Chapter 88: Picture-in-Picture
"Teacher Zhou! ...... I like this painting very much......"
"Do you know how to draw?! ...... Brother Guofeng said that you are Ye An's grandson and Ye Tan's nephew, is it true? ”
"Teacher Zhou, Ye An is indeed my grandfather, and Ye Tan is my second uncle." Fan Jianxin organized the language and said: "It's true that this painting is a fake, but have you noticed it, this ...... The painting ...... Dressed, framed but very beautiful, look at this Hangjuan's side lining...... Exquisite and luxurious, I keep it so that I can learn from the framing techniques......"
Fan Jianxin didn't dare to mention that the heaven and earth pole is made of Hainan Huanghuali wood, and the price of this wooden pole alone is not expensive in later generations.
"Oh......"
"I don't owe you anything, this painting counts you 10 yuan."
Zhou Damin knew that Fan Jianxin's mother, Ye Nan, was very good at framing calligraphy and paintings, although he had never asked her to frame paintings, and when he heard Fan Jianxin say this, his face showed a relieved expression.
But I secretly thought in my heart: A fake, this young man actually paid 10 yuan, which is really generous.
"Actually, this painting has an extraordinary origin. It is said that it is the ...... copied by Huang Binhong"
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After some evaluation, Fan Jianxin finally bought all the paintings of the two and paid them 13,000 yuan. This includes the cost of renting a venue for the exhibition at the Cultural Center, as well as the tax payable by Tang Erren for selling his paintings.
Fan Jianxin took the initiative to pay taxes and land rental fees, just to have an official certificate of sale to prevent the two from repenting! After all, Tang Guofeng is a friend of his second uncle, and his wife is his mother's best friend.
Tang Ziyi saw that her father sold the paintings he had accumulated over the years, and his face was full of joy as a successful person, so he secretly tugged the corner of Fan Jianxin's clothes and motioned him to tell her father about filling in the college entrance examination.
Fan Jianxin got Pan Tiansuo's "Gaze", as well as Tang Zhouren's collection, many of which are works by contemporary masters, and he couldn't stop secretly rejoicing in his heart.
"Uncle Tang, it's not easy to make a living by painting!"
Fan Jianxin said to Tang Guofeng:
"Now our country has begun to pay attention to the development of light industry, and we must rely on the textile industry to generate foreign exchange. Cloth tickets have been abolished this year, the supply of fabrics is no longer limited, and with the improvement of people's quality of life, more and more attention is paid to clothing......
"I set up a garment factory in Shanghai...... Everything is ready, but there is a shortage of costume designers!
"Now the clothing industry across the country, the most lacking is clothing designers.
"I think Sister Ziyi, the college entrance examination is better than applying for the fashion design major of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts...... With her art skills and the artistic genes of your Tang family, she will definitely become a famous fashion design master! ......”
Tang Guofeng is really happy today, although the painting of Pan Tiansuo, which he likes very much, was bought by Fan Jianxin, but all his more than 50 paintings were sold, and he is still sincerely happy.
According to the quantity and quality of the paintings, he and Zhou Damin got 6,800 yuan and Zhou Damin got 4,800 yuan. For the two of them, it is the first time they have earned so much income from selling paintings since they entered the painting industry, and their excitement is indescribable.
In 1982, China's per capita GDP was only 529 yuan, which was less than a fraction of the tens of thousands of yuan in later generations.
However, the relatively backward city of Luohe Province has not yet reached this number.
According to the current price level, Tang and Zhou have earned a few thousand yuan from selling paintings, which is really a lot of income, and it is not a problem to buy a house with ten or eight rooms.
Tang Guofeng thought that his daughter-in-law was right, this kid is really capable! Now that he is still in school, he bought a three-entry courtyard worth more than 10,000 yuan and a Santana car worth more than 100,000 yuan......
These more than 100 paintings, just because I like them, I will buy them when I say I will buy them, and I will pay 13,000 yuan at once!
If he waits for him to enter society, he doesn't know how much money he can make!
It would be a good thing if this young man became his son-in-law!
