Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1317 Preliminary Test

"Dragonfly on Ru Ye" is a work by Ren Xun, a late Qing Dynasty painter. He and his father and brother are known as "Three Rens". He studied under Chen Hongshou. He is accustomed to using ancient hairsprings, iron wires, flowing clouds and flowing water, and orchid leaves to depict lakes, rocks and flowers using several brushstrokes. and character clothing and footwear decoration.

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.

In 1986, Guardian auctioned a "Double-hook Flower and Bird Album" for a total of HK$45,000, and a vertical scroll of "Zhong Kui" and "Autumn Scenery" on a fan in 1989 cost only HK$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, it is the Gusu Yiyuan that he personally designed that 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 wings of four dragonflies hanging above the leaves. They all use lead white paint.

Due to poor storage, this painting must have been exposed to moisture and 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 about the Shu Museum and if they knew Zhou Zhi.

As a result, the Shudu Museum said that it was not closely related to the Shu Museum, but it did know the name Zhouzhi. It seemed that several important cultural relics unearthed in Jiachuan, such as Xinmang stamped coins and the Qianlong version of the Dragon Tibetan Scripture, all seemed to have this name. There are relationships.

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 call came to Fei Guan. When Fei Guan heard that he was asking about his elbows, he patted his chest and confirmed that my little brother was very reliable. The restoration of calligraphy and paintings was an inherited craftsmanship. The Palace Museum Qi Lao and the National Museum Wang The elders attach 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 it a big name for the Sichuan University Museum.

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 ever 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 kid is also a senior appraiser at Haitong Auction House. He specializes in porcelain and ancient calligraphy and painting. He has a family background. Compared with other appraisers, this kid has a mastery of painting scrolls, backings, brocade, paper and ink. 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 pieces. 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. Let's see how many dirty things were forced out by Xiao Zhou?"

"Everyone, please pay attention to Xiao Zhou's approach. Xiao Chen didn't dare to clean up these places that were infested by insects. He didn't dare to clean up the mounting paper on the back too much. This seemed safe, but in fact it would bring trouble to the subsequent re-mounting. …”

"There are only four words to deal with a place like this: seriousness and meticulousness. Of course, we cannot ask everyone to be as quick and brisk as Xiao Zhou from the beginning, but it is always possible to work slowly and carefully."

"The reason why Xiao Zhou can do it so quickly is because he has a complete grasp of the adhesion state between the mounting paper and the heart of the painting. This kind of light and fast movement will not happen when removing the mounting paper. By lifting the drawing center, you can avoid tearing the drawing center and ensure that the position of the drawing center does not move, thus avoiding subsequent troubles.”

"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 in the painting. He only said: "The key is coming, everyone pays attention to study." He was silent again.

On the contrary, he started to explain carefully, explaining everything from the humidity of the painting center, the humidity of the towel, the alcohol concentration, fire safety essentials, etc. in great detail while talking and explaining it carefully.

Finally, he lit the cotton swab and handed it to Duan Qihong: "Teacher Duan, would you like to try?"

"Shall I come?" Duan Qihong was a little afraid.

"Come here and set an example for everyone." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, you can't burn the paintings as long as I'm here."

Duan Qihong carefully took the cotton swab and swung it over the towel circle. The alcohol vapor 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 about ten flowers. The flower was not completely white, but had a pink center and white petals. of layered multi-colored petals.

Together with the several 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)