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Chapter 246 Didn't expect it?

It was a chance meeting, and it was estimated that there would be no social interaction in the future. Li Ding'an was only slightly surprised.

Looking back, he pointed to the display cabinet again: "Please pick up this oil painting!"

The salesman's eyes lit up: he was the one who was guarding the counter yesterday, and he was the one who received Li Ding'an, and he was looking at this one.

An acquaintance came later, and Li Ding'an returned the painting without explaining anything, so he didn't care. Didn't he want to come here again today?

And it’s still so early. It’s obvious that the venue has just opened and we’re here...

"Teacher Li actually studies oil paintings?" The salesman suddenly became excited and lowered his voice, "Isn't this thing valuable?"

"How much are foreign cultural relics worth? Just take a look..."

Li Ding'an smiled and took the frame calmly.

It's a bit heavy, and you can feel the unique texture of metal materials. The outer frame should be made of aluminum alloy, and it's quite thick.

Of course, there was no such thing in ancient times, and it must have been made later. But when you look at the light, you can see the ox hair patterns on the surface of the frame. They are not only numerous, but also very dense.Basically, it can be inferred that the frame has been installed for a long time, maybe ten or eight years at least.

The size is not big, the length and width are about [-] centimeters, which works out to almost four square feet.Through the glass, you can see that the canvas is made of fine-grained linen.

Look at the painting again: the background is a church, with a three-dimensional shape, a tight structure, and extremely gorgeous: large spiral carved columns, a dark golden dome... As expected, they should all be made of copper.

The background color is a bit dark, and the tone tends to be low. At first glance, it looks like twilight is approaching but there is no time to light up the lights.The figures in the painting are unusually bright: as if a single beam of light has shone on the monk's face, which is not ordinary bright.

And the contrast is extremely sharp: the white areas look like powder, and the red areas look like rouge.

His beard is pure white without a streak of color, his face is covered with wrinkles, and he must be over seventy years old.Wearing a church hat, a priest's robe, and a white stiff collar around his neck.

There is no expression on his face and he feels quite serious, but under the gorgeous church background and the contrasting light effects, he is solemn and holy.

In the lower right corner at the bottom, the author also signed: Joseph.It should be in English. If translated into Chinese, the name would be "Joseph"... Well, I don't have much impression anyway.

Relatively speaking, Li Ding'an didn't study oil painting much, but he didn't know anything about it. He at least knew what was good about this painting: rich colors, three-dimensional images, sharp contrasts, and vivid characters.

He could also deduce that the painting was roughly from the [-]th century through the spiral columns, dark gold dome, dark strong light and shadow painting method, and rich Baroque religious painting style.

It happened to be during the reign of Qianlong.

This is a bit simpler, and most people who study oil painting will recognize it.There are also difficulties: in addition to common oil painting techniques, Li Ding'an actually saw Chinese painting techniques in this painting, and there are more than one.

The composition uses straight line drawing: this was invented by Wu Daozi in the Tang Dynasty, and it is still one of the main techniques of figure painting in traditional Chinese painting.

The color filling uses double hook coloring: it is roughly the same as red drawing. For example, if this piece is black, then use black lines to outline the width of the wheel first, and then fill in the color.

This technique is earlier: it is found in the silk paintings unearthed at Mawangdui in the Western Han Dynasty. The same technique is still used today.

The characters' faces are colored using the three-white method, which is similar to Peking Opera facial makeup. The main feature is that the colors are prominent and the contrast is sharp.Like the monk's face in this painting.

In addition to these, there seems to be mixed painting of the freehand school, dyeing of the meticulous and heavy color school, and water lines of the figure school... and the techniques are all skillful and coordinated, not just a bunch of superficial and careless paintings.

Combined with the background of the Qianlong period, it seems that only court painters like Leng Mei can integrate so many traditional Chinese painting techniques and oil painting techniques and paint so well?
Of course, it must not be him, otherwise he would have been recognized long ago.

Then there are only painters who are dedicated to Ruyi Pavilion like him, who are proficient in Western painting and good at portraits, such as Wang Younian, Zhang Weibang, Yongtai and other famous painters.

But Li Ding'an doesn't know much about these people. If he wants to verify, he has to find the works of these people and compare them one by one.

It’s quite troublesome, and if you use the system, you still feel it’s not worth it: This oil painting sells for 40, which is high or low.But compared with skill points, it will be only one-tenth.

After thinking for a while, Li Ding'an set up the frame and said, "Can you take it apart and take a look?"

