在近代篆刻史上,黄牧甫跟吴昌硕都是在篆刻艺术上各自开宗立派的大师,而且同样兼擅书画,堪称一时瑜亮。牧甫在少年时代开始篆刻的学习,并无师承,主要是靠自己的摸索。牧甫学印甚早,到二十八九岁已有《心经印谱》之作。当时牧甫走的是师法邓石如、陈曼生、吴让之等名家的路子。牧甫第一次来粤,因为得到一册让之晚年的印册,反复钻研,很有收获,所以这个时期的作品摹拟让之风致的特多。但有时仍用石如、钝丁、曼生的家数。 In the history of modern carving, both Huang Mufu and Wu Changshuo were the masters of their respective origins in the art of seal cutting, and they were equally adept at painting and calligraphy. Mufu novels in the juvenile age began to learn, there is no teacher, mainly by their own exploration. Herdsmen learn very early, to twenty-nine years old has been “Heart Sutra” for. At that time, herdsmen went to the schools of law, such as Deng Shiru, Chen Mingsheng and Wu Rangzhi. For the first time, the priest came to Guangdong. Because he got a printed copy of his later years, he learned a lot from his study. But sometimes still use stone as, blunt Ding, mansheng’s number.