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Chapter 1037 Picking up leaks at the auction?

Chu Chen's explanation is well-founded, coupled with past experience, everyone thinks that Chu Chen's judgment should be correct.

At this time, Zhao Qirui said: "But why is there no date for this work? How can we judge when it was created by Jin Nong?"

"It's not very clear."

Chu Chen shook his head, and continued: "However, the time of creation should be judged from the style of painting. In Jin Nong's later years, a lot of restraint was added to the style of bamboo painting, and he once made double-hooked bamboo, with a calm brush , it can be said that it combines the muscles and bones of iron line drawing and the changes of water shield strips, which are not something ordinary painters can do."

"But judging from the relatively wild style of this painting and the use of brushes, it should be Jinnong's early bamboo painting. Compared with the later mature works, it must be slightly inferior. But from this painting, It can also be seen that Jin Nong's creative style has changed, and in this regard, this work is still very rare."

"Oh!" Zhao Qirui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Ah Chen, do you think that because of this, other people will misjudge it, thinking that this is a work written by Jin Nong? ?”

Chu Chen was slightly taken aback, thought for a while and said, "I can't say it doesn't exist, but judging from the level of this painting, the chances of this shouldn't be great."

Zhao Qirui smiled: "As long as there is a chance, it's fine, maybe we will take advantage of it."

"If there is a chance, of course I still have to fight for it." Chu Chen nodded with a smile.

As mentioned earlier, among the calligraphy and painting works, except for the works of Shi Tao and Jin Nong, none of them are famous works. However, although it is not early, it is too early for dinner, so everyone appreciates other works again.

However, when Chu Chen saw a picture of Chen Zhuo's "High Hidden Summer Mountains", he couldn't help being startled.

Chen Zhuo was a painter in the Qing Dynasty.He is good at painting blue and green landscapes, likes to paint green and green colors, and also works with flowers, birds and figures.Its landscape paintings are meticulously crafted, rigorous in composition, meticulous in brushwork, and elegant in color, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.The flower and bird paintings are colorful and colorful, and the painting style belongs to the Jinling school of painting.

It can be said that Chen Zhuo's paintings are also remarkable, but judging from Chu Chen's experience, this work is not at all Chen Zhuo's proper style in terms of brushwork or artistic conception, nor is it at his level.

Thinking about this, Chu Chen became interested, and leaned forward to study it carefully.

This painting depicts high mountains and dense forests, steep mountains and deep valleys; villas are hidden by streams, and pavilions are accessible by winding paths;In addition, the signature of this painting is only two words "neutral".

When he saw this, a flash of inspiration flashed in Chu Chen's mind, and he immediately understood that this was simply because the appraisal experts had put on their crowns for some reason. You must know that among ancient painters, Chen Zhuo's word "neutral" was not the only one. A very famous painter also has this word. He is Fan Kuan, one of the three great masters of landscape painting in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The date of birth and death of Fan Kuan is unknown. His real name is Zhongzheng, and his style name is Zhongli (also known as Zhongli). He was a landscape painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. He lived in the early period of the Northern Song Dynasty.Because of his generous temperament and informality, people at that time called him "kuan", so he named himself Fan Kuan.

Fan Kuan is good at painting landscapes, and he studied under Jing Hao and Li Cheng, but he can innovate through the old, so he is not a family.He attaches great importance to sketching, often living in the mountains and forests, always in danger, observing the bleak clouds and mist, the wind and the moon in the morning and evening. Although the month is sometimes difficult to remember, he never stops.It is precisely this that made him a master of landscape painting.

He painted mountains and rocks with vigorous and tough strokes, using short and powerful strokes (called raindrops by later generations), to draw the shape and texture of rocks.The mountains in the painting stand majestically, thick and majestic, with an overpowering momentum, which can be described as majestic and boundless.

Wang Shen, a painter in the late Northern Song Dynasty, compared Li Cheng's landscape paintings with Fan Kuan's, calling them "one article and one martial arts". .In the Northern Song Dynasty Liu Daochun's "Review of Famous Paintings of the Holy Dynasty", he also believed that "Li Cheng's brush is as short-sighted as a thousand miles away; Fan Kuan's brush is as far away as you can see."

Like the work in front of Chu Chen's eyes, the brushwork is vigorous and thick, the brushwork is powerful, and the realm is lofty and lofty.The use of ink has a strong ink rhyme, thick and moist, and very beautiful. The whole picture is so powerful that it makes people feel like they are on the scene.

However, this painting has a characteristic, that is, some mountains and rocks have been over-inked, and at first glance, they look like they are indistinguishable from the earth and rocks. Although the situation is majestic, it is as dark as the night.Perhaps, it was precisely because of this that the appraisal expert made a mistake in his judgment.

But Chu Chen felt that unless the expert didn’t know about Fan Kuan, how could he not know about it? .

