<p>The first painting's inscription reads &quot;Shunan Calligraphy and Painting.（蜀南書畫）&quot; The first seal represents the surname &quot;Zhang（張）,&quot; and the second seal represents the name &quot;Shunan（蜀南）.&quot; The artist, Zhang Shunan（張蜀南）, was born in 1952. He is currently a member of the Sichuan International Association of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting, a painter at the Moruo Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the Chengdu Public Painting Academy, and a specially appointed painter at the Malaysian Art Center.
The second painting's inscription reads &quot;Tianyao（天瑤）.&quot; The first seal represents the name &quot;Tianyao（天瑤）&quot; (the artist's name), and the second seal represents &quot;Boling Liu Family（博陵劉氏）&quot; (Boling refers to present-day Dingzhou in Hebei, and Liu Family refers to the Liu family). The artist, Liu Tianyao（劉天瑤）, was born in January 1934 in Shenzhou, Hebei. He currently serves as a staff member at the Zhangjiakou Education College and as an advisor to the Zhangjiakou Calligraphy and Painting Institute. His representative works include freehand lotus paintings and a couplet in clerical script, &quot;The Dragon Rises in China, the Swallow Dances in Spring.&quot; His works have won the first prize in the college sketching exhibition, the third prize in the first Tianjin Youth Art Exhibition, the silver medal in the National and International Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition celebrating the 45th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he has been awarded the title of International Silver Medal Artist.</p>

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2024-05-29T04:46:29.110Z
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Leon
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKem.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKem.jpg" alt="蜀南畫" /></a></p>
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<p>蜀南畫</p>
<p>Drawn/painted by 蜀南</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcCm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcCm.jpg" alt="天瑤 博陵劉氏" /></a></p>
<blockquote>
<p>天瑤</p>
<p>(Artist's given name)</p>
<p>博陵劉氏</p>
<p>劉 clan of 博陵 prefecture</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I don't think the two pictures reference the same artist. The second picture seems to reference an artist which has done other paintings up for sale (e.g. <a href="https://www.mincang.net/jianding/zihua-254043.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.mincang.net/jianding/zihua-254043.html</a>).</p>

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2023-01-03T02:30:55.177Z
Thank you so much @dROOOze. Amazing how you can decipher he words, once you did everything seems clearer now.
Janan Tan
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2023-01-04T05:16:00.097Z
the link provided said it’s “博**陵**”, not “林” lah 
水巷孑蠻
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2023-01-04T05:16:35.140Z
@水巷孑蠻 ooops sorry typo!
dROOOze
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2023-10-01T23:02:15.760Z
@JananTan If interested it is mainly just practice, so you can learn it too! Basically these things are just written in old fashioned fonts, like trying to read the declaration of independence in english ☺
zagrycha
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dROOOze
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKe.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKe.jpg" alt="artist 1" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcC.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcC.jpg" alt="artist 2" /></a></p>
<p>Any help will be appreciated, am lost</p>

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Who is this artist?
# Who is this artist?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-01-02)

[![artist 1](https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKe.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKe.jpg)

[![artist 2](https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcC.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcC.jpg)

Any help will be appreciated, am lost

**Tags:** translation, character-identification, seal, calligraphy

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2024-05-29. Score: 1

The first painting's inscription reads "Shunan Calligraphy and Painting.（蜀南書畫）" The first seal represents the surname "Zhang（張）," and the second seal represents the name "Shunan（蜀南）." The artist, Zhang Shunan（張蜀南）, was born in 1952. He is currently a member of the Sichuan International Association of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting, a painter at the Moruo Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the Chengdu Public Painting Academy, and a specially appointed painter at the Malaysian Art Center.
The second painting's inscription reads "Tianyao（天瑤）." The first seal represents the name "Tianyao（天瑤）" (the artist's name), and the second seal represents "Boling Liu Family（博陵劉氏）" (Boling refers to present-day Dingzhou in Hebei, and Liu Family refers to the Liu family). The artist, Liu Tianyao（劉天瑤）, was born in January 1934 in Shenzhou, Hebei. He currently serves as a staff member at the Zhangjiakou Education College and as an advisor to the Zhangjiakou Calligraphy and Painting Institute. His representative works include freehand lotus paintings and a couplet in clerical script, "The Dragon Rises in China, the Swallow Dances in Spring." His works have won the first prize in the college sketching exhibition, the third prize in the first Tianjin Youth Art Exhibition, the silver medal in the National and International Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition celebrating the 45th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he has been awarded the title of International Silver Medal Artist.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-01-02. Score: 0

[![蜀南畫](https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKem.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/ynmKem.jpg)

> 蜀南畫
>
> Drawn/painted by 蜀南

[![天瑤 博陵劉氏](https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcCm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/uXRcCm.jpg)

> 天瑤
>
> (Artist's given name)
>
> 博陵劉氏
>
> 劉 clan of 博陵 prefecture

I don't think the two pictures reference the same artist. The second picture seems to reference an artist which has done other paintings up for sale (e.g. <https://www.mincang.net/jianding/zihua-254043.html>).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you so much @dROOOze. Amazing how you can decipher he words, once you did everything seems clearer now.  
> **username_3**: the link provided said it’s “博**陵**”, not “林” lah   
> **username_2**: @水巷孑蠻 ooops sorry typo!  
> **username_4**: @JananTan If interested it is mainly just practice, so you can learn it too! Basically these things are just written in old fashioned fonts, like trying to read the declaration of independence in english ☺  

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