Chapter 304 "The Crane Diagram"

............, "Hehe, Brother Qi, this time I took the liberty to visit, I really want you to help me do the appraisal, but these paintings are not mine, but my junior!"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Liu Dong's face quickly changed to a look of humility. Everyone present, including Mu Gang, counted Liu Dong as the youngest, and Qi Lao and Xu Lao are still real domestic calligraphy and painting appraisals, calligraphers, painters, etc., and their prestige is too high.

Looking at Liu Dong's young age, Qi Lao and several people, including Fu Kun, all showed surprise. No matter what they think, they can't remember that there is a person named Liu Dong in the calligraphy and painting circle, the collection circle, or the antique collection circle.

However, seeing that Li Lao took Liu Dong, an unknown person, to visit and ask for the appraisal of calligraphy and paintings, Qi Lao did not show displeasure.

"Then let's go to the study!" said the old man, who slowly stood up.

Hearing the old man's words, several people, as guests, naturally obeyed the orders and hurriedly followed.

The old man's study is on the left hand side of the living room, and after entering, Liu Dong's first impression is that there are many books! Starting from the door, there are bookshelves arranged around the wall, and they are all the kind of large bookshelves that are four meters high and almost go directly to the roof, and almost every bookcase is slowed down with large and small books, stuffed to the brim, and judging from the traces on the surface of the books, they are basically all turned over.

The old man's study is about 70 square meters, and most of the space in the main house of the entire courtyard has been opened up into a study by the old man. If I subtract just living area. You can imagine how cramped the old man's bedroom was.

"Young man. Take out your paintings!" Wait for Qi Lao to walk to the center of the study. In front of the long mahogany table with a length of nearly five meters, he turned around and said.

Hearing this, Liu Dong nodded and took off the backpack behind him.

Subsequently, among his three paintings, he first obtained Huang Binhong's imitation of Wang Ximeng's "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" in the Song Dynasty.

"Huh!" Seeing the painting in Liu Dong's hand, Qi Lao, who didn't care much about it at first, waited until he saw clearly that Liu Dong had unfolded a meter and the center of the painting was half a foot exposed. There was a look of surprise on his face.

Then, he reached out from his trouser pocket and took out his reading glasses and put them on himself, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

Seeing the change in Qi Lao's expression, Xu Lao also walked a few steps forward with some curiosity, came to Qi Lao's side, and looked at Liu Dong's unfolded painting.

"This is Wang Ximeng's "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", hey, it's not quite right!" Then Xu Lao's expression also became solemn. And noticing the look on the master's face, Fu Kun, who didn't care too much about Liu Dong, couldn't help but look at the painting.

Seeing the appearance of several people, Liu Dong and Li Lao glanced at each other. There was a smile on his face. Huang Binhong, who can be as famous as Qi Baishi, is the real grandmaster of modern landscape painting! Moreover, it is a huge painting with a length of more than 10 meters, not to mention the unique, I am afraid that there are not many in the whole country and even the world, and this in itself represents its value.

What is even more rare is that although this "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is a copy of Wang Ximeng's paintings, it has Master Binhong's own understanding, and in terms of the use of brush and ink and techniques, Master Binhong's work is more than the original.

Because the length of the table was not enough, Liu Dong could only unfold five meters, and the remaining half could only be rolled together temporarily. But even so, it is enough for everyone like Qi Lao and Xu Lao to appraise calligraphy and painting!

"Okay, great! It's been a long time since I've seen Mr. Binhong's masterpiece!" said Qi Lao with a look of surprise.

"Well, the mountains and rivers in this painting are deep, magnificent, and shocking; the unity of the virtual and real, the complex and simple, and the sparse and dense in the chapter method; the use of the pen is like a seal, strong and powerful, and in the strict place of the brush, there is a strange and steep interest. It shows Mr. Binhong's 'black, dense, thick, and heavy' painting style!" Xu Lao couldn't help but admire.

The two old men had extraordinary eyesight, and basically understood the extraordinaryness of the painting the moment they saw it, and now they have concluded that this nameless painting is the masterpiece of Master Binhong.

Subsequently, the two of them seemed to forget the existence of the people around them, and completely immersed themselves in the majestic and beautiful scenery of the mountains and rivers in the painting.

With the two old men, after slowly unfolding the picture scroll and reading it all, their brows furrowed.

"Lao Qi, you see that something is wrong here, it seems to have been artificially sealed!" Although there was no reminder from Liu Dong, the two old men still noticed the problem with this painting for the first time.

"Well, indeed! Looking at the mounting, it should be your Yangzhou worker, and it's done quite well! Looking at the color of the paper, how can this mounting be thirty years old!" After Qi Lao finished speaking, he looked at the old friend around him, and said with a smile: "It seems that if Master Binhong's painting wants to see the light of day again, you need this old guy to make a move!"

Hearing this, Xu Lao smiled, he is a native of Shanghai, and the craftsmanship on the framing is also a Yangzhou worker inherited from the teacher, and the craftsmanship is a must.