Regarding Mi Fu's comments, Chu Chen felt that it was a little unfair, because it is not uncommon for soil and rocks to be indistinguishable in nature. It is normal to be full-bodied; the third is caused by the deterioration of vision in old age, but just like Huang Binhong, it is not interesting.

Fan Kuan is good at using the method of raindrops and accumulated ink to create a gloomy effect like walking in the mountains at night, and to set off the steepness and toughness of the mountains. Mi Fu believes that Fan Kuan's ink is too thick, and the loess and stones cannot be distinguished clearly. This is Fan Kuan's unique style, and it is also an important basis for identifying the authenticity of Fan Kuan's works.

Taking the painting in front of him as an example, in terms of the brushwork and the artistic conception it expresses, Chu Chen can basically be sure that this painting was made by Fan Kuan, and the result given by the ability is exactly the same.

Fan Kuan's works are actually considered to be the work of Chen Zhuo, a painter of the Qing Dynasty. Chu Chen finds it inconceivable when he thinks about it.However, he immediately became excited, this was an opportunity to pick up the loopholes, how could he miss it?

Seeing Chu Chen standing for a long time in front of a painting by an unknown painter from the Qing Dynasty, Zhao Qirui felt a little strange and walked over: "Ah Chen, what are you looking at?... Huh!"

When he was speaking, he also looked at the "Summer Mountain High Hidden Picture", but as soon as the painting came into his eyes, he let out a little gasp, and after a while, a look of surprise and doubt appeared on his face.

Chu Chen came back to his senses, looked around quickly, saw that no one was paying attention, he let out a long sigh of relief, then quickly pulled Zhao Qirui aside calmly, and said softly: "We'll talk about this after we go out. "

At this time, Zhao Qirui also reacted, nodded lightly and agreed.

Because of this "Summer Mountain High Hidden Picture", Chu Chen and the others were not in the mood to appreciate other auctions, but for safety reasons, before leaving, Chu Chen still used a power on all the items in the room, and the result It also shows that the only chance to pick up the leak is "Summer Mountain High Hidden Map".

After walking out of the clubhouse, Zhao Qirui couldn't wait to ask: "Achen, what happened to that painting just now? I don't think it should be at the level that Chen Zhuo can achieve in terms of artistic conception?"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Yes, the appraiser must have made a mistake. This work should have been created by Fan Kuan."

"What?!" Everyone knew Fan Kuan's status, and they were quite surprised when they heard this.In addition to Fan Kuan's great reputation, his authentic works handed down are quite rare, and basically all of them are stored in museums. If the painting is indeed authentic, both its value and significance will be quite huge.

Zhao Qirui came back to his senses, and quickly asked, "Achen, are you sure it's Fan Kuan's authentic work?"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Although I'm not [-]% sure, I'm quite sure. Uncle, you should have noticed the brushwork in this painting just now. Compare Fan Kuan's brushwork characteristics, what do you think? "

Zhao Qirui recalled it for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Chu Chen's judgment should be correct.

Regarding Fan Kuan's use of brush and ink, Guo Ruoxu, a famous calligrapher and painting connoisseur and critic of painting history in the Song Dynasty, commented that "all the brushes are equal, and the house is all quality".

"Holding the brush" is a method of using the brush from squatting to slanting upwards in calligraphy, which is full of strength. "The quality of a human house" refers to the texture and sense of volume. This is the effect formed by repeated dyeing with a brush. Silky hair and firm brushwork", but in general it is "the bone method of getting the mountain".

There have always been several views on Fan Kuan's cracking method.As far as the works are concerned, the brush strokes are even and straight. First, the thick and heavy ink is used to outline the steep and carved edges of the mountains and rocks. Shape the back texture and quality of the mountain rock.

When adding a chapped brush on the inner side of the outer contour, leave a little blank along the edge, which is similar to a "high gloss surface" to express the convexity of the mountain shape.Such penetrating performance shows that the northern mountains and rocks are as strong as iron and steel.And because it is repeatedly painted with water and ink after chapping, it is "accumulated ink", which is thick but not dry, moist and calm.

Under such a strong momentum, the day seems to turn into night, just like what Huang Binhong said when looking at the painting: "Like the Xingye Mountain, the layers are deep in the darkness." And this is what Mi Fu just said about Fan Kuan Therefore, it is reasonable for Chu Chen to feel that Mi Fu's evaluation is a little unfair.

Next, Chu Chen introduced the characteristics of that painting to everyone in detail.

Zhao Qirui laughed and said, "Needless to say, that painting must be Fan Kuan's authentic work. I don't know what happened to the appraiser, but he came to such a conclusion. It's really ridiculous!"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile. If the style of this painting is still very recognizable, he really can't figure out why the appraiser made such a mistake.

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