張蒨英（1913–2004），江蘇無錫人。約1930年考入南京中央大學藝術系，與孫多慈同為徐悲鴻少有的女弟子之一，曾協助徐師創立中國美術學院。在徐悲鴻鼓勵下，1946年獲得英國文化協會獎學金前往英國深造，考入倫敦大學斯萊德美術學院，鑽研西方繪畫技法，並積極在全英各地展出，參加皇家水彩畫家協會、國際婦女藝術俱樂部、社會女藝術家會員，成為時下藝術界重要人物。作品獲英國牛津大學聖約翰學院、阿什莫林博物館收藏。1984年來臺參訪本館。
Chang Chien-ying (1913-2004), whose ancestral home was Wuxi, Jiangsu, entered the Department of Fine Arts at National Central University in Nanjing around 1930. Along with Sun To-ze, she was one of Xu Bei-hong’s few female students and assisted him in establishing the China lnstitute of Fine Arts. Encouraged by Xu, she traveled to Britain in 1946 to further her studies. With a British Council scholarship, she entered the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London, where she studied Western painting techniques. Chang exhibited extensively throughout Britain and became a prominent figure in artistic circles. She participated in the Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, the Women’s International Art Club, and the Society of Women Artists. Her works are held in the collections of St John’s College, Oxford, and the Ashmolean Museum. In 1984, she traveled to Taiwan and visited NMH.
《行書橫幅》，為張蒨英1984年書法作品。內容摘錄自顧愷之《神情詩》，由陶淵明摘句：「春水滿四澤，夏雲多奇峯。秋月揚明輝，冬嶺秀寒松。」本詩為描繪四季風光的經典短詩。作者行書筆觸婉暢流動，整齊端莊，字行之間闊達寬疏。款：顧愷之神情詩，淵明摘句。甲子秋日，張蒨英於倫敦。印：自得其樂。張蒨英印。
Horizontal Calligraphy in Running Script is a calligraphic work created by Chang Chien-ying in 1984. It presents lines selected by Tao Yuan-ming from Gu Kai-zhi’s Shenqing: “Spring waters fill the marshes all around; Summer clouds form wondrous peaks. The autumn moon casts its radiant light; On winter ridges, pines stand proud in the cold.” This celebrated short poem captures the distinctive beauty of the four seasons. Chang’s running script flows gracefully, while retaining a balanced, dignified structure. Generous spacing between the characters and columns lends the composition an open, expansive quality.
法書 1984 | 縱61.6 橫132公分 | 1984年入藏 | 國立歷史博物館 | 典藏編號74–00016
Calligraphy, 1984 | 61.6 × 132 cm | Acquired in 1984 | Collection of the National Museum of History | Accession No. 74-00016
《行書橫幅》
Horizontal Calligraphy in Running Script
