Chen Yi nodded slightly, in the process of practicing painting in the past, he also learned about many famous calligraphers and painters, including the famous paintings they handed down, and studied their brushwork.

Not to mention the collection of these old men he knew, his master Zheng Lao alone collected the works of many famous calligraphers and painters, which undoubtedly provided great convenience for his research and made him get a lot of benefits from it.

In addition, during the period of studying in Tianjing, Fu Lao of the Central Academy of Fine Arts also explained to him the brushwork of some famous painters, which benefited him a lot.

If we say that the two most famous painters in modern times, they are undoubtedly Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian, and Li Keran is Qi Baishi's disciple.

Li Keran, formerly known as Yongshun, was born in a civilian family, his parents were illiterate, and he loved opera painting in his childhood, often painting opera characters on the ground with broken bowls, which won the attention of neighbors.

In primary school, the painting teacher saw that he was smart and studious, praised the children can be taught, Su zhì can be dyed, and gave him the academic name can be dyed, after that, he traveled to Xuzhou City, saw a calligraphy and painting society, there are several old painters are painting, lying outside the window to watch for a few days, by some old painters know, so he entered the room, worshiped a painter in Xuzhou as a teacher, officially enlightened calligraphy and painting.

Next, he entered the normal department of Tianhai Art School, saw Wu Changshuo's authentic works, and at a school commemorative meeting, he listened to Kang Youwei's speech and learned that Chinese painting is the peak of world art, so he was stimulated to fight and left his job to dedicate himself to the art of calligraphy and painting.

At the age of nearly forty, he studied under Baishi and stayed with him for ten years. He is good at painting landscapes. Figure. He is especially good at drawing cows.

Qi Baishi received twelve apprentices in his life, and his two most accomplished disciples in the art of painting were Li Keran and Li Kuchan, as for Mei Lanfang, a famous figure in China, strictly speaking, he had great artistic achievements in drama, but he was not a member of the painting school.

It's just that these two people have only reached the most accomplished under Qi Baishi's sect, and they have not been able to outperform the blue. Reach the level of a generation of masters like Qi Baishi.

Chen Yi slowly admired Li Keran's Qingli fishing picture, which depicts the scene of many fishing boats fishing on the Li River.

In addition to depicting the fishing boats on the river, the houses and plants on the shore also appear in the pictures, giving people a strong sense of local customs.

In terms of painting identification, there are three levels of difficulty, and the easiest is that contemporary people imitate the ancients, because it is not easy to collect materials. For example, rice paper, such as painting ink. If you use old methods such as tea dyeing and painting, the effect is not very good, so it is the easiest to judge, and it is also the one that counterfeiters are least willing to work hard.

And a little more difficult, is the ancients imitation of antiquity, this category of paintings, the number is very large, the main period is concentrated in the Ming and Qing dynasties, when the regional forgery is very popular, but each kind of forgery, there are traces to follow, although there are some difficulties, but as long as you are familiar with a variety of forgery techniques, you can find suspicion.

As for the most difficult, it is that modern and contemporary people imitate contemporary people, because in this era, many traditional cultures have declined, the style of paintings is very not obvious, there is no phenomenon of a hundred flowers blooming in ancient times, and many counterfeiters are closely related to calligraphers and painters, and they know the personality of calligraphers and painters very well, which will bring great difficulties to identification.

Chen Yi did not use the identification technique first, but relied on his own understanding of Li Keran's paintings to slowly identify them.

Chen Yi has seen the works of many famous painters in modern times, and after some research in the appraisal system, Li Keran, the two most outstanding disciples of Qi Baishi, is also in his research, so he knows the brush and ink of his paintings very well.

After watching for more than ten minutes, Chen Yi raised his head, with no sadness or joy on his face, and he couldn't see any expression.

Seeing that Chen Yi didn't have any smile on his face, Wu Qisheng's heart suddenly changed, could it be a fake, "Mr. Chen, how is this painting." He asked, a little nervously.

If he did it before, he didn't care about Chen Yi's appraisal at all, but now, Chen Yi is already a famous calligrapher, painter, and antique connoisseur, and his words can be said to represent the life and death of this painting.

Chen Yi looked at Wu Qisheng, shook his head and smiled, "Mr. Wu, since you asked me to appraise it, then I'm not welcome, there is a problem with this painting." ”

Wu Qisheng's face changed, "Mr. Chen, I don't know what the problem is, I would like to hear about it." ”

Chen Yi looked at the painting on the table, and said with a smile: "The appraisal of calligraphy and painting, either the authenticity is the authenticity or the authenticity, as far as the identification is concerned, how can you know the falsity if you don't know the truth?" Therefore, calligraphy and painting must be known before the fake, and I have seen more than 100 of Li Keran's genuine paintings, so it can be said that I have a detailed understanding. ”

"The first major feature of his paintings is black, because Li Keran likes to use splashed ink and ink accumulation method, and draws on the backlight painting method of Western painting, leaving white space and leaving highlights, and the mountains and forests painted are mostly in the top light, side light state, therefore, the mountains and forests are deep, the rocks are strong and mysterious, and they look like black paint, but they are well-distinguished, and his paintings are black and not dead, not greasy, and not simple."

