It's not the first time Sun Lao has seen it, but every time he has a deep touch, this time with Wu Tianyuan, he said in the tone of a passerby: "Our jargon is called the collection system, that is, a collector according to his own likes to establish a collection category, antiques are broad and profound, no matter how much financial resources and energy can not be collected." Therefore, the main criterion for evaluating whether a collector can be called is whether there is a unique system, which is very important! ”

"The lifespan of a person is no more than a hundred years, and any ancient painting porcelain is a lifespan of hundreds of years, and ancient jade is even thousands of years, can you say that you have collected them? For them, we are just passers-by in life. It's just that they have a fate with you, and then accompany you for a period of time, the origin is gathered, the fate is extinguished, and there are descendants! "Song Lao is the oldest, and looking at his life's hard work, he has the most feelings.

A few days ago, I watched Mr. Ma Weidu's interview, and he said that one sentence is very correct, the highest level of collection is "both eye-catching"! That is, as long as you have the fate to see the real thing, even if it is just a glance, even if you have owned it before, this free and easy mentality is the true meaning of collecting! Wu Tianyuan sighed, he felt this the most.

"Easier said than done, when you meet the baby of your dreams, how many people can deal with it calmly? Money is still a small thing, the main thing is that culture and connotation. Everyone knows the truth, but how many people can really see through the collection? ”

Song Lao Zhengse said: "Mr. Ma has done one thing right, that is, to establish a museum and turn his own into the public!" Let the whole society have the opportunity to experience the cultural treasures left by our ancestors to future generations. I have already told the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts Museum that when I die, these most important works will be handed over to them, so that students and people who like art can have them together! ”

"Old Song? You know that if these paintings are auctioned in the market, they will at least tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions! Do you really want to donate it all? Sun Lao was also a little surprised when he heard Song Lao's idea for the first time.

"Now that the children are all older, they have started their own families, I don't need the old man's heart, I have already thought about the things after my death, and some of the fine products are donated to the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts, which has struggled all my life, so that students have the opportunity to see the charm of the real ancient landscape. The rest will be auctioned as a whole, and part of the money will be reserved for children and grandchildren, and the rest will also be donated, so that more children who want to learn art and have no conditions have the opportunity to contribute to the inheritance of ancient culture! ”

Wu Tianyuan and Sun Lao were in awe, the old man in front of him struggled for the cause of art all his life, and after his death, he had to support the students to continue to move forward, this spirit is the highest state of teaching and educating people.

"I might have to trouble you then!" Song Lao said to Sun Lao.

"That's too early! With your old body and mentality, you can reach at least ninety-nine! Isn't it? Wu Tianyuan quipped in order to adjust the atmosphere.

"Yes, the students are waiting for you to collect some more authentic works for them!"

"I basically got these in the early years, no one knew them at that time, and a few food stamps could be exchanged for Wang Yuanqi's paintings, but today's market is often tens of millions, so we old guys can only look at it!" Song Lao said very regretfully.

"Hey, there's no way, this is the capitalist society, after one of my auctions, most of the people holding signs are capitalists or investors, and there are very few real collections, so now when it comes to collecting is the stuff of the rich, the times are different!" Sun Lao has the most say in this point.

"Don't talk about this, let's come to see the painting, Tianyuan, can you tell the works of the four kings?" Song Lao was interested in Wu Tianyuan.

"I'll try!" Wu Tianyuan walked to the first painting, carefully studied the details, and lightly touched the paper with his hand, and after a while, he turned back and said: "This should be Wang Shimin, the word is inferior, the number is a smoker, and the old man of Xilu is called the evening." His family is rich in collections, and every time he encounters famous relics, he spares no expense to search, and he has all over the Song and Yuan Dynasty collections. Wang Hui, Wu Li and his grandson Wang Yuanqi were all taught painting by him. Later generations of his penmanship called it "the spirit of the wrist, the ink is elegant, the brush is at will, and the hills and ravines are muddy".

"Not bad! This is Wang Shimin's small work near the mountain thatched hut, which was obtained by the old Song Dynasty in his early years, and his works are very few in the world, basically in the museum, so to collect the four kings, you must first collect his works! Sun Lao nodded.

"This should be Wang Jian, the word Xuanzhao, also known as the master of the incense nunnery. Wang Jian was born in a scholarly family and was the great-grandson of Wang Shizhen, a famous literati in the Ming Dynasty. Wang Jian's slope stone is taken from Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen is studied with moss, and Ni Zan is learned with ink. In particular, his green and green landscape paintings, meticulous and delicate, charming and bright, synthesize the painting style of Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming, and the elegant book spirit jumps on the paper, which has always been praised by future generations. ”

"This imitation Juran landscape is the old collection of the Qing Palace, there is also the seal of the Qianlong Imperial Reward, the bibliography of the Shiqu Baoji, it is a fine product of the inheritance and order, and it is also the most exquisite one of my four kings, it was auctioned at Sotheby's in Hong Kong thirty years ago, and the price was not high at that time, and ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting were still a small category, and not many people cared." Song Lao said a little proudly.

