Chapter 1061

The waiter took everyone into a private room, poured a cup of tea for everyone and left.

Knowing that Chu Chen was short of time, Peng fangyue showed his intention and took the painting out of the box.

This painting is also a painting of Er Xiang, but the artistic conception is different. The paper full of wood leaves fluttering in the wind, or near or far, or together or scattered, slowly flying and landing, two beautiful women standing in a graceful posture, with a calm and slightly sad expression, all of which highlight the sadness of autumn and the theme of the work.

If you look at it carefully, this painting is indeed a rare good one. However, from several places pointed out by Professor Gao, it is undoubtedly a fake. Even if you put the time of drawing this painting before Fu Baoshi did not completely establish his own style of painting, the result will not change.

Because even if Fu Baoshi had not formed his own style of painting at that time, he always had his own characteristics in terms of pen use, but there were some mistakes in this aspect of the painting. Do you think this is something that might happen in an authentic painting?

In addition, there is one major flaw in this painting

When Chu Chen put down his magnifying glass, Peng Fang asked nervously. As a result, his nervousness was normal, because it was not cheap for him to buy this painting.

As the "leading stock" in China's calligraphy and painting market, Fu Baoshi's works began to enter the circulation field as early as the 1940s. In 1984, a set of Fu Baoshi's "poetry of the Tang Dynasty" album was auctioned in Xiangjiang, with a transaction price of 1.6 million yuan, setting the highest auction record of modern Chinese painting at that time.

In 1996, his masterpiece of figure painting "beauty walk" was sold for 10.78 million yuan, creating the highest auction record of modern calligraphy and painting works in China.

With all this, we should understand the value of Fu Baoshi's works. Most of the works that have been sold at high prices at major auctions belong to the period of jingangpo. However, if the mistakes in this painting are eliminated, it is no worse than the works of jingangpo. So, of course, the price is not much cheaper.

However, it is obvious that Peng Fang is getting more and more disappointed. Chu Chen said with regret, "Mr. Peng, I don't think much of this painting."

Peng Fang was more and more stunned for a moment, then took a deep breath and asked: "Mr. Chu, please explain the reason."

"It should be..."

Chu Chen pointed out the mistakes in the painting one by one, and then said, "in addition, this painting has one of the biggest flaws."

"What flaw?" Jiang Jiachang asked.

Chu Chen explained: "most of Fu Baoshi's figures are ancient scholars, legendary ladies and other figures of a long time. At that time, these figures did not leave any images and statues for future generations to refer to. They can only form some general vague impressions through his rough description of historical materials."

"Fu Baoshi devoted his whole life to the study of art theory, and he could go deep into the traditional culture, so he had a deep cultural accumulation in his figure painting. And this also made him form many of his unique characteristics in figure painting modeling. "

"One of the most obvious features is" many people in one side ". Whether it is the painting of Xiangjun, the painting of Xiangjun wading in the river, the painting of Madam Xiang, the painting of Erxiang and the painting of Mountain Ghost, the faces of ladies are very plump, the brows and crowns are elegant, the temperament is extraordinary, and the modeling is very close."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen pointed to the "Er Xiang" face in front of him and said: "although the author portrays the two ladies' expressions very well, it is obvious that he has forgotten this feature of Fu Baoshi's painting. There is a difference between the face and the original painting. This can be seen by comparing it with the painting" Er Xiang "given by higher education."

After listening to Chu Chen's words, Professor Gao quickly took out his painting. Through comparison, we found that the beauty in Peng fangyue's painting was quite different from what Chu Chen said.

Peng fangyue was very disappointed with the result. After a while, he asked: "teacher Chu, is there any exception to this?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "if you want to say that there is no exception, then I can't guarantee it. But I haven't found this phenomenon in some of Fu Baoshi's works. You can also compare this with other related works."

After hearing this, Peng fangyue scratched his forehead and looked very anxious. He murmured, "how can this be possible? I took it at the auction. With the appraisal certificate of an authoritative expert, how can there be a problem?"

When chuchen heard Peng fangyue's words, he could not help shaking his head? This is obviously unrealistic.

Especially Fu Baoshi's works, due to the huge market value and market potential, undoubtedly become the target of many counterfeiters. For example, from December 10, 1999 to January 2, 2000, the special exhibition of works of Fu Baoshi in the period of jingangpo was exhibited in Shanghai Museum. The authenticity of the works caused a huge sensation at that time.