Suddenly, the salesperson's expression looked like he was constipated: "Teacher Li, I really can't do this..."

It is indeed a bit difficult: after all, it is an antique, and it is the most difficult to preserve calligraphy and painting. No one knows to what extent the canvas and paint have aged.

If you are not careful, you will either tear the painting or peel off the paint... This is easier to handle, and Li Ding'an has to buy it if you don't want to.

I'm just afraid that if it sticks a little bit and I don't notice it at the time, but other buyers find out later, the salesperson has to be responsible...

Li Ding'an nodded to express his understanding. Chen Jingshu also moved closer with a curious look on her face: "It feels quite clear. What are you going to see when you open it?"

"Want to see the canvas..."

Afraid that the salesperson would be suspicious, Li Ding'an spoke a little vaguely: "At that time, Chinese and foreign weaving methods were very different, and the machines were even more different, so the woven things were of course different. But now it is covered with paint, and it can't be seen at all. All I can do is take it apart, look at the back, and touch it.

In addition to the weaving method, the pigments are also different: apart from natural minerals such as cinnabar, ocher, and lapis lazuli, most of the materials we use are extracted from the flowers, stems, and leaves of plants.But the composition of oil paints... should be said to be origins, not as complicated as usual..."

In fact, it is not only complicated, but also weird: the red color comes from poppy seeds, and the green color is a mixture of copper and arsenic salts... It is actually arsenic. You will know it by watching movies and TV shows: either the medicine is directly green, or the vomited out after poisoning is green juice. .

Purple is the glandular secretion of sea snails, brown is the powder ground from mummies, yellow is the urine of jaundiced cattle and lead powder... and so on.

Either it has a strange origin, or it is poisonous. Legend has it that Napoleon was poisoned to death with paint.There is also Van Gogh, who suffered from mental disorder due to frequent exposure to paints with high lead content, and finally shot himself.

It feels quite outrageous...

Chen Jingshu also understood a little. She was startled for a moment, and then asked in a low voice: "What should I do?"

Li Ding'an thought for a while: "Buy first and then talk..."

If you read it wrong, you will lose 40.If he didn't buy it because of hesitation, but it was bought by someone else later, and it turned out to be exactly as he suspected, he would probably regret it for several days.

So it’s better to buy it directly and study it slowly when you go back...

Just buy it when you say it, Li Dingan took out the card without thinking: "It's guaranteed!"

"okay!"

The salesperson responded, took the frame, and looked at it carefully.

However, he couldn't tell anything except that the painting was very realistic, just like a photo.

But since it was Teacher Li's favorite, it must be something good... Secretly suspicious, he took the POS machine, swiped the card first and then issued the invoice, his hands and feet were very quick.

Just after collecting the money, the printer was still spitting out the invoice, and a "Hey" came from not far away.

"This painting has been sold, isn't it good?"

Li Ding'an was watching the salesman put paintings into the box. When he heard the voice, he subconsciously raised his head: Boss Lin?

Why are you back?

There is someone following behind... hmm, looks familiar?

I remembered that Sun Mingfang was the curator of the Chinese Painting Gallery of the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts and a student of Xiang Zhiqing... At the Shanghai auction, he also snatched Zhang Daqian's "Beautiful Child Leaving the Bath" from him...

While thinking about it, the two of them also stopped, staring with their eyes... The look on their face was indescribable surprise.

We had an argument yesterday, and because of his words, hundreds of millions of Song Dynasty manuscripts became forgeries of the Ming Dynasty. Lin Zixian wanted to eat Li Ding'an alive. This face was already imprinted in his mind.

Although Li Ding'an was wearing a hat and glasses, he recognized him immediately.Just when he was about to say something, Lin Zixian suddenly said: Li Ding'an is holding the painting... Is he the buyer?
Sun Mingfang was also a little confused: Xiang Zhiqing is Baoli's art consultant. Whenever she encounters calligraphy and painting objects that are inaccurate and of high value, Chen Jingshu will always ask Xiang Zhiqing to take a look. He is also Xiang Zhiqing's favorite disciple. Of course people are not strangers.

The impression on Li Ding'an was even more profound: just because he was one step slower, a total of 800 million flew away before his eyes?
It’s no exaggeration, I’ll never forget it in my lifetime…

That's how he dresses...the boss doesn't look like a boss, and the expert doesn't look like an expert!

"Mr. Chen...Teacher Li?"

"Teacher Sun, when did you come to the capital?"