"The third one is Wang Hui, the word Shigu, the number of cultivators and smokers, and he studied under Wang Shimin and Wang Jian. However, his landscapes are not confined to one family, and perfectly combine the calligraphic brushes of Huang Gongwang and Wang Meng with the compositions of Ju Ran and Fan Kuan, creating a rich and vigorous landscape painting style. ”

"This small-sized picture of the autumn tree crow should be a work of pen practice, there is only one seal, the real autumn tree crow picture is in the museum's collection, but my picture is the same in terms of brushwork and composition, but the size is slightly smaller." Song Lao commented.

Wang Shigu is more prominent among the four kings, his painting is very prestigious in the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi 30 years of edict to draw the "Kangxi Southern Tour Map", completed in three years, by the Kangxi Emperor Imperial Gift "Landscape Qinghui" four words reward. It is regarded as the authentic painting and has many followers, because he is a frequent acquaintance, and there is Yushan in Changshu, so later generations call it Yushan School. The market is very enthusiastically sought after, and once the genuine work appears, it is basically tens of millions. Sun Lao added.

"Finally, it is Wang Yuanqi's character Maojing, No. Lutai, No. 1 Shishi Taoist. Among the "Four Kings", Wang Yuanqi is the youngest, but he has the highest achievements. When he paints, he likes to use a dry brush, first with a pen, then with ink, from light to thick repeatedly blended, from sparse to dense, repeatedly rubbed, dry and wet at the same time, the picture appears to be a whole, is the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years of orthodox leading figures. ”

Wu Tianyuan quickly distinguished the respective works of the four kings, because Song Lao's collection was an orderly collection, with the author's seal and the collection seals of collectors of previous dynasties, and the difficulty of identification was very small, so it was not a test.

"The collection must be genuine! It doesn't matter how expensive it is, especially ancient calligraphy and painting, even if it was a bit over budget at the time, as long as it is genuine, it will return to its original cost in five or ten years. Because there are too few surviving people, there will be one less one to collect, and there are few famous painters in the market except for museums, such as people like me, the collection is a lifetime, and it will not be sold for decades, unless I have a chance after I die, so there must be genuine works in hand! ”

Song Lao looked at the collection of his life obsessively, and shared: "With the authentic works, you can study, see more and touch more, no matter the size, even if it is a sketch or a fan, as long as it is precise and representative, slowly you will have a feeling that the intuition of this painter will be of great help to Taobao identification in the future!" ”

Song Lao did not hesitate to pass on his many years of experience to Wu Tianyuan: "Then collect the representative works of painters in different periods, from early years to middle age to later years, study his life experience, repeatedly correspond, fully grasp the changes in his personality characteristics, and finally understand his artistic life." ”

"This is a longitudinal comparison, horizontal comparison is more difficult, you need to collect painters of the same period or the same style, like I often hang the works of the four kings at the same time, study their differences and differences one by one, and explore their style differences, this will help you the most, but at the same time it is also the most difficult, and it is indispensable to collect the real works of Master Qi, financial resources and fate."

The more Song Lao spoke, the more excited he became, his face flushed, and he said impassionedly: "The last is the process of tracing back to the roots, from modern times to the Ming and Qing dynasties, from the Ming and Qing dynasties to the Song and Yuan dynasties, and finally the earlier Tang Dynasty calligraphy and painting." All art starts with imitation and then forms its own style, and the founding patriarchs in history are masters of celebrities through the ages. “

"The real collection in my mind is that everyone has masterpieces from every era, and it is impossible to describe the wonderful feeling of being able to connect the history of Chinese art and form a clear main line, and appreciating them is like walking in the long river of history."

"That's what I said, but it's extremely difficult! It took you a lifetime to collect the authentic works of the four kings of the early Qing Dynasty, and now a Song and Yuan calligraphy and painting is at the museum level, and there is no less than 50 million if you really want to be auctioned! The unique pieces I know are in the hands of those big collectors, it's difficult! As a senior insider, Mr. Sun couldn't help but sigh.

"So that's why museums are important! We cannot deprive everyone of their artistic pursuits, and let the treasures of our ancestors be appreciated by only a few. I think museums are the ultimate destination of art, whether public or private! Song Lao affirmed.