golden ear

Chapter 176 The Ageless Beauty

In the end, the two bargained, and Lin Baili exchanged fifteen pictures of Daqian beauties and maids for this set of secret records of mandarin ducks, plus five pictures of Tang Bohu beauties.

"Someone asked me why I like Daqian's paintings? I liked drawing very much since I was a child, but I couldn't draw well all the time. Later, I changed to photography. But even if the technology of the darkroom can take the photographic works to another space, I still can't be satisfied. .

While drinking tea, Lin Baili recalled: "Once I went to the Yanzikou of the Kaohsiung Crossing Highway, I felt that it was a fairyland on earth; the Yanzikou is so tortuous, with a green stream underneath, rocks at the bottom of the stream, falling maple leaves and towering trees above. The wind is blowing, and the grass on the top of the hill is so green; I tried to take pictures with a camera, but let alone the artistic conception, I couldn’t even capture the atmosphere, and the camera couldn’t capture the ethereal and graceful feeling at all.”

"But when I saw Daqian's "The Valley", the blue in the middle is like a swallow's mouth, attracting the center of vision; the splash of color is like a stream, the black pieces are like stones, and the red is bit by bit. It’s like a maple leaf. If you have a chance, you must go to Yanzikou yourself and you will understand. This painting has brought me a great shock, and it is also the beginning of my step into the world of Daqian’s brushwork.”

"Each of Daqian's pictures of beauties has a story behind them. His early, middle and late paintings also have different characteristics. The beauties painted by Daqian in the early days are melon-seeded faces. Later, he went to Dunhuang for a period of time during the Anti-Japanese War. In the murals, Daqian learned a lot of round lines of hands, feet and faces, heavy colors, and the solemnity of figure paintings, all of which were a way of expression in Buddhist paintings before the Tang Dynasty."

Lin Baili took out a photo from his mobile phone and picked out one for Wu Tianyuan to appreciate: "This "Imitation of Tang Yin Ladies" is Daqian's earlier work imitating Tang Bohu in [-]. The beauty of this painting is that it completely presents a willow-leaf eyebrow. , squinting eyes, small cherry mouth and melon-seeded face are ancient Chinese standard beauties. Looking at the dress and skirt, the pattern on it is also very finely outlined. This skill and way of painting clothes originated from the early Daqian who followed his master in RB Learn brocade weaving. RB brocade is characterized by bright and beautiful colors and intricate and delicate patterns. Daqian applied the method of brocade weaving to painting clothes."

Lin Baili said: "Daqian often uses people around him as models for painting, such as wives, girlfriends, students, and wives of friends. This way of painting feels closer to sketching, which is also the special feature of Daqian's paintings of beauties. "

"Look at this painting "Beauty Repairing Bamboo" which was created by Daqian in Hong Kong in [-]. It depicts a young lady from a famous family and his student Feng Bichi, enjoying the coolness under the bamboo with his collar open. The place where the painting was made was Feng Bichi. The courtyard of the house."

"This painting was later collected by Feng Bichi herself. She was very afraid that others would imitate this painting, so she didn't take it to mount it at all before, and did not mount it until [-]; this time, I snatched it. Yes. This painting was exposed for the first time in [-], and it won everyone's admiration as soon as it appeared."

Lin Baili talked endlessly about his collection experience and shared his mental journey. Wu Tianyuan admired the obsession of real collectors with works of art, and that kind of happiness cannot be brought by money.

"You can see that her face has four brush strokes and three white makeup, which is the same as the makeup for singing Peking Opera. The face is like a peach, so plump and rosy that you want to take a bite. The technique of this painting is also very complicated. Carmine is a Layer by layer, it is more troublesome and strict than real women's makeup. The white area is not just left blank, but coated with special powder, and even the back of the tissue paper is powdered. I saw this painting before it was mounted. However, the purpose of applying powder on the back is to prevent the paste from touching the drawing paper during the process of mounting the painting, so that the painting can be preserved for a long time.”