He heard Fan Jianxin say that he had set up a garment factory in Shanghai, and there was a shortage of fashion designers, and he hoped that his daughter would learn fashion design, so he couldn't help but think about it.
"Haha, that means this young man has a little bit of a ...... for his daughter Meaning. ”
I immediately agreed.
It's just that the girl who came with Fan Jianxin made him a little worried. Judging from the girl's appearance, she looks no worse than her daughter, and her height seems to be taller; Judging from her dress and temperament, she seems to be from a very good family.
The relationship between that girl and Fan Jianxin is a bit unclear.
Alas, how can such a young man not attract a little girl?
Fortunately, his wife and Ye Nan are best friends, and the marriage between Tang and Fan should be mentioned by his wife as soon as possible......
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Fan Jianxin drove the two female classmates to school, and it was already time for the school cafeteria to eat.
He didn't invite the two girls to eat out, but went straight home with more than a hundred paintings. It wasn't until he collected the "Gaze" that his heart was at ease......
The matter of skipping class in the morning was inevitably criticized by Teacher Xie Tian, but fortunately, the last mock exam will be held tomorrow, and Teacher Xie did not blame him too much.
When he came back from school in the evening, he didn't have the heart to review his homework and start sorting out the paintings.
Tang Guofeng's paintings are mostly fine brushwork, and the paintings are really ordinary, and there is nothing remarkable;
Zhou Damin's painting style is in great contrast, with splashed ink, freehand, and flowers and birds outlined by fine brushwork, but dozens of paintings can not find a single one with vitality and soul, which can be said to be a pool of stagnant water.
Splashed ink paintings lack artistic conception, and freehand lacks soul charm...... The brushwork is slippery, the composition is mediocre, and the things painted are vulgar.
It has nothing to do with the realm of art.
From a purely economic point of view, it is still easy for the works of the two to fool people who do not know how to do it and want to be vassals and elegant.
Not counting the collections of the two of them, only nearly 100 paintings by the two of them, with Fan Jianxin's past and ability to be an auctioneer in his previous life, it is still easy to get some sales methods and make several times the money.
In this way, the collection of the two is free.
Only one piece of "Gaze" made Fan Jianxin earn a lot of money.
Among the nearly 30 paintings in the collection of the two of them, there is also a painting of stone and bamboo by Lin Fengmian, an early European painter.
Fan Jianxin has the impression that Lin Fengmian rarely paints bamboo, which is unusual.
This picture of caryophyllum has a bit of a Western painting flavor, but also has an impressionist style, and even a bit of abstraction.
There is no need to think about it, just with Lin Fengmian's fame, there must be a lot of room for appreciation in future generations.
Fan Jianxin couldn't help but sigh that when he was a teacher in his previous life, in order to earn some broken silver to support his family, he worked hard and diligently, but he couldn't satisfy his wife Yang Miao's desires.
"You call that a salary, too? ...... Not enough for me a dress! ”
In the end, Yang Miao threw herself into the arms of Shao Baojin, the president of Shaw Group......
I didn't think about it, it's easier to make money after being reborn than to pick it up!
He does it casually, and the money is like long legs swarming, which can be called "dimensionality reduction" to absorb gold, invincible......
A beautiful girl is more like a butterfly that has found the fragrance of flowers. Even the noble white moonlight in his heart was captured by him, and the light shone on his body.
- Mingyue lives up to his heart.
Rebirth is tantamount to the blessing of divine power.
In addition to these two paintings, there are also other paintings that are good, and will not be repeated. The painting of "Snow Pond Wild Heron Picture" by Xu Xi in Nantang, although Fan Jianxin felt strange, he couldn't see the reason for a while.
Fan Jianxin went to see his mother with the painting.
"Mom, look at this picture......
Ye Nan unfolded the painting, frowned slightly, touched the frame of the painting, and looked at it carefully for a while...... Finally, he sniffed the painted heaven and earth pole with his nose and said "Old Haihuang!" ”
Then, he smiled and looked at his son silently.
"Picture-in-picture?!" The mother's expression made Fan Jianxin suddenly realize!
Fan Jianxin carefully examined the inscription, promotion, and seal of the painting......
In the end, he focused on the payment and promotion, although there were only a dozen small words, he read it for half an hour.
