Chapter 1560 Magical Technique
It was quite interesting for Zhou Zhi and Luo Zhongrong to enjoy the collection and exchange stories about it.
Of course, the prerequisite for such exchanges is that everyone is a real person. For example, the "National Treasure Gang" in later generations who can't tell the truth, it is superfluous to say anything.
“In fact, when you first enter the collection market, you don’t necessarily have to buy works by famous artists. You can target a certain artist and try to buy his best works. If you have limited funds, it is better to buy the best works by lesser famous artists. "Works." Luo Zhongrong said: "In terms of collection, a few million can buy a very good thing, and tens of thousands of dollars can also buy a very good work, not necessarily It takes a lot of money to get good things.”
“Actually, when I first entered the collection market, excellent ancient calligraphy and painting works were already relatively difficult to find, but among the modern calligraphy and painting masters closest to us. , in addition to a few famous artists, there are many famous artists who have not yet been taken seriously by museums, art history and art collections. ”
While talking, everyone came to a shrimp painting by Qi Baishi, and Zhou Zhi stood still: "The market is constantly changing, which just tests personal vision and thinking. It is really wise and far-sighted for the virtuous couple to focus on Chinese paintings of the past century. ”
< br>"For example, Mr. Shiraishi's works, while Mr. Daqian's works have soared to hundreds of thousands, his works have not even exceeded 10,000. If Mr. Luo's painting had been purchased at an early stage... 7,000? ”
Luo Zhongrong smiled brightly Some pride: "It's almost the same minus one zero. I bought it in the arts and crafts store on the ground floor of the Capital Hotel in 1990, for 800."
Zhou Zhi couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "You have a discerning eye!"
“In fact, it’s not really necessary Luo Zhongrong said: "At that time, the mainland was full of fine works, so don't think too much about the authenticity. That time I also included the works of Ren Xiong, Ju Lian, Wu Dachang, Wu Changshuo, Wu Hufan, Puru, Pan Tianshou, and Zhao Shao'ang. A batch of works.”
"By the way, I started to like Zhang Daqian and Zhang Shanzi from that time."
"Look, this is the "Ape Playing with a Crane" by Mr. Shanzi that I earned that time."
< br>The scroll is a typical Song Dynasty painting style. For Yi Yuanji's imitation has reached a sophisticated level. The ape in the picture transitions from gray to black from its body to its limbs, and its fur is so over-colored that there are no traces of the brush strokes. This clearly shows that the author is showing off his skills, because like this The technique of expression is something that Yi Yuanji does not have.
In a sense, this technique can be regarded as superior to the previous one.
The face of the roe ape is composed of gray and white hairs, except for its two eyes, which are highlighted with lacquer ink and are shiny. Although it is titled "Playing Crane", the expression shown by the roe ape is only curious and friendly.
Compared with the cranes in the picture, the cranes are larger and the roe are smaller. However, due to the ingenious dynamic grabbing and up-and-down layout, the roe hanging down from the wisteria with its magical arm reaching for the tail of the crane has become a The theme, and the crane looking back has become a supporting role. This visual effect is also quite magical.
There is no doubt that this is Zhang Shanzi’s masterpiece of depicting animals.
Zhou Zhi felt that his Taoist heart, which had been missing because he did not receive Zhang Shanzi's roe ape painting in the capital last time, had been fulfilled again. He smiled at Luo Zhongrong and said, "Thank you, Mr. Luo, for parting with me."
Luo Zhongrong was also polite: "This painting doesn't count, let's go and read "Chun Yun Xiao Mia"."
"Chun Yun Xiao Mia" is Zhang Daqian's huge splash-color landscape painting, which is one scroll. One meter by four meters is thirteen square feet.
This painting is undoubtedly an important collection of Jiemei Tower. It is hung in a separate room together with several other important works. Lin Wanqiu and Mao Yunsong are already waiting here, and they are immersed in studying this scroll. .
There is also a painting placed in front of the scroll, but it is in the form of an album page. "How is it?" Luo Zhongrong asked.
"Quite sophisticated." Mao Junsong raised his head and said with a smile: "In addition to Zhang Shanzi's twelve paintings of Huangshan, the poem titles of several of them are also worth a lot of money. . In this exchange, Mr. Luo will not "It's a loss."
"We make friends through painting, so we won't be affectionate if we say it's a loss or not." Luo Zhongrong said with a smile: "Whether you should read "Chun Yun Xiao Miao" first or review "Huangshan". "Travel"
"It's all on the table. It's not a loss in exchange, but Mr. Luo's question is a bit regretful." The two of them have become familiar with each other, and Zhou Zhi'ai's joking nature is exposed: "I'd better do my job first. "
Everyone laughed, Lin Wanqiu gave up her position, and became Zhou Zhi's assistant.
In fact, it is best to wear gloves and masks when appraising important paintings and calligraphy. However, there are gloves here but not masks. It must be because Zhou Zhi has a special status, and Luo Zhongrong and Mao Junsong feel embarrassed.
Putting on gloves, Zhou Zhi began to turn on the lights and study it carefully.
Zhang Daqian's paintings are very beautiful. Although they are small-format albums, the beautiful peaks of Huangshan Mountain, the peculiar pine trees, and the vast sea of clouds give people a sense of grandeur.
There is no doubt that this kind of painting is Zhang Daqian's meticulous work, but I don't know why it caused controversy on the island.
However, Zhou Zhi did not take a closer look, and instead studied the blank spaces.
In fact, for paintings that have been mounted, it is very difficult to identify them solely by paper, because the paper has been separated from its original state at this time, and has gone through layers of backing, edging, and glue. Processes such as alum and calendering are very difficult to identify if you are not very familiar with paper, or if you are not a paper with very obvious characteristics.
But fortunately, Zhang Daqian’s set of albums also has the above-mentioned difficulties, but it also has a huge advantage, that is, in the process of mounting the whole set, it is obvious that it was the author or the first collector. The intention is to deliberately highlight the characteristics of the drawing paper as much as possible.
Such a mounting method actually tests the skill of the framer. Zhou Zhi first looked at it in general, and then picked up a magnifying glass to study it bit by bit. While looking at it, he shook his head and secretly sighed in his heart that he really cannot underestimate the world. Hero, today I found my framing teacher in this small set of album pages.
He was fascinated here, but the three people beside him misunderstood his movements, and couldn't help but look at each other nervously, wondering if there was something wrong with the painting.
Finally Mao Junsong couldn't bear it anymore and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, is there something wrong with this album...?"
"Ah?" Zhou Zhi Only then did he come back to his senses from his fugue: "No, no problem, I'm just curious about how senior did it."
< br>“What do you mean?”
“It’s like this. As we all know, the last process of mounting calligraphy and painting is to fix the color of the picture. The general method is to use glue to spray the mounted picture again. , sometimes it is necessary to fold clean rice paper and perform several calendering processes. ”
The people in the room are all experts, so they naturally understand this.
“No matter how many times the post-processing process is done, it will leave traces on the paper.” Zhou Zhi said: “What I’m curious about is that this album has obviously undergone picture reinforcement, but what’s amazing is that such reinforcement It’s all on the back of the heart, but nothing extra is left on the front.”