Chapter 375 Linhai Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition

After finishing the day's live broadcast task, Zhang Yang drove straight to Linhai Art Museum.

There is a lively exhibition over there.

Someone very important was waiting for him there.

She is Shen Shuyu.

After not seeing each other for a month, Miss Shen came to the sea.

She works at the Guobo Cultural Relics Main Store, and this time her company is going to Linhai to participate in the annual "Traditional Chinese Painting Exhibition to Welcome the New Year."

Of course, Shen Shuyu would not miss such an opportunity. She took the initiative to invite Ying to come to Shanghai for a business trip.

When Zhang Yang arrived at the scene, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon, and the exhibition was about to end in an hour and a half.

But the place was still crowded.

There are paintings and calligraphy works everywhere, covering various types of Chinese paintings from the Ming Dynasty to contemporary times.

Although this calligraphy and painting exhibition is prefixed with "Welcome the New Year" and looks like a fair, on the way here, Zhang Yang took a look at the participating art companies and cultural relics stores in various places. They are all relatively famous in the industry.

The exhibits brought are naturally not bad either.

Linhai calligraphy and painting lovers will certainly not miss such an opportunity.

Zhang Yang saw many old people wearing reading glasses at the scene. Their faces were almost glued to the paper, and they looked so focused.

Especially in the exhibition hall of the National Museum Cultural Relics Main Store, there are people standing in front of almost every painting.

Some paintings even have to be queued up to appreciate.

Zhang Yang had just walked half a circle in the exhibition hall when he spotted Shen Shuyu in front of the crowd.

But Miss Shen is very busy at the moment. She and her colleagues are introducing the calligraphy and painting works in the exhibition hall to the visitors.

In this situation, Zhang Yang was too embarrassed to disturb her, so he lowered his head and blended into the crowd.

"...Does anyone know about the painter Chen Hongshou?"

Zhang Yang arrived at a coincidental time, as Shen Shuyu was just starting to introduce a new painting.

The painting shows a scholar lying on a stone table, holding his chin and thinking about how to draw on the paper in front of him.

As an outsider, the only thing Zhang Yang can discern, apart from the age of the painting, is its subject matter.

This is the [Gao Shi Tu] from the Ming Dynasty.

It is a painting used by ancient painters to reflect the life of literati, which is opposite to the painting of ladies.

This kind of painting often has only one requirement, and that is to be "elegant".

The most elegant state is one that is so elegant that ordinary people are allergic and feel uncomfortable all over just looking at it.

Secondly, we should also draw the free and easy artistic conception of the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Grove.

The painting by Chen Hongshou in front of me obviously only achieved second-rate results.

Because Zhang Yang, a common man, can still watch.

Seeing no one answered, Shen Shuyu began to introduce the painter to everyone:

"Friends who are familiar with the history of late Ming painting should know [Southern Chen and Northern Cui]. Cui is Cui Zizhong, and Chen is Chen Hongshou."

"Chen Hongshou was born in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and died in the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. He called himself Old Lotus. A lotus person can emerge from the mud without being stained. The same is true for Chen Hongshou's conduct..."

"Everyone should have seen that the signature on this painting is [Old Lotus Hongshou Painting], which is Chen Hongshou's iconic signature."

"The characters he painted have the characteristics of Li Gonglin and Zhao Mengfu... His coloring is learned from Wu Daozi. In terms of his attainments in coloring alone, it is recognized that he is superior to Tang Yin and Qiu Ying, and ranks first in the entire Ming Dynasty painting history. Ranking worthy..."

Shen Shuyu clearly introduced the characteristics of the painting like a treasure trove of treasures.

It's very smooth, but I don't know if it was memorized.

After introducing the paintings, she also introduced the appraisal seal.

It is the seal stamped on the painting by its former collector.

Zhang Yang rarely talks about this when appraising calligraphy and paintings.

Because except for Qianlong's seal, everything else is incomprehensible.

But for paintings that are truly spread in an orderly manner, these seals must be studied. These collection seals can outline a complete timeline.

This painting is a typical example.

There are three identification seals with testable origins on it.

The first one is written "Zha Lin Zeng Guan", and the owner of the seal is Liang Zhangju, who served as governor of Jiangsu during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty and was a great collector at that time;

The second one is "Song Weng Jian Zang", which comes from Luo Zhenyu, the founder of modern Chinese archeology, who was responsible for the preservation of Ming and Qing archives in the late Qing Dynasty;

The third one is "Jin Mingzhai Collection of Calligraphy and Painting Seal". The person who stamped the seal is Jin Jian, a famous collector in modern times.

The painting was painted in the late Ming Dynasty, and its collectors were in the mid-Qing Dynasty, late Qing Dynasty, and modern times. The timeline is very clear.

After Shen Shuyu’s introduction is finished, it should be time for questions from the audience.

But no one raised their hands at all.

First, Shen Shuyu had made it very clear;

Secondly, everyone was in a hurry, and the elderly gentlemen present were all urging them to talk about the next painting as they would have to go to day care to pick up their grandson home later.

"Okay, everyone, please move to the painting next to it."

Shen Shuyu's colleagues led everyone aside.

Seeing that Miss Shen didn't move, Zhang Yang didn't move in a hurry.

After the crowd dispersed, the two of them looked at each other as expected. After looking at each other for half a second, they smiled in unison.

"Director Zhang, what do you think of what I just said? Please comment on it."

"Perfect." Zhang Yang walked to Shen Shuyu and praised, "My uncle just now kept saying that the little girl explaining this is young, she has a really good memory, and she can memorize the manuscript so skillfully."

"I didn't memorize the manuscript." Shen Shuyu raised his chin slightly and said a little arrogantly, "I have read these paintings dozens of times. Just like you appraising Yuan Datou, I have already become familiar with the knowledge. ”

"That's what I told the uncle too."

"But the uncle said again, you keep introducing seals and stuff, and most people can't understand it."

"Director Zhang, you are not an ordinary person." Shen Shuyu smiled, pulled Zhang Yang's arm and said, "Hurry up and tell the truth. What's wrong with my explanation just now?"

"Are you sure you want to hear the truth?"

"Definitely and definitely."

"Hmm... Okay then. If I have to find fault, I've missed one point, and that's the paper used for this painting."

"Paper?" Shen Shuyu's face was full of curiosity, "Quickly, introduce the paper to me from the perspective of your cultural relic appraisal."

"It's the rat-skin gray paper commonly used in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties."

"If you look at Cui Zizhong's paintings or other gongbi paintings from this period, the paper they use is all of this color."

"The conditions in the Ming Dynasty were not very good at that time. The color of cooked rice paper was like this, gray like mouse hair. This can be regarded as a little knowledge point to identify the meticulous paintings of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties."

"That's it." Shen Shuyu nodded in sudden realization.

"Wait for me for a while. I'll be back as soon as I go."

"where to?"

"Look for my leader."

Shen Shuyu left Zhang Yang aside for the time being and walked quickly to the staff resting table in the exhibition hall, where a middle-aged woman was recording something.

After Miss Shen passed by, she chatted with the woman for a while, and the other woman raised her head and looked at Zhang Yang.

Of course Master Zhang smiled and greeted her.

The other person smiled back.

Two minutes later, Miss Shen came back with her small backpack on her back.

"Let's go, I took an hour off and walked around with Director Zhang of Hailin Museum."

"For what reason?" Zhang Yang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did you tell your boss to accompany your boyfriend?"

"How is it possible, am I such an irresponsible employee? I want to learn the most advanced treasure appraisal knowledge from you, Master Zhang."