Chapter 1319 Preliminary Trial
"Dragonfly on the Leaves" is a work by Ren Xun, a painter from the late Qing Dynasty. He and his father and brother are known as the "Three Rens". The painting master studied under Chen Hongshou and used to use ancient hairsprings, iron wires, and flowing clouds and flowing water. Orchid leaves are painted with several brushstrokes, including lake rocks, flowers, and characters' clothing and footwear decorations.
This characteristic also profoundly influenced another contemporary painter-Fan Zeng.
Because he was born in the late Qing Dynasty, his paintings are not very valuable, far behind Fan Zengke.
Guardian auctioned a "Double Hook Flower and Bird Album" in 1986 for a total of HKD 45,000, and a vertical scroll of "Zhong Kui" and "Autumn Landscape" on a fan in 1989 for a total of HKD 24,000. .
The "Album of Paintings of Flowers, Grass and Insects" from the year before last only cost only 17,000 Hong Kong dollars. However, last year, a set of eight-format landscape and figure albums sold by Lin Wanqiu in Haitong was much more precious than the flowers, grass and insects, and sold for a "high price" of 120,000 Hong Kong dollars. ".
Although he also belongs to the Shanghai School of Painting, because he lost his sight at the age of fifty-four, Ren Xun's works are not the pinnacle of the Shanghai School. However, the Gusu Yiyuan, which he personally designed, is even more praised.
Logically speaking, the paintings of the late Qing Dynasty that have been passed down to the present should not have serious lead staining. However, in this painting, there are several groups of flowers between the lake rocks and the leaves, as well as the four flowers above the leaves. The wings of a suspended dragonfly are all made of lead white paint.
Due to poor storage, this painting must have been damp and exposed to humid air for a long time, resulting in serious lead blooming in the lead white.
The flowers turned into black flowers, and the transparent dragonfly wings and the dragonfly also turned into a few dark masses.
"Let Xiao Zhou try it!" Just when everyone was hesitating, Chen Shaochong had already ran back excitedly, with excitement in his voice: "First repair "Ruye Dragonfly Picture". If there is a problem, I will be responsible! "
Tianxia Museum, Chen Shaochong just called the Shu Capital Museum and asked them if they knew the Shu Museum and if they knew Zhou Zhi.
As a result, the Shudu Museum said that the relationship with the Shu Museum is not very deep, but the name Zhouzhi is known. It seems that there are several important cultural relics unearthed in Jiachuan, such as the Xinmang stamped money and the Qianlong version of the Longzang Sutra. , seems to be related to this name.
Recently, Shu University and Gongmei have gathered a big sponsor, the Three Gorges Cultural Protection Fund. How about I give you a call and you can find out about it from Gongmei?
Then the phone call came to Fei Guan. Fei Guan heard that he was asking about his elbows and patted his chest to confirm. My little brother is very reliable. The restoration of calligraphy and painting is a craft inherited from the family. The Palace Museum Qi Laohe Wang Lao of the National Museum attaches great importance to it. He presided over the restoration of Qianlong's "Complete Map of Bashu" of Sichuan University. Last year, it received three commendations from the Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Relics Appraisal and Protection Committee of the Cultural Relics Bureau, which made the Sichuan University Museum famous.
There is nothing to say about the level of restoration of ancient paintings, but I have never seen him show off the skill of burning lead that you mentioned, but speaking of something related to this... By the way, the National Expo and the Forbidden City nearly came to an end the year before last. Have you heard of the drilling of holes in statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty? Hey, that was Zhuzi's idea. Through the solvent test of the acid content of the soil at the bottom, it was determined to be a fake. I don't know if this information is useful to you.
By the way, this guy is also a senior appraiser at Haitong Auction House. His expertise is in porcelain and ancient calligraphy and painting. He has a family background. Compared with other appraisers, this kid is better at painting scrolls, backings, brocades, and paper. Mo's mastery of these things is unique in the industry...
This information is enough for Chen Shaochong. "Dragonfly on Ru Ye" is not a very important collection, and he can afford this responsibility.
This picture has been unframed and is lying quietly on the table, just in a state where it is ready for the next step.
Zhou Zhi observed Hua Xin’s state: “Okay, then I’ll give it a try.”
It didn't burn as soon as I tried it. Zhou Zhi was not very satisfied with the work done in the restoration room, so he poured water on the center of the painting again, brushed it with a soft wool brush, and carefully searched and picked out the center of the painting with tweezers and bamboo chips. There were a lot of impurities mixed in, and some broken and missing parts were reassembled, and then a wet towel was carefully rolled over the center of the painting. "Everyone, study hard." Duan Qihong emphasized, and then began to explain Zhou Zhi's work: "Xiao Chen has just processed this painting. Look, how many dirty things have been forced out by Xiao Zhou?"
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“Everyone Pay attention to what Xiao Zhou did. Xiao Chen didn’t dare to clean up the mounting paper on the back of these places that had been moth-eaten. This seemed safe, but in fact it would bring trouble to the subsequent re-mounting... ”
“To deal with a place like this, there are only four Of course, we can’t expect everyone to be as quick and light as Xiao Zhou from the beginning, but it is always possible to work slowly and carefully.”
“The reason why Xiao Zhou is able to do what he is now. Fast, that's because of his adhesion to mounting paper and painting hearts. The state of the art is already well understood, and I am absolutely sure. This light and fast movement will not bring up the heart of the painting when unmounting it, which can avoid tearing the heart of the painting and ensure that the center of the painting is not in the right position. Move and avoid the trouble later.”
"Look, after removing the mounting paper and rolling the towel again, how much dirty water came out? If these things are not removed cleanly, the effective shelf life after re-mounting will definitely be shortened. Painting diseases will easily start from these places. It has to be framed in advance.”
After the center of the painting was cleaned up again, Duan Qihong saw Zhou Zhi starting to put a towel on the white flower farthest from the subject, and just said: “The key is here, everyone pay attention. Study." No more words.
On the contrary, he started the explanation thoughtfully. From the humidity of the painting center, the humidity of the towel, the concentration of alcohol, the safety of fire, etc., he explained everything in great detail while talking and explaining it carefully.
Finally, he lit the cotton swab and handed it to Duan Qihong: "Teacher Duan, will you try?"
"Shall I?" Duan Qihong was a little afraid.
"Come here and set an example for everyone." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, you can't burn the painting."
Duan Qihong carefully took the cotton swab, swung it over the towel circle, and used alcohol The volatile steam was immediately ignited, and a blue flame burned on the flower.
Everyone held their breath and watched as the gray-black picture gradually turned white in the flames, and then revealed its original color.
“It turns out to be Ruixiang.” Only now did Duan Qihong see the shape of the flower clearly. The flower in the picture turned out to be not one, but a group of ten or so flowers. The flower was not completely white, but had a band in the center. Pink, with white petals and layered multi-colored petals.
Coupled with the few pointed leaves sticking out around the flower cluster, what sticks out from behind the lake rocks is a daphne flower.
After having this successful case, Zhou Zhi began to process the rest of the picture. Similarly, the ignition was handed over to a few students in the restoration room who were eager to try it, so that they could have an initial experience.
(End of this chapter)