Riding the wind of rebirth

Technically speaking, the three calligraphy paintings of the old president are not worth dispatching Zhou Zhi and Xu Bangda at all. Zhou Zhi suggested sending them to Rongbaozhai for restoration. In fact, it was all for the sake of his identity as a calligrapher, not that the work itself was worth it. This treatment.

Now it's all a matter of killing chickens with a knife. If you go to Suzhou, Yangzhou, or any better framing shop in the capital, you can almost take over this job.

Of course Zhou Zhi didn't dare to talk nonsense. After all, he was still at the master's house, so he couldn't be rude.

But who is Xu Bangda? The old man is already eighty-three this year. Recently, too many people have come to him for appraisal, and they all hope to get his "one word of praise". The old man simply wrote a picture of "Seek Truth from Facts" and hung it in the nave. The self-encouragement on the wall means don't expect me to tell lies. If you want me to make an appraisal, you must first think clearly about the risks you have to take.

So when he saw three paintings by Li Bingzhe in the newly renovated restoration room, he blurted out: "That's it?"

In addition to being a master collector, Xu Bangda himself is also a famous calligrapher and painter. In his early years, Xu Bangda came from Li Yong, Su Shi and Mi Fu. However, in his later years, he abandoned Mi Fu's exaggeration and changed to the path of a painter, adding elastic and textured lines to his own. In his calligraphy, he finally formed his own calligraphy style.

Of course, Zhou Zhi's calligraphy style and creative ideas are completely different from those of Mr. Xu. He still insists on "using calligraphy into painting" and improving the "book style" of traditional Chinese painting. However, he opposes "using painting into book" and believes that it is not a natural talent. The road is very difficult to walk.

In Zhou Zhi's impression, there are only two people who have been able to play like this for thousands of years - Zhang Xu and Song Huizong. Others who took this path were unable to enter the Tao in the end. On the contrary, they diluted the style of calligraphy.

He didn't have as close a relationship with Xu Bangda as Wang Qi, so when discussing calligraphy, he couldn't be as presumptuous as he was in front of the two elders. Hearing his disdainful tone, he could only smile and say: "I didn't know that the country would invite you." come out……"

"I took the initiative to fight for it because I was really annoyed by the people at home who came all the time to ask for appraisals." Xu Bangda waved his hand, looked at Zhou Zhi's embarrassed expression, and smiled: "Actually, some people are slandering in their hearts right now, right? They think I am too much. After absorbing the nutrition of the eight monsters, I walked even more drunk, and you said that my old age is not as good as my middle age, right?"

"Ah this..." Zhou Zhi's face suddenly turned red. This was his evaluation of Mr. Xu's calligraphy when he was discussing contemporary calligraphers with Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi. At that time, the two old men nodded in agreement. Come on, I didn’t expect that I would be sold out as soon as I turned around!

He couldn't help but become angry: "The two old men are too unreasonable, how could they do this?!"

"Hahahaha..." Xu Bangda couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhou Zhi's embarrassed look: "It's okay, we were used to slandering each other in the National Painting and Calligraphy Appraisal Working Group back then. They want to take advantage of you. If they destroy my prestige, I, Old Xu, will not be fooled by them!"

"It is said that literature does not come first and martial arts does not come second. When it comes to calligraphy, everyone has their own understanding and everyone has their own pursuit. This is understandable. Even the two great masters Su and Huang have their own problems. The dispute between 'Toad' and 'Dead Snake Hanging from Trees'?" Xu Bangda smiled and said: "Hey, wait, I seem to understand... My calligraphy style is greatly influenced by Da Su, and yours studied under Huang Shangu. No wonder we can't understand each other. , but it turned out to be enemies in the previous life, hahahaha..."

Hearing Mr. Xu's explanation, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel happy. Maybe there really was such a reason.

Minister Jin had been unable to talk to him. It was only now that he smiled and said cautiously: "Mr. Zhou, this is..."

"This is our country's highest level appraiser, master of calligraphy and painting, Mr. Xu Bangda, director of the Painting and Calligraphy Department of the Palace Museum... Well, just think of yourself as someone like Wu Shichang and Cui Chunyu in your country."

The so-called golden age of collecting in troubled times, as one of the Four Asian Tigers, South Korea has also become popular with the "collection craze" after its life became better.

After China's reform and opening up, a large number of South Korean merchants entered Dandong and discovered that there were many ancient Korean works of art in the Northeast. Therefore, many South Korean collectors and cultural relic dealers used Dandong as their base to collect Korean porcelain, calligraphy, paintings, and bronzes like crazy. Utensils, all ancient Korean objects are the scope of their collection. In just a few years, a celadon bowl from a private kiln that could not be sold for one yuan has now sold for more than a hundred yuan.

What’s even more interesting is that countless Dandong fishermen have become “brokers” in transactions between North Korean fishermen and South Korean businessmen. North Korean fishermen exchange old goods collected from North Korea with Dandong fishermen for daily necessities at sea, and then Dandong fishermen bring these things back. The city is used for purchasing by South Korean merchants.

Smart South Korean merchants also resold North Korea's old daily necessities purchased in China and shipped them to the United States, making huge profits.

Nowadays, private museums of ancient art have appeared in batches in South Korea, and antique shops and antique shops have popped up in many places. The largest antique market in Seoul has more than 800 shops.

During this process, some experts who studied ancient Korean calligraphy and painting also emerged.

There is a dividing point between old Korean calligraphy and painting and new Korean painting. Generally speaking, old Korean calligraphy and painting refers to the calligraphy and painting handed down before 1945, before the founding of North Korea.

Before that, Korean calligraphy and painting were exactly the same as Chinese paintings. All the painters' inscriptions were in Chinese characters, and their surnames were all within the range of Chinese surnames. The Chinese characters on the inscriptions were written in a very orderly manner. There are masters of Chinese calligraphy. The style and seal are exactly the same as those in China.

This feature is exactly the same as that of the island country in a certain period of time.

South Korea's great collector and seal engraver Wu Shichang compiled a book called "Jinyu Sealsou", which contains detailed seals of nearly a thousand North Korean calligraphers and painters from 1390 to 1945. Including the painter's birth year, name, nickname, alias, word, alias, synonym, etc., all are recorded in detail, especially the seals used by calligraphers and painters, all are included one by one.

The other is the three-volume "South Korean Art Album" compiled by the famous researcher Choi Soon-woo, which contains more than 200 works by ancient Korean painters.

Zhou Zhi had only arrived in South Korea for a few days, and he had already learned all this. He also bought these two big books on the appreciation of South Korean calligraphy and painting, and learned a lot of knowledge.

"Oh, that's the master!" Minister Jin was shocked: "Disrespectful!"

Two days ago, Zhou Zhi had instructed Minister Jin's men to set up the wall and set up the painting table. Now that everything has been brought, it's time to start work.

The funniest thing is that there is a camera team here, probably from the TV station, and a beautiful female host is holding a microphone and talking loudly.

Zhou Zhi smiled at the puzzled Mr. Xu and said, "This has been agreed before. They will make this into a cultural documentary. Probably President Li is trying to make his old man look good."

Mr. Xu twitched the corner of his mouth: "Forget it, you boil your paste, and I will study the South Korean painting and calligraphy mounting routine."