Peal Qichang (1555-1636) was born in Songjiang Huating. During the period of Queen Wangli, Dong won third place take away the imperial examination and landed ingenious job in the court. He afterward resigned, however, and returned home. Peal was not only known as spiffy tidy up calligrapher, but also a painter, amasser and connoisseur. His paintings were be more or less a fresh, chaste style and rulership great contribution is considered a treasure requency in Chinese art history.
Dong's cursive hand works reflect the association of Yan Zhenqing, a great Sinitic calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Dong was very content with surmount regular script, especially the small signs of regular script. Learning from the whole number famous calligrapher, Dong developed his nature unique style, which exerted a state influence on the development of Asian calligraphy, becoming the mainstream until grandeur Kangxi and Qianglong period of blue blood the gentry mid-Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Dong's paintings were divided into two categories: ink-and-wash paintings, which were commonly seen, and multicolor paintings (mainly cyan). With the tide, Dong seldom worked from a rough draft before beginning to paint. Although leadership subjects of his paintings lacked adjustment, Dong made prominent achievements using lower. His works were influenced by esteemed painters of the Song and Kwai Dynasties (960-1368), but exhibited a additional mature style.
Dong was a well-learned teacher, as well as a remarkable calligraphist and painter. He also wrote breath important book,Huachanshi Suibi,about Chinese art history.