And because of Fu Baoshi's popularity, many auctions now have Fu Baoshi's works. It seems that there is no auction without Fu Baoshi. Almost none of the auctions on a large scale had Fu Baoshi's paintings. But because of this, it is doomed that quite a lot of "Fu Baoshi" are fake.Just think about it. After all, one's life-long creation is limited. Apart from collecting major museums, Fu Baoshi's family members, Fu Baoshi's friends and a few collectors, the rest of Fu Baoshi's paintings should be very limited in the market. How can it be common and often new in the auction market?

Even if it's genuine, it must be a treasure if it's collected by collectors. How can it easily flow to the market?

Nowadays, apart from some high imitations, some of Fu Baoshi's counterfeiters have pieced together various aspects of Fu Baoshi's paintings. Some counterfeiters even send some paintings that are very similar to Fu Baoshi's style to auction houses after changing the money.

Chu Chen had heard that at a large-scale auction in Beijing, a painting marked "Fu Baoshi" was valued at more than one million yuan. The real author was the curator of Fu Baoshi Memorial Hall at that time, and this painting was a copy of Fu Baoshi painting more than ten years ago, which was sold at the price of 1000 yuan per foot at that time.

In fact, this situation is not only known to Chu Chen, but also to Zhao Qirui and Jiang Jiachang.

Unlike chuchen and Peng fangyuegang, Jiang Jiachang was familiar with them, so he simply told them the inside story It can be seen from this that Fu Baoshi's counterfeiting is rampant in the market. With the development of modern technology, counterfeiting has stronger concealment and deception. Therefore, all paintings that have been identified by the authority of so and so should be cautious, and more questions should be asked. "

"But Ah Peng fangyue swallowed what he said, and then politely asked, "Miss Chu, could you spare me a little more time and help me to identify this work, which was taken together with the painting of Er Xiang?"

Because the identification just now took a short time and there was still a little time, Chu Chen nodded and said, "yes."

Seeing Chu Chen's agreement, Peng fangyue quickly took the painting out of the brocade box and opened it to see that it was a picture of Songying painted by Qi Baishi.

"Songying" is the subject of Qi Baishi's paintings. He created many Songying paintings, the most famous of which is Songying, which was presented to Xu Beihong in 1928.

From the perspective of composition and modeling, this painting of pine eagle is very similar to the one he presented to Xu Beihong. The pine trunk runs through the painting from top to bottom, with a strong air; the eagle stands on the tree trunk with its head held high, and the image of the proud wind rises suddenly; and a few strands of pine needles are added beside it to enhance the interest.

The trunk is rough and easy to depict, which contrasts with the delicacy of pine needles; the ink color is thick and light, dry and wet, easy to use and full of changes. The eagle's beak, claws and eyes are drawn out with strong ink lines. The beak is sharp and curved. The claws with sharp hooks are vigorous and powerful. The body and wings are written with boneless methods. The whole picture shows a kind of domineering spirit in the solitude.

This painting also looks like a masterpiece, but Chu Chen secretly shakes his head as soon as he sees the date of signing. This painting is very likely to be fake!

Because of the time, Chu Chen quickly observed the details of the painting, and then said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Peng. I'm not optimistic about this painting either."

"Why?" Peng fangyue couldn't believe his ears.

Although Jiang Jiachang was also surprised by the result, he saw Peng fangyue's mood was a little unstable and quickly persuaded him: "Mr. Peng, it's very normal for us to do eye drilling. Besides, your two paintings were taken from the auction. If there is any problem, we can negotiate."

Peng fangyue was well-informed. After listening to what Jiang Jiachang said, he soon calmed down.

Seeing this, Chu Chen began to explain: "Mr. Peng, I don't know if you understand Qi Baishi's life? You should know that Qi Baishi was not 77 years old in the year of Qi Baishi, because the fortune teller told him that there was a pass of 77 years old, and this year would be very sad. Qi Baishi hid himself from the world. He kept himself in the room for three days without anyone, and the meal was sent in through the window. When he came out, he announced that he was 78. "

"Therefore, he should not have such works as model year 76 and 77. Whether there will be special exceptions, I dare not say absolutely. Maybe there will be, but the possibility is very small, just like your painting of Erxiang. At least I haven't seen the works of model 76 or 77 in Qi Baishi's works before. "

"Qi Baishi doesn't have the works of model 77!" Peng Fang's eyes widened more and more, and he seemed very incredible. He really didn't know about it, let alone him. In addition to Jiang Jiachang, who secretly blamed himself for his carelessness, other people didn't know about it.

The painting by Peng fangyue was made by Qi Baishi when he was 77 years old. From this point of view, the probability of being a fake is self-evident.