"I just arrived the day before yesterday. I visited the teacher and took a look at the cultural fair..."

The two parties greeted each other, and Lin Zixian was stunned again: "You... know each other?"

"Of course I know you...Mr. Lin, let me introduce you to you: this is Mr. Chen from Baoli Art, and this is Mr. Li from the National Museum..."

It wasn't very clear yesterday, but don't know too much today. Lin Zixian glared at Li Ding'an and gritted his teeth.

At the same time, he also glanced at Chen Jingshu: She looked quite young, but she had a good background?
After being curious for a moment, he laughed strangely again and stared at the oil painting: "Expert Li, are you sure you can buy it?"

Hmm...why does this tone and expression feel a bit like schadenfreude?
You mean, this painting is wrong?
Things belong to him, doesn’t he know better than anyone else?
"what?"

Li Ding'an laughed out loud, thought for a while, and took out the painting again, "It's true that I'm a little bit wrong. Can Mr. Lin give me some pointers?"

Lin Zixian couldn't understand it: I'm sarcastic, can't you hear it?

"It's rare that Expert Li can't see something right? Of course there's nothing wrong with the painting, but I set the price myself... But guess what the expert estimated: [-]... I didn't expect it, right?"

He smiled so proudly, and pointed at the display case where the labels had not yet been collected, "Expert Li, why didn't you read the author: Anonymous... Do you dare to buy it like this?"

Judging from the tone...do these two people have a grudge?

Suspicious, Sun Mingfang looked at the painting again, and then took a breath: It turned out to be an oil painting, and he didn't even know who painted it?

More importantly: 40...what value is it?

In the domestic antique industry, oil paintings are definitely among the unpopular categories.

First, it is not in line with the aesthetics of the Chinese people, and second, it has little to do with traditional culture. [-]% of players and collectors will not touch this thing, so the price is naturally not high.

For example, the same masterpiece by a famous artist can be sold for 100 million overseas, but in China, the price is even 50.

There is news every now and then. Oil paintings by certain domestic painters, such as Master Leng, are sold for sky-high prices. The price of any of his works at auction is tens of millions or even hundreds of millions.

But everyone knows: How many works are there by Picasso and Van Gogh?

So for an oil painting whose author is unknown, experts can give a price of RMB [-], which is pretty good.

It’s not surprising that Lin Zixian dared to sell for 40, because this exhibition is set by the sellers themselves. Most of them have the mentality of willing to take the bait and take the first shot if they have a date or not. The price is several times higher than the estimated price. Objects abound.

Li Ding'an said that it was normal to see inaccurately. As the saying goes, there are people who learn knowledge in order, and techniques in which they specialize. It is impossible for him to understand everything, and it is still an extremely niche Western oil painting.

Paradoxically, he bought it, 40 yuan for a penny?
Didn't you see the big words on the label, "Evaluated by experts, estimated at [-] yuan"?

I just find it quite confusing.

Thinking about it, he leaned forward again.

There are very few experts in China who understand oil painting. Sun Mingfang only knows by analogy and his level is average.I can only tell that the painting is quite good, the contrast between light and dark is obvious, and the characters are very vivid...

Well, it's signed: Joseph...Joseph?

There are many painters with this name in history, and many of them are well-known. They have appeared in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and other countries.There are also masters whose works have sold for tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars, at auction.

But it's definitely not these people, otherwise this thing wouldn't be here, let alone sell for only [-].

Um, right?

The dyeing of this face seems to be based on the rendering technique of traditional Chinese painting?
Suspicious, Sun Mingfang took out his flashlight and shined a light on the monk's face.

The glass is a bit reflective, so it's not very clear.But he had studied Chinese painting for half his life, and this couldn't stop him at all.The flashlight was tilted slightly, and the reflected light went to other places.

If you take a closer look, it seems that the monk's facial paint was mixed with water instead of oil.Otherwise, there will be a layer of oiliness instead of a layer of powder like feeling now.

If you don’t use oil to mix colors, is it still called oil painting?
If you look closely, you will see that the method used in gongbi painting is to dip one pen into paint and another pen into water, washing while dyeing, and dyeing while washing.In addition to not leaving too many marks on the surface of the painting silk, this method can also make the color penetrate into the painting silk or paper, making it more vibrant.

Oil painting is different. Most of them use the reset method, that is, after one layer of dyeing dries, another layer is dyed. The oil paint is thicker, as if it were piled on top, and the three-dimensional effect is stronger and thicker.

But in this picture, the monk's face is flat?

(End of this chapter)