Chiang Yee’s Chinese Calligraphy, 1938 – the Methuen Marketing Materials….

Posted: December 23rd, 2021 | No Comments »

The London-based artist, poet and author Chiang Yee published a book in 1938 designed to introduce the British public to Chinese calligraphy…It sold surprisingly well, the BBC talked about it a lot, it sparked a mini craze for people having a go at calligraphy. I was at the BBC Written Archives at Caversham recently and they had a copt of the marketing materials on the book sent by publishers Methuen in advance of the recording of the programme (which itself is sadly “lost”)….

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