Taoyuan little fisherman

Chapter 872 It's a fake and an ancient painting

"Fake? You say this painting is fake? Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Henry was shocked, never expecting that Wang Tianhui would say such a thing.

In his cognition, even if he knew it was fake, he wouldn't tell it to his face, right?
This young man is also too direct.

Everyone started whispering, some were watching the joke, and some were saying that Wang Tianhui had a low EQ.

But Wang Tianhui disagreed.

He said as if he had seen through Henry's mind: "Although it is another painting, even if it is fake, I can pretend that I didn't see it, but this is a painting by a very powerful painter in our country, and the copying technique is so poor. If it is still considered as an authentic work, it will damage the face of our Huaguo art circle, so I must clarify."

After saying these words, quite a few people gave Wang Tianhui their thumbs up.

"Although Mr. Wang is young, he has a patriotic heart, which is admirable."

"If I saw our country's artwork in a foreign country, if it was vilified, I might stand up and explain it."

Although Henry understood what Wang Tianhui did, he bought it at a high price after all. Not only did he not show it off, but he was called a fake in public.

He must be out of balance.

"Mr. Wang, I can understand your feelings, but this painting may not be a fake," Henry said.

Wang Tianhui glanced at him, "Won't the person who sold you the painting tell you that it's a copy of Tang Yin's painting?"

"You... how do you know?" Henry was really surprised now.

"What do you mean by copy painting?" someone asked.

Wang Tianhui explained to everyone: "This painter named Tang Yin spent his whole life on calligraphy and painting creation when he was alive. In that era, information was blocked, and he did not become a master at that time, so his life was very poor. He is down and out, his only survival skills are writing books and painting, but creation takes time, in order to sell more paintings, he will paint and sell the paintings he is very satisfied with repeatedly to make a living.”

"So these paintings that he painted repeatedly are called replica paintings, right? If there are too many paintings in that pair, you will always be irritable, or you will be eager for success. It is understandable that the paintings are sloppy. After him, shouldn't he be called a fake painting?" Someone questioned.

"Yes, Mr. Wang, your conclusion is too arbitrary." Henry felt much more comfortable when he had support.

Wang Tianhui shook his head, "If you have the opportunity to see Tang Yin's original work, you won't say that. Everyone has their own style of painting. No matter how composition, brushwork, ink technique, characters, bamboo, style, etc. , The seal is full of flaws in every aspect, and it is definitely not Tang Yin's handwriting."

Seeing what Wang Tianhui said was decisive, Henry was even more dissatisfied.

"Could it be that Mr. Wang really knows this painting well?"

Wang Tianhui smiled slightly and said: "I can't say I know it very well, but I must know more than you. First of all, this "Multiple Bamboo Pavilion" imitates Tang Yin's original "Xu Pavilion Listening to Bamboo". taste, but the technique of copying is too rough.

Let’s talk about the composition first. The counterfeit is an imitation of the original one, but when the background hill was painted, the painting was too small. As a last resort, I added a false cliff on the left back, but the painting was too high. In this way, the harmony of the whole composition was lost broke, creating a void in the upper right.

Although there are inscribed poems to make up for it, it is far from the original picture that has no inscription and is harmonious and perfect.

Also here, when drawing the waterfall, I was lazy and didn’t draw the rocks behind it, making the water of the waterfall a sourceless water, as if emerging out of thin air from a line of sky between the two mountains. "

Wang Tianhui pointed out two discordant points. After his explanation, everyone felt that the painting was awkward.

"Let's talk about the brushwork, Tang Yin's landscape master inherited from Zhou Chen, and he used the pen to be straight and powerful, and he chopped the mountains and rocks sideways with an axe.

Far and near are virtual and real, using the complexity and simplicity of the brush, and the thickness and lightness of the ink, to truly express the position and thickness of the mountains and rocks.

Looking at the pen and ink of this fake painting, we can see that the imitator was born in painting, and usually imitates the painting style of the Four Kings School. As a result of habit, when copying this painting, he unconsciously used the cloak recommended by Nanzong. Mo Cun, this method of Cracking is acceptable to express the earth and mountains in the distant view of the south, but it is nondescript to express the texture of the rocks in the close view, and it has nothing to do with Tang Yin. "

Everyone was confused and half understood, but they felt that after Wang Tianhui said this, the whole painting suddenly lost its energy.

Wang Tianhui continued to explain, "Talking about the ink method, Tang Yin's paintings, whether on paper or silk, can achieve the effect of the brush not hindering the ink, the brush in the ink, and the ink dyeing effect of pure ink.

But the ink technique of the counterfeit is dwarfed by comparison, the brushwork is rigid and crafty, the handwriting is revealed, the ink technique is dry, there is no smudge, it is chaotic, and it is blurred. "

"Let's talk about figures again. Tang Yin's figure painting skill is no less than that of landscapes. The figures in landscape paintings are simple in outline, but well-proportioned, and the spirit is vivid.

On the other hand, the owner of the fake Maoting is out of proportion, unbalanced in action, and crumbling.

The most ridiculous thing is that the clothes were worn upside down, and it turned out to be the left lapel. You can check the information to know whether I am right or wrong. "

As Wang Tianhui said, some curious people tried imitating the sitting posture of the master painted in the Maoting Pavilion, but they collapsed as soon as they sat down, which shows how bad this person's basic skills in drawing people are.

Henry covered his face and couldn't bear to look at it.

Wang Tianhui pointed to another person in the picture and said: "The boy's head is drawn too small, so that the whole person does not look like a child who has not grown up, but like a Living Buddha Jigong who can flex freely. These low-level mistakes are different. It is said that it is a figure at the level of a painting saint, even if we randomly find an art student around us, we will not commit any crimes, do you still think this is Tang Yin's authentic work?"

Next, Wang Tianhui didn't miss any details, and found evidence that the bamboo depiction, the large-scale calligraphy, and even the seal were fakes.

Henry seemed to have lost his soul, and he could no longer say any rebuttals.

"I spent nearly [-] million on this painting, but I didn't expect to be fooled because I didn't understand it! I just tore it up!"

The more Henry thought about it, the angrier he became. It was an insult to him to hang this painting here, and he wanted to tear it up.

Wang Tianhui stopped him, "Don't tear it up! Although this is not Tang Yin's authentic work, it is indeed an ancient painting."

"What? Then is this painting still valuable? Why is the ancient painting still a fake? Mr. Wang, tell me I'm confused." Henry doubted his life.

Wang Tianhui said with a smile: "Although Tang Yin became a famous artist after his death, it was not long after his death. Because the value of his paintings has increased, there have been a large number of imitations. The period of this imitation is almost the same as that of Tang Yin. It’s from the same period, although it’s an imitation, it’s still an ancient painting, and it still has value.”

Hearing what Wang Tianhui said, the wrinkled creases on Henry's face were finally relaxed.

(End of this chapter)