Judging from these dozen words, it is very similar to Huang Binhong's handwriting;
When I stared at this shoddy painting, after a long time, the absent-mindedness and impatience in the painting gradually became shallow, but I could see the sadness, vicissitudes and misery in the painting.
Fan Jianxin has auctioned many of Huang Binhong's works, and for this reason, Fan Jianxin has carefully studied Huang Binhong's life and creative thoughts.
Maybe it was a preconception, he didn't think about this fake "Snow Pond Wild Heron Picture" at all, it would be Huang Binhong's imitation.
Now, from the brushwork, painting skills, coloring, and handwriting of the whole painting, he can conclude that this seemingly shoddy painting is Huang Binhong's handwriting.
Speaking of calligraphy and painting masters, thinkers, revolutionaries. Huang Binhong, Fan Jianxin has the right to speak, he has specialized in the study of Huang Binhong's artistic process.
Huang Binhong's life spanned two centuries and two eras, and finally became famous as a master of Chinese painting. His thinking and practice bear the profound imprint of the changes of the century.
In the face of the spiritual and cultural dilemmas caused by the drastic changes in society and the many problems in the development of art, Huang Binhong adhered to the excellent tradition of Chinese intellectuals, started from exploring the source of national culture, and reshaped the aesthetic of artistic creation with the healthy and peaceful survival ideal of "rich Huazi" and the spirit of pure and vigorous spirit, and worked diligently for decades.
His achievements are manifold, and his paintings epitomize his deep passion and insight into the tradition of art history.
It reflects his unique insights and creations on the development prospects of Chinese painting.
The significance of this creation is to erect a new milestone for the history of Chinese painting to enter the modern era. At the same time, his creative spirit also shows us a simple and great Chinese intellectual artist, who has been persistent and wise in the torrent of the times.
His motto: "The height of the painting is rooted in the character"
In June 1937, Huang Binhong was invited by the Beiping Antiquities Exhibition Institute to go to Beiping to review the relocation of calligraphy and painting to the south of the Forbidden City. In July, the Lugou Bridge Incident, the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan, the Japanese invaders immediately occupied Beiping, and Huang Binhong could not return south.
An old man in his seventies, what can be done in this situation?
The best choice is "Fujuyan City" and "Dumen all day long".
It can be imagined how harsh the environment was at that time, as a patriotic painter, what he could do and what he urgently needed to do was to protect the classic Chinese paintings!
Thinking of this, Fan Jianxin said to his mother, "You...... Follow me to the studio. ”
Fan Jianxin's new home, with a total of 28 rooms, has a special painting room for painting and mounting.
"Mom, will you uncover this painting? ......”
"You can do it, I'll watch."
Fan Jianxin laid out the "Wild Heron in the Snow Pond" copied by Huang Binhong on the table, dipped it in distilled water with a large row of pens, and evenly brushed it on the frame.
After a few seconds, you can see a painting under the painting, faintly visible......
After a while, Fan Jianxin gently picked up the corner of the painting with a spatula and slowly lifted the painting...... The exciting moment has arrived, and the true works of Nantang Xu Xi are revealed!
For this "Snow Pond Wild Heron Picture", Mr. Huang Binhong can be described as well-intentioned!
Xu Xi's "Wild Heron in the Snow Pond" that he copied was kept outside the original painting, in order to prevent the wolf ambition from coveting it in the chaotic situation of the Japanese invasion.
In order to make the painting a fake, and at the same time to make it difficult for those who know how to discard it, he went to great lengths to make it difficult for people who know how to throw it away.
The painting is copied in a shoddy and casual manner, but the high-quality silk is used as the side lining, and the fine Hainan yellow rosewood is used as the heaven and earth pole, and the painting is framed magnificently.
This method of preserving paintings, although it has existed in ancient and modern times, is also extremely rare.
By chance, Fan Jianxin uncovered the mystery.
He got two masterpieces at once:
One is Huang Binhong's copy painting, although it is rough and artistic, but it can reflect the situation of that catastrophic and turbulent era, which has special historical significance and self-evident value;
The second piece is the authentic work of Xu Xi in Nantang......