In the modern Chinese painting world, there are definitely two people who cannot avoid it. One is Daqian and the other is Baishi. Whether in China or abroad, the calligraphy and paintings of two people are the best.

The reason is that there must be hype, but it cannot be denied that as the most famous painter in modern times, the works of the two are full of charm and are not frivolous. Whether from the perspective of investment appreciation or from the perspective of collection and appreciation, the works of the two are worth the money and are definitely not much water.

"Wang Guan, this is this thing, you go and have a look."

At this time, Fang Mingsheng glanced at it and immediately confirmed it. After all, he had looked at the things dozens of times, and he had already kept the details in mind, and he was not worried that Manager Mi would dare to drop his bag and deceive him, so he no longer looked at them carefully. He just hoped that Wang Guan would finish reading them quickly and make a decision for him.

"Um?"

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Mi was of course surprised and realized that his judgment had been wrong. It turned out that this young man was really the connoisseur of Fang Mingsheng who invited him to see the painting. But, he is too young, right?

It is definitely not a sin to be young, but young people are definitely more suspicious. Just like when you go to the hospital for treatment, you see that the doctor who treats you is a young man who has just graduated, you probably have to be suspicious.

Now that Manager Mi thinks this way, I feel that even Mr. Zeng can’t see the paintings. Fang Mingsheng actually invited a young man to help him. Isn’t that too much of a joke?

Not to mention the muttering in the heart of the shopkeeper Mi, at this time, Wang Guan also walked to the table and carefully watched the painting of the Red Fun Girl, which made people doubt the authenticity.

Speaking of Hongfu Nu, if you have read martial arts novels, you will definitely be familiar with it. If you know some legendary novels of the Tang Dynasty, you will probably know the source of Hongfu Nu.

Hongfu Nu is naturally a fictional character, originating from a legendary novel of the Tang Dynasty. The novel features Hongfu Nu, Li Jing, and the Quebear as the protagonists, and is collectively known as the Three Heroes of Fengchen. For thousands of years, this legendary novel has made the image of Hongfu Nu deeply rooted in people's hearts, and Jin Yong even praised this novel as the originator of my country's martial arts novels.

However, the novel only describes Hong Fu's personality, but does not specifically describe her appearance.

Of course, this is a good thing. Because this makes it easier to unfold. But it is also a bad thing. After all, the whole novel does not describe the appearance of a beauty in detail in words, but allows the audience to get the most complete imagination. Although this is the greatest achievement of the novel, it is also the greatest difficulty for the painter. Therefore, a deep understanding of the content of the novel is necessary to accurately express the painter's imagination.

It is often said that there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people. The same is true for Hongfunn. After reading the Biography of the Guest of the Que, everyone imagines that there is their own image of the Red Buddha Girl. Whether the depiction of Hongfunnn resonates with everyone is a very test of the painter's ability.

Not to mention the authenticity of this painting, but simply starting from the work itself, Wang Guan thinks that this picture should do this.

Why is the image of Hongfu Nu deeply rooted in people's hearts? Wang Guan believes that in addition to her beautiful appearance, she should also attribute it to the chivalrous temperament she emits. That is, her courage to love and hate, and her heroic and heroic aura.

The painting in front of me is very consistent with Wang Guan's aesthetic standards. The painting is not complicated, the composition is bright and concise, and the whole picture only shows a ladies. Hong Funn’s hands spread out her cloak, raised her head, and her upper body tilted slightly, highlighting her graceful and handsome figure. Her movements are elegant and generous, without any slight attitude.

If you look closely, you will find that her knees are slightly raised, and her long skirt is swaying on the ground, as if she is coming gracefully. She is wide-eyed and faces the audience with a firm look, calm, implicit and unretreated, just as she greets Li Jing and the bearded guest in the novel, showing an elegant and positive attitude.

"How about it?"

A few minutes later, Fang Mingsheng couldn't sit still and hurried over to ask: "What do you think?"

"Don't worry, I'm watching."

Wang Guan continued to look at it, and his attention changed, looking for the seal that Fang Mingsheng mentioned, which made people think that the picture might be a fake. When he searched, the picture was not very big, and since this was a modern thing, there were not many seals on it, so he easily discovered the target.

"The seal of calligraphy and painting in Tanshi Quzhai!"

At this time, Wang Guan's eyes were certain, and he couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder..."

"Oh, that's right, it's this seal that makes everyone dare not easily determine the authenticity of this painting." At this time, Fang Mingsheng also frowned and said very annoyedly: "Damn Tan Jing, it's really harmful to others."

When it comes to Tan Jing, many people must feel unfamiliar with him and probably don’t know who this person is at all. But for veteran collectors, the ancient calligraphy and painting imitated by Tan Jing is undoubtedly a very "awe-inspiring" existence.

Anyway, according to Mr. Qian, some ancient paintings imitated by Tan Jing are currently collected in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Freer Museum in Washington, the United States, and other places. Even the big museums are deceived, which shows how deceptive it is.

However, it is because Tan Jing's reputation in fake calligraphy and painting is so famous that many people subconsciously think that when they see the calligraphy and painting chapters of Tan's Quzhai, they think that things may be fakes.

