Chapter 483: Father and Son Unveiled
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Chapter 483: Father and Son Unveiled
…… After seeing Zhang Zhongjun leave, Liu Dong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time, he turned his head and said, "Uncle Ma, do you know my father with this Boss Zhang?"
"You don't know?" Ma Zhengfang said in surprise.
"What do you know?" this sentence confused Liu Dong.
"What's your father's business?" Seeing that Liu Dong still looked confused, Ma Zhengfang said simply, "Your father, Master Liu Jianqing, is a famous landscape master in Qingzhou, and he is a double masterpiece of calligraphy and painting, and now his calligraphy and painting have reached 80,000 square feet...... The most important thing for all the galleries in Qingzhou is to sign your father under their command! That old Zhang is the gallery owner just now!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong understood a lot, but although his father was indeed proficient in landscapes, and his calligraphy was strong, the level was very high. But Liu Dong never knew that his father was so famous in the calligraphy and painting world!
Looking at Liu Dong's surprised appearance, Ma Zhengfang was surprised: "Don't you know anything about your father?"
"My dad is good at Chinese painting and calligraphy, I know that. In the past, people in our family used to go to my dad to ask for paintings and words, but when did my dad become so famous?" Liu Dong was surprised.
"Actually, your father was very famous in our Qingzhou calligraphy and painting circle a long time ago, but your father was a bit old-fashioned, except for friends and colleagues who came to ask for paintings and words, he didn't sell out at all. Because there are fewer works. And there was no communication. The reputation is limited, so the value of calligraphy and painting is not high. It wasn't until three years ago, three and a half years ago to be precise, that calligraphy and painting works began to circulate in the market, because the level of works was very high, and the price increased very quickly...... Don't you know any of that?"
Hearing this, Liu Dong shook his head with a complicated expression.
From Ma Zhengfang's narrative just now, Liu Dong can roughly guess. It must have been the fact that he dropped out of school three years ago to work part-time, which gave his father a great stimulus, so much so that he broke the principles he had adhered to for many years and began to choose to sell paintings to make money. However, it can be seen from the fact that the layout of the house has not changed, and the father and mother have not been willing to spend the money earned from selling paintings, and all of them have been saved.
The purpose of saving, Liu Dong doesn't have to guess to know, it is reserved for him and his sister to buy a house, get married, and even have children in the future.
said goodbye to Ma Zhengfang and Chang Fangtao's uncle and nephew. Liu Dong, who came out of the calligraphy and painting city, was in a very heavy mood, even after learning from Ma Zhengfang that his mother's oil paintings were also popular in the market. And after the value is no less than that of his father, Liu Dong still can't let go! If he can, Liu Dong hopes that his parents can enjoy the joy of painting and calligraphy creation, rather than using it to support their family!
What's more, now that his parents have passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and his life has reached old age, he should be a son to provide for his parents, rather than continue to let them worry about themselves!
On the way, after buying the painting paper that his father needed, as well as the paints and canvases that his mother wanted, from the shop next to the painting and calligraphy city, Liu Dong drove all the way to his home.
After returning home, Liu Dong did not mention anything in the calligraphy and painting city, because after spending the past few days at home with his parents, he clearly felt that the fact that he dropped out of school to work three years ago because he didn't want to increase the burden on his family has always been a hurdle in his parents' hearts. Therefore, rather than verbal persuasion, Liu Dong is more willing to use practical actions to prove that their son has grown up, has been able to support himself, and is doing well!
Now, it's time for my son to provide for them!
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"Dad, this is the paper you want! Mom, this is the paint and canvas you want!" he carried his things from the car into the house, and then helped his parents pack them up one by one and put them in the study.
"Xiaodong, don't buy so much next time, your father won't be able to use up so much paper in two years! And these paints, after a long time, they will dry and crack!" Song Xiangmei kept chattering.
"It's okay, Mom! Buy more power as a backup! By the way, Dad! When I went into the city this time, I even took out a good painting!"
"Oh, is it?" As soon as he heard his son's words, Liu Jianqing suddenly became interested.
If you really want to talk about it, Liu Dong's house has the most furniture in the study, in addition to the desk by the window and the piano in the corner, there is also the big red case that his father often uses to paint, as well as his mother's easel, and two bookshelves full of books!
And after Liu Dong took out Fu Baoshi's "Boat Sleep Map" and put it on the case that his father usually used to paint, Liu Jianqing and Song Xiangmei surrounded him at the same time.
"This is Mr. Bouldering's "Boat Sleep Map"!" After Liu Jianqing finished speaking excitedly, he immediately frowned, and sighed after a long time!
"What's the matter, Lao Liu, haven't you always liked Mr. Bouldering's paintings?" Looking at her husband's expression, Song Xiangmei was surprised.
"I naturally like Mr. Bouldering's authentic handiwork, but I didn't know before that bastard ruined this masterpiece of Mr. Bouldering!" Liu Jianqing said angrily.
As a calligrapher and painter, Liu Dong understands his father's love and maintenance of his predecessors' authentic works, perhaps because he has avoided his own paintings from encountering such poisonous hands, so his father has always insisted on not selling paintings! Of course, this is only Liu Dong's own speculation, but he is not very clear about the specifics! Moreover, there are still too many unsolved questions in his parents, which makes him confused!