"The lines of the people's clothes in the painting are also very smooth. Feng Bichi also secretly told me that Daqian specially bought South Sea pearls, ground them into powder and painted them on the clothes, imitating the texture of velvet; it's a pity that because there is no framed painting, the back of the painting is damp. The pearl powder has fallen off."

Wu Tianyuan really didn't expect a painting to have so many details. After listening to Lin Baili's narration, he sighed Mr. Daqian's dedication and rigor.

Seeing Lin Baili away, Wu Tianyuan was very touched. He had contacted many collectors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. No matter how much money they had or how high their status was, they all had a pious heart for artworks.This makes him appreciate it very much. Only by not forgetting the original intention can we persist.

There was also news from Zhang Xincheng that Mei Yuntang was willing to sell ten pictures of Daqian beauties to Wu Tianyuan for a friendship price of 6000 million. Wu Tianyuan excitedly got 25 pictures of beauties.In addition to Tang Bohu's 25 pictures, there are now [-] pictures of beautiful women on display in the lobby.

"Add the rest slowly. There are many beauties in past dynasties. If you encounter this kind of theme in the future, you will accept it. One day, beauties from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties will gather here."

Wu Tianyuan listened contentedly to the various stories told by the beauties. The most enjoyable thing every day was to go around the museum and listen to their voices. It was like swimming in the long river of time and talking to the ancients. The feeling was amazing.

"Have you heard? The last 9000 million yuan of Zhang Daqian's beautiful picture that Baoli put up for auction this time was acquired by Hunan Radio and Television! Chen Dongsheng's Taikang [-] billion Qi Baishi twelve screens, Liu Yiqian [-] million took our set, and now Hunan Radio and Television won Bameitu for [-] million yuan, is this the rhythm of large-scale financing?"

Hu Jianmin sighed: "There is no way. The business has not been doing well in the past two years. Tariff protection is about to end. Many industries are facing the impact of international predators. Whether it is industry, finance or stock market, life is like a year. Our real estate is even more tight, and we are short of money. !"

He looked at Wu Tianyuan enviously, and said indignantly: "It's not like you kid, you don't do business, and you hold [-] billion cash in your hand, what a waste!"

Wu Tianyuan smiled and said nothing, his own money was saved for treasure hunts and wasted money, it looked too much, but it was not enough to actually meet a big family.

Wu Tianyuan spent the next week with Sun Yuyao, the museum and Zhongzheng went well, and the two of them could take a break and enjoy the world of two.

"Is this Wang Meng's map of the Xiao Temple in the Autumn Mountains?"

"Ni Zan's Vertical Scroll of Nanhu Mountain Landscape!"

"Huang Gongwang's Map of Streams and Mountains in 1347!"

Wu Tianyuan looked in shock at the three masterpieces of the four masters of the Yuan Dynasty in front of him. Today, Mr. Ouyang called to see the paintings, and said that the first batch of results had been produced, and it was really seamless.

"How? These three paintings cost a fortune!"

Old Man Ouyang said with satisfaction: "The paper and ink are all treasures from the bottom of Dai Yuexuan's press box, and the seals are the treasures of Baoyinzhai's town store. They are all genuine products from the four Yuan family. In addition, the authentic works in our Rongbaozhai's secret collection are copied as samples. What do you think? ?”

Wu Tianyuan listened carefully and found no flaws!It's no wonder that the results can be produced so quickly, and all the products used are genuine. What's the cost?
"Don't say that the seal is the real product of Huang Gongwang, even the ink pad is a treasure left by the Yuan Dynasty. It's less time to use it once!"

Yu Lao was heartbroken, but he was very proud to see such a perfect imitation appear, but it was a pity that he couldn't see the scene where the little devil was taken in by the eye.

"Okay, the little RB Yasuda called yesterday and said that he will come to see me the day after tomorrow. I guess he has business to discuss. That guy has a big weapon in his hand and has a lot of connections with RB. I will start with him in the future!"

Wu Tianyuan made a quick decision, Antian thought highly of himself, and was very confident in his eyesight. When he arrived, he would take him to the museum for a tour first, to shock him and make him believe in his own strength.Then take out these three rare treasures and kill them well!

(End of this chapter)