The reason has to be discussed from the beginning.

Tan Jing was born in a business family and had a high cultural cultivation. Because of his strong economic strength, he only asked whether the good or bad is not the price for buying calligraphy and paintings, so he collected many ancient calligraphy and paintings in a very short time.

It is also necessary to mention Zhang Congyu here. Tan Jing and Zhang Congyu are good friends, and the two often have letters. Later, because Zhang Congyu went bankrupt, the large number of calligraphy and paintings on hand were sold directly to Tan Jing.

In addition, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the north and the south fell, the currency system depreciated, and calligraphy and painting prices fell invisibly. In the Jiangnan area, cultural relics were mostly concentrated in Shanghai, and calligraphy and paintings flooded the market for a while. Moreover, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, a large number of calligraphy and paintings brought to the puppet Manchukuo by the last emperor Puyi also flowed into the market, and were all acquired by Tan Jing.

That's it, Tan Jing became the leading collector at that time, and threatened that Xuzhai (Pang Laichen) was out of date today and that Congyu was powerless. In Shanghai, who was the enemy of Song and Yuan calligraphy and painting in Shanghai!

Whether this is rampant or arrogant, it is true that he has many good things on hand, so it naturally attracts many people to visit him just to see it.

Speaking of the literati during the Republic of China, they also have a bit of ancient style. Whether you recognize each other or not, as long as you say you are visiting you, you may be able to fight the autumn wind at any time. What's more, they are not fighting the autumn wind, but are looking at paintings specifically, so Tan Jing has no reason to keep people out.

But there were too many people coming to watch the paintings, and how to protect calligraphy and painting from being damaged became Tan Jing’s most headache. Later, after his thoughts, he simply found his senior brother Tang An and asked him to help make a copy to deal with those who came to see the paintings.

Tang An, whose courtesy name is Linze, was good at seal carving, calligraphy and painting, and was particularly good at imitating antiques. His masterpieces were the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, and he was known as the No. 1 person in modern times. After being entrusted by Tan Jing, he immediately invited a group of friends, and they all divided their work and cooperated. Some imitated paintings, some imitated characters, some made seals, some made old ones, and some mounted them into scrolls.

It is not easy to imitate ancient paintings. It is impossible to achieve the vicissitudes of calligraphy and painting that have been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years in a very short time.

But Tang An and the others did it. They first painted it, mounted it on the board, and washed it with water to make it seem like it is not. After that, they repeatedly unmounted it like the old paintings, and they had to reinstall it like repairing old paintings, and finally put it into full color to make it look very ancient.

This matter must have been very secret at that time, but it naturally spread after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is said that in order to achieve the natural and old effect, Tang An hung his new calligraphy and paintings on the wall of the patio, allowing the rain to blow the sun, and none of them were complete.

Tan Jing felt very strange and thought that it would be useless if it was so ragged. However, Tang An answered that what he wanted was its ragged, and only the ragged things were taken down and repaired, which was the most real thing.

That's it. The imitation of the pictures is very realistic. Even famous artists like Wu Changshuo once saw them. From this, we can see how realistic these fake paintings of Tan Jing are.

Anyway, there was a period of time when calligraphy and painting collectors heard that "Tan" had changed color, and even regarded calligraphy and paintings stamped with Tan Jing's collection seal as a disaster and did not dare to touch them.

It is worth mentioning that Tan Jing and Zhang Daqian are also friends, so it is normal to have Daqian’s calligraphy and paintings on hand. The question is whether the painting is an authentic or a copy, it is hard to say.

"See it. This is this seal, which makes everyone feel at ease."

At this time, Fang Mingsheng gritted his teeth and said, "That guy has really been a disaster for thousands of years."

This is true. After all, as long as you cannot prove the authenticity of the picture for a day, the truth will probably become less and less clear as time goes by. It will be passed down from generation to generation, which can be said to be endless.

"Um."

Wang Guan nodded, after thinking about it, he suddenly reached out and held the seal down, and then smiled and said, "Don't worry about the seal or something. If the thing is real, the seal does not represent anything at all. If the thing itself is fake, then it doesn't matter whether there is a seal or not."

This is not bad, but when I think of Tan Jing and Tang An's imitation method, how dare Fang Mingsheng take it lightly? Unless there is ironclad evidence to prove that the thing is the original, otherwise, Tan Jing's seal would be a spike stuck in his throat, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Not only Fang Mingsheng thought so, but the shopkeeper Mi next to him felt that Wang Guan was talking nonsense. This seal was originally a suspicious point, but now he had to ignore the suspicious point. Wouldn't that put the cart before the horse?

However, Wang Guan didn't have time to pay attention to the two people's thoughts, but continued to look at the pictures and slowly analyzed: "From the inscription, this painting was created in 1944, which should be a turning point in the style of calligraphy and painting..."

Anyone who is familiar with Daqian knows that his style of painting in his life can be roughly divided into three periods. The first period learns from famous masters below the Five Dynasties, showing the fresh and elegant style of literati. The second period follows the Tang Dynasty style, which is the most important turning point on the artistic path of Daqian. The third period creates the style of ink and color painting, reaching a state of vastness and abundance.
Chapter completed!