As he spoke, Chen Yi pointed to the mountains, forests, grass and trees on this painting and said: "Li Keran's painting is not dead black, but there are things in the black, but in this painting, although the black of the mountains, forests and plants is enough, it is dead black, and I can't see any anger." ”

"The second major feature is that it is full of ......" Chen Yi pointed to the painting little by little, and explained the defects in it, if you want to identify the fake, you can know the characteristics of the genuine product, and some of these characteristics are not possessed by the fake.

After talking about the last flaw, Chen Yi smiled slightly, "In general, this is a good level of fake, some of the flaws in it are very subtle, I don't have a full understanding of Li Keran's paintings, I can't see the suspicion at all, the author of this imitation is probably also a friend who has a lot of contact with Li Keran, or a student." ”

Wu Qisheng showed a wry smile on his face, he also had some understanding of Li Keran's paintings, and knew very well that what Chen Yi said was very correct, but he couldn't imagine that the painting he was very sure of was an imitation, "Mr. Chen, how much else can this painting be worth." ”

"At the level of this painting, it is also six or seven out of ten of Li Keran, if it is genuine, the price will exceed five million, this one, it should be between five or six hundred thousand."

Chen Yi pondered for a while, and then said, painting paintings, what you appreciate is the author's artistic conception, what you want is the author's fame, even if a fake is similar to the original author's style, it is still a fake, and the value of the original work is not high at all.

Just like the Huang Tingjing he is writing now, it has the bonus of intermediate copying, and the calligraphy he writes is worth more than 10 million, but the price of Huang Tingjing's authentic work is as high as 10 billion.

"500,000, I bought it for 4 million, this doggy antique dealer." Wu Qisheng showed a look of regret on his face and scolded.

Chen Yi smiled and didn't answer, in the antique shop, it is a common thing to be eye-catching, not to mention these real estate tycoons who don't know much about antiques.

He put the painting aside, set his eyes on the antiques beside him, and when he saw the following two, his face deliberately showed a different color, "Mr. Wu is also collecting the Flower God Cup?" "The two antiques below are the Flower God Cup, but they are not colorful, but blue and white.

As for why Wu Qisheng brought these two flower god cups, his intention was also very obvious.

"Cough, Mr. Chen, I can't compare to you, now I have collected eleven Kangxi official kiln colorful flower god cups, only the last one is missing, and the merit is complete, I am just a little trouble, just collected, these two cups are also I got from the antique dealer, there are too many imitations of the flower god cup, there are imitations of the Qing Dynasty, and there are imitations of the Republic of China, these two are genuine or imitations, I am a little unsure." Hearing Chen Yi's surprised voice, Wu Qisheng hurriedly said that since the firewood kiln was born, he has been inquiring and paying attention to Chen Yi's affairs.

Knowing that in addition to the colorful flower god cup, Chen Yi was also collecting blue and white flower god cups, and immediately took out several blue and white flower god cups that he had collected for many years, two of which were exactly what Chen Yi had not collected.

Chen Yi did not expose this Wu Qisheng's flawed words, after all, this guy invited himself to come over through identification, if at that time, he directly proposed to exchange antiques for firewood kilns, maybe, he would find some excuses to refuse.

"These two flower god cups are really coincidental, they happen to be the two ones I am missing, let's see if they are the ones that have arrived."

Chen Yi smiled slightly, it is far from enough to have a flower god cup, it depends on whether this flower god cup is Kangxi or the later dynasty, if it is Kangxi's, it is also divided into official kilns and folk kilns, and the natural ones he collects now are official kiln artifacts, and the folk kiln, in a certain way, is not as valuable as the official kiln collection.

"Ahem, that's really a coincidence, Mr. Chen, please identify it first." Wu Qisheng laughed dryly, he was very much looking forward to Chen Yi being able to take a fancy to these two blue and white flower god cups, although with these two flower god cups, there is still a lot of value from the firewood kiln, but he is here, not only these two flower god cups, but also some other antiques.

He had already obtained five blue and white flower cups before, two when he found the colorful flower god cups, and one that he found in the ghost market in Jingdezhen, plus two pieces that he exchanged for calligraphy for Ding Run.

These five flower god cups are daffodils in January, peach blossoms in March, peonies in April, lotus flowers in June, and orchids in July.

And now the two flower god cups in his hand, after identification, are also Kangxi official kilns, and they are two of the seven pieces that are missing, which are February magnolia flowers and September chrysanthemum cups, if you count these two, he will also lack five pieces. (To be continued......)