"Isn't it good to be ruined?" Song Xiangmei learned oil painting, although she also has some understanding of Chinese painting, but her level can't tell that this is a painting.
Moreover, this unveiling painting did not uncover six or seven sheets, because the original paper of this painting was not a multi-layer sandwich Xuan, but a double-layer sandwich Xuan, and only two layers were revealed, and if another layer could be found, the painting could be restored to its integrity!
"Mom, this is a painting!"
As soon as Liu Dong said, Song Xiangmei immediately understood what was going on!
"Dad, in the past three years, I have learned a lot of ways to identify calligraphy and painting in Quancheng, and this painting is not as simple as it seems!" After finishing speaking, Liu Dong took a clean bowl and put some water in. Then use a clean brush. After dipping it in water, wipe it little by little in the blank space in the upper right corner of the scroll. After Liu Dong finished wiping a piece the size of Xiao'er's fist, a trace of ink came up from underneath!
"Xiaodong, bring tweezers and a magnifying glass!" After making Liu Dong stop, Liu Jianqing quickly commanded with a stern expression and excited eyes.
At this time, even Song Xiangmei, who doesn't understand Chinese painting, knows that this painting is not simple!
After agreeing, Liu Dong quickly found tweezers and a magnifying glass, and then assisted his father to remove the second pole and compound of the painting, leaving only the most core painting paper!
Then Liu Jianqing found the corner of the painting heart. After being completely soaked with water, he looked at it with a magnifying glass, and then tried it one by one with tweezers, and unexpectedly, on this piece of paper with a thickness of less than one millimeter, Liu Jianqing actually counted a full eight layers!
"Xiaodong, go find the watering can, then fill it with water, remember to be warm! Xiangmei, you go get a towel, be sure to clean a white towel!" Liu Jianqing continued to command.
Liu Dong knew that his father knew how to frame. So when I heard the order, I immediately took all the things I needed.
After a while, my mother brought a towel as well.
Next. Liu Jianqing began to spray the water in the watering can evenly on the drawing paper. In mounting, this process is called 'stuffy painting', and it usually takes more than an hour, in order to be able to restore the 'pulp' between the painting paper and the support paper, so that the painting paper can be removed intact!
Of course, there must be some places between the heart paper and the support paper that are firmly glued, and some places are easier to remove, and the role of the towel is to make these sticky places The pulp can be restored for a long time!
Of course, the longer the water spray is restored, the better, at this time, it is necessary to grasp a degree.
After the first painting was removed, the father and son worked together to turn it over, flatten it, remove the paper and trim the painting, and then put it on the wall.
When I returned to the original center, a thicker piece of drawing paper appeared, apparently a compartment between the upper and lower paintings. In order to prevent the color of the second painting from seeping up on a large scale!
After Liu Jianqing carefully removed the drawing paper, an old yellowed picture scroll about 150 centimeters long and 40 centimeters wide appeared in front of a family of three.
""Thousand Peaks Snow Racing Map"!" Looking at the four huge italics on the right side of the picture, Liu Dong couldn't help but read it softly.
And Liu Jianqing couldn't help the curiosity in his heart for a long time, and pounced on it with a magnifying glass to study!
"This is Huang Gongwang's true handiwork!!" After a long time, Liu Jianqing, who straightened up, took two deep breaths, but still couldn't control his excitement.
Huang Gongwang is the head of the 'Four Yuan Families', the master of the southern school of landscapes, and his masterpiece "Fuchun Mountain Residence Map" is one of China's top ten famous paintings! His life and achievements will not be repeated here, I believe that almost every Chinese person knows it!
"Lao Liu, calm down! Such a big person, how can he still be like a child!" As a pillow person, although Song Xiangmei said this, she knew her husband's respect for Dong Yuan, Ju Ran and Huang Gongwang! It's just that Liu Jianqing's excited appearance made Song Xiangmei instinctively worry about his body.
"Dad, in the future, this Huang Gongwang's authentic painting "Thousand Peaks Racing in the Snow" will be left at home, you can take your time to see it! Let's take it off and reframe it first!"
Now it's eight o'clock in the evening, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you won't be busy until midnight, Liu Dong doesn't care about himself, but his parents are old, but they can't stay up with him.
Listening to his son's words, Liu Jianqing nodded, and his eyes were reluctant to recover from the original national treasures of one hundred and forty-six square seals, such as "Huang Gongwangyin" Zhu Wenyin, "Yifeng Daoren" Zhu Wenyin, "Huang Zijiu" Bai Wenyin, and "Xiang Yuanbian Seal", "Xiang Molin Appreciation Medal", "Anyi Zhou Family Collection", etc., and cooperated with Liu Dong, and the two carefully removed this national treasure scroll.
Then, after turning over, leveling, removing the paper of the heart, trimming the heart, and putting the heart on the wall, the father and son did not have time to wipe the sweat, so they continued to stuff the paper below!
After removing the second piece of drawing paper used to make each layer, Liu Jianqing and Song Xiangmei, who were helping on the side, were surprised. (To be continued......)