Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 323 Imitations
The Shuzhong School of Painting pays attention to a "beautiful style and gentle atmosphere", which is especially evident in the green and golden landscapes, meticulous figures, and meticulous flowers and birds.

This kind of traditional charm and skill is beyond the reach of painters from the Northern School, Shanghai School, Chang'an, Lingnan and other places.

After another ten or twenty years, when the return of traditional culture became the theme of the times, the works of a large number of painters who left Sichuan with profound traditional cultural heritage achieved great success in the cultural auction market.

Of course, it is impossible for the paintings of Tang Dynasty painters such as Wu Daozi and Li Sixun to appear in Gongmei, but Gongmei still collected a large number of Tang and Song masters, which were actually imitations completed by later painters.

These paintings can be traced back to the Song and Ming Dynasties at the earliest, and these "fakes" with extremely high levels at that time have become valuable treasures today.

Although Zhou Zhi can now be called a millionaire, when facing such a painting, he can still feel the cool breeze, his wallet is empty, and his mind is buzzing.

The price of 20 U.S. dollars per piece is clearly not for trading, but for showing off as a treasure of the town hall, and no one who is taken advantage of is willing to sell.

Ancient paintings are the same as ancient porcelains. In the eyes of real experts, it is actually very difficult to make a misjudgment, because there are too many clues to find the truth.

Take ancient paintings as an example, just analyze the silk for painting, including the weaving method, silk diameter, mesh number, dyeing method, alum method... There are countless ways in it.

In addition, including mounting, using Xuan, silk cloth, scroll... It is also a bunch of knowledge, and each era has its own characteristics.

After that comes the use of ink, ink pads, pigments, and then the painter's techniques, calligraphy, seals, inscriptions, collectors' inscriptions, and seals... There are a lot of knowledge and characteristics.

All of these things and every detail must be completely consistent in order to be considered a qualified imitation.

is it possible?almost impossible.

To give a simple example, the thickness of the silk at that time is different from that of the silk now, and there are advanced technologies such as carbon fourteen identification, otherwise you must have real Song silk in your hand , you can imitate the real "Song painting".

In many novels, TV dramas, and even appraisal programs, there are often plots in which experts drill eyes. In fact, the probability of this happening is very small. Generally, experts are overconfident and omit some conventional inspection methods. Mistakes caused by negligence are not the norm.

"Is this the famous Suzhou film?" Zhou Zhi stood in front of a poem and calligraphy labeled "Ming·Wu Yingmao Imitating Zhu Yunming's Eight Songs and His Seven Heroes", feeling both curious and funny.

The calligraphy is on silk, and the color has turned into a dark old color of beeswax yellow. There is a poem in cursive written on it:

The third is the hero and the martial arts, and the seventh is the arrogant and lazy.The bloody dagger at the waist shines, and the golden pill passes through the head.

Sexy prostitutes hold a list, and child molesters spit by mouth.High-rise buildings are singing bells, and princes and marquises are full of seats.

Killing people does not require revenge, and Yazi's family is broken.The Guo clan was completely wiped out, and Tongshan died still hungry.

Poetry is heroic, passionate, uninhibited, and cursive writing, bold and unrestrained, words and poems really complement each other and can be called a masterpiece.

However, Zhou Zhi only studied Wen Zhengming's calligraphy a little more, and was very unfamiliar with Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy, so he felt that the picture in front of him was really not bad.

Manager Fei smiled and said, "Mr. Liu Jiu'an, an expert on ancient calligraphy and painting, identified this as a copy of Wu's cursive script based on the detailed research on a volume of Wu's original cursive script in the Jinmen History Museum."

"Who is this Wu Yingmao? How did Mr. Liu Jiu'an determine that it was his imitation? I think this calligraphy is also very exquisite."

"Brother Zhou knows Suzhou movies, but not Wu Yingmao?"

"I know that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a group of master folk painters gathered in the Zhuanzhu Lane and Taohuawu area of ​​Shantang Street in Suzhou. They specialized in making fake paintings and calligraphy. The fakes they made are collectively called 'Suzhou pieces'."

"The Ming Dynasty calligrapher Zhan Jingfeng's "Dong Tu Xuan Lan Bian" records: 'Suzhou Zhuanzhu Lane, forged calligraphy and painting'."

"Zhang Taijie, a Jinshi of Wanli, once compiled the book "Baohualu", which collected more than 200 paintings and calligraphy from Jin Dynasty, Tang Dynasty to Ming Dynasty, including "Four Masters of Yuan Dynasty" and "Four Masters of Ming Dynasty", claiming that the paintings in the book are "rare and authentic" '. It was later exposed that the paintings and calligraphy contained in the book are all fake works."

"This thing has spread widely, and it has become a scourge until now. There are many museums in various places, and it has even spread to overseas museums."

"In the beginning, everyone used authentic works to enter the collection. With the deepening of research, it was discovered that many old collections were actually brilliant works of the counterfeiting den back then."

"But that's all I know. As for the people who make fakes, can we call them criminals? They can still leave a reputation, but it's a strange story."

"Hahaha..." Manager Fei smiled happily: "This criminal Wu Yingmao, whose name is Sanjiang, is Zhu Zhishan's grandson. He practiced calligraphy on his grandfather's knee since he was a child, so his calligraphy is an important inheritance for Zhu Zhishan. .History called him 'Xi Zhu Yunming's works, always can be confused with the real'."

"Then why can the difference be found out?"

"It's a strange thing to say, because Zhu Zhishan's authentic cursive script "Red Cliff Fu" and Wu Yingmao's cursive imitation "Red Cliff Fu" are still in the world!"

"Huh? What a coincidence."

"That's right. Later, experts discovered that there is a calligraphic feature in the two "Chibi Fu", which is exactly the same as that of Wu's cursive script in the Jinmen History Museum, but there is a difference in calligraphy style from the original work, so it is determined That one is a fake copy of Wu Yingmao's inscription of his grandfather's name!"

"After this conclusion was drawn, museums around the world began to check Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy works in their collections. Now 23 works have been discovered in China, all of which are imitations of Wu Yingmao!"

"So many adjustments?" Zhou Zhi covered his mouth and laughed.

"With a comparison, the details of the two can actually be seen." Manager Fei probably isn't a very sophisticated connoisseur of calligraphy, but he can explain what others have told him: "Analyze Wu Yingmao's works carefully. , it can be seen that his lines are thinner than Zhu Zhishan's real product."

"Although the unrestrained and smooth posture is enough to be true, but the analysis of its imitation "Luohua Poetry Volume", "Spring River Flower Moonlight Volume", etc., especially the comparison of the two works of "Red Cliff Fu", it should be easy to draw the difference between the two. similarities and differences."

"Zhu Zhishan's lines are more robust, while Wu Yingmao's lines become weak and soft. You can see here, Wu characters and Jiao characters, the long brushes are pointed at both ends. This is the soft and elegant lines of Wu's lines and the bold and bold lines of Zhu's lines. huge difference."

"The strength and personality of the top cursive script masters in history are difficult for others to imitate, even the grandson he trained himself is no exception."

"Thus, the strokes and lines are the most important factors to identify the authenticity of Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy. In the past, countless collectors, whether intentionally or not, took Wu Yingmao's imitation as the authentic one and handed it down for hundreds of years."

Zhou Zhi still gave the imitation in front of him a very high evaluation: "I haven't seen Zhu Zhishan's authentic one yet. In my opinion, this calligraphy is majestic and majestic, with a combination of rigidity and softness."

(End of this chapter)