"Hehe, it's naturally no problem for me to reframe it, but I still need the consent of the owner!" After finishing speaking, the two old men looked at Liu Dong who was standing on the side.

"Old Xu was able to make a move, Liu Dong is grateful!" Liu Dong said sincerely.

"You can think about it, like this painting, disassemble and then reframe, it will not take a month to complete, and Mr. Binhong's painting, the market value is very high, your pair is tens of millions, if there is a mistake, my old man is not responsible!"

"Xu Lao Yan zhòng, if there is a problem in the future, it will naturally be borne by the subordinates, and you will definitely not be blamed on you!" Liu Dong said with a firm expression.

'Three-point painting and seven-point mounting', the precious Cheng dù of a painting, the quality of the mounting also plays a decisive role, if you can work Xu Lao and other people to make a move, it will undoubtedly make this originally very precious Huang Binhong's authentic handiwork more colorful, such a thing, how could Liu Dong be unwilling.

As for the 'slip-up' that Xu Lao said just now, Liu Dong believes that compared to his love for this painting, Xu Lao loves three points more than him, unless outsiders steal it, otherwise this painting is in Xu Lao's hands, and it is safer than in his hands.

"In that case, then I'll take this painting away!" said Xu Lao smiled.

"Of course!"

Seeing Liu Dong nodding, Old Man Xu instructed his apprentice Fu Kun to carefully put away this long scroll of Huang Binhong's calligraphy and painting.

Seeing this, Qi Lao's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of envy, but he also knew that if he wanted to frame this painting, he couldn't do it.

Although Xu Lao is also old, there are still disciples in the family. Unlike him, he is almost alone. Of course, if Qi Lao wants to accept disciples, the people in line can definitely break the threshold of his family, but the old man likes to be quiet, and he has seen it every time for so many years, so there are many people who say that he is a disciple outside, but there is really no one who can make the old man admit it.

After putting away the painting on the table, Liu Dong took out the 'crane painting' from his backpack again, although Liu Dong knew that this was Xue Ji's authentic handiwork, and Li Lao also agreed with his opinion, but the appraisal results of the two of them would definitely not be able to convince the public, if they could get the affirmation of Qi Lao and Xu Lao, it would be different.

"Elder Qi, Elder Xu, I still have a painting here, please ask the two of you to help identify it!"

"Oh, what?" If at the beginning, the two old men still had a hint of coping, then after seeing the real handiwork of Huang Binhong just now, they have become extremely looking forward to the painting in Liu Dong's hand at this moment.

"Quick, take it out!" Xu Lao said with an anxious face.

For the two calligraphers and painters who have been dealing with calligraphy and painting all their lives, every time they appreciate an ancient painting is a rare spiritual enjoyment.

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Liu Dongbian hurriedly took out Xue Ji's 'crane painting' from his backpack, and then carefully unfolded it on the long table.

However, at a glance, the two old men frowned, and Xu Lao was even more dissatisfied: "What kind of framing is this, it's just playing the piano randomly!"

"That's right, but this framing is poor, but this painting is extraordinary!" Qi Lao nodded.

At this moment, this originally very dilapidated crane painting, after the restoration of Liu Dong Relic Yuanguang, except for some insects, the original mildew, water stains, and sweat stains have completely disappeared, except for the monofilament silk color is old and yellow, the hardness and toughness of the silk are almost intact.

Therefore, at this moment, the five white cranes on this painting are pecking moss and feathers, or striding forward, or standing in the corner, or flying up and down, all of them are lifelike, curved, and have both form and spirit. Almost perfectly presented the author's superb crane painting skills in front of several people!

"This painting has both form and spirit, the crane painted is about to come out, the skill is superb, among all the famous artists in modern times, although there are also good crane paintings, but there is no person who can achieve this kind of 'finishing touch' of the wonderful person!" Qi Lao said.

Hearing this, Xu Lao nodded, and also affirmed: "In the two hundred years of modern times, the crane painters have not had this detached and arrogant temperament!"

"Not modern painters, there are many famous painters who painted cranes in ancient times, but there are not many who can achieve this kind of Cheng dù, Huang Quan in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Kuai Lian in the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Ji in the early Tang Dynasty are all famous painters in the past dynasties! Moreover, Huang Quan and Kuai Lian are both teachers of Xue Ji!"

After listening to Qi Lao's words, Xu Lao nodded and said: "Xue Ji's painting of cranes is indeed very high, and at that time, people even called Xue Ji's painting of cranes, the secretary's falling star stone (suspected to be a meteorite), He Zhizhang's cursive writing, and Lang Yuling's painting of phoenixes as "four uniques". The two great poets of the Tang Dynasty, Shefu and Li Bai, both praised Xue Ji's painting of cranes. But it's a pity that Xue Ji has not been handed down to the world so far, but we can't be sure if this is his real work!"

After a pause, Xu Lao continued: "However, this crane painting is five points similar to Huang Quan's original work "Snow Bamboo Bird Picture" in the National Palace Museum in Taipei!" (to be continued......)