 220 AD) and Tang dynasty (618-907) art. Wei's father was an art-loving railroad worker, who... Read full biography
Ligang Wei was born in Datong, the first capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and home to the famous Buddhist grottoes of Yungang, which instilled in him a fondness for the grandeur of Han (202 BC- 220 AD) and Tang dynasty (618-907) art. Wei's father was an art-loving railroad worker, who inspired Wei in both mechanics and calligraphy. When Wei was 17, Wei entered the mathematics department of Nankai University, where Wei honed his logical and analytical skills. Wei also became... Read full biography
Ligang Wei was born in Datong, the first capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and home to the famous Buddhist grottoes of Yungang, which instilled in him a fondness for the grandeur of Han (202 BC- 220 AD) and Tang dynasty (618-907) art. Wei's father was an art-loving railroad worker, who inspired Wei in both mechanics and calligraphy. When Wei was 17, Wei entered the mathematics department of Nankai University, where Wei honed his logical and analytical skills. Wei also became President of the University Calligraphy Society, where he came under the mentorship of the local masters Li Henian (1912-2000), Wang Xuezhong (1925-2013), and Sun Boxiang (1934-) in classical poetry and epigraphic scripts. Wang Xuezhong, an early pioneer of... Read full biography
Ligang Wei was born in Datong, the first capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) and home to the famous Buddhist grottoes of Yungang, which instilled in him a fondness for the grandeur of Han (202 BC- 220 AD) and Tang dynasty (618-907) art. Wei's father was an art-loving railroad worker, who inspired Wei in both mechanics and calligraphy. When Wei was 17, Wei entered the mathematics department of Nankai University, where Wei honed his logical and analytical skills. Wei also became President of the University Calligraphy Society, where he came under the mentorship of the local masters Li Henian (1912-2000), Wang Xuezhong (1925-2013), and Sun Boxiang (1934-) in classical poetry and epigraphic scripts. Wang Xuezhong, an early pioneer of Modern Calligraphy, was especially influential to Wei. After graduating from Nankai University in 1985, Wei be... Read full biography
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