Speaking of Qi Baishi, it can be said that many people are familiar with it, especially those who like painting, and everyone knows it.
Therefore, in the "painting circle", there are many admirers and admirers of Shiraishi.
In particular, the "Willow Cow Picture" painted by Qi Baishi at random is even more fascinating.
It is said that this painting was auctioned for the first time at an auction for a sky-high price of 5.7 million yuan, and since then, the value of the painting has skyrocketed one after another, and finally soared to the sky-high price of 10 million yuan.
According to the data, this "Willow Cow Picture" painted by people called "Ox Buttocks" has a lot of mystery, and ordinary people look "like falling into the fog for five miles", in layman's terms, whenever these people see this painting, they are completely "confused" and can't understand the meaning of the painting.
Seeing this painting, many people are like seeing flowers in a fog, neither knowing what it is nor why, thinking that it looks like it is just a "cow's ass" painting, and there is nothing new or special about it.
Only those "experts" who really understand painting will see through the subtleties of this painting, see the "finishing touch" in the painting and the "mysteries" hidden in it for a while, and understand the true value of this painting.
It is said that this is a "casual" work painted by Qi Baishi, who lived in Beijing on a whim, and Qi Baishi was 87 years old when he painted this painting.
However, when Qi Baishi painted this painting at that time, although his mind was "imaginative", there seemed to be no fetters in terms of creative inspiration, but in fact, when Qi Baishi created this painting, the inspiration that burst out instantly was ** in the small mountain village where he lived in his hometown in his childhood.
At this moment, what people don't know is that Qi Baishi has left the small mountain village where he lived in his childhood for more than 40 years.
According to the data, Qi Baishi, who was born in 1864, came from a village called Xingdoutang in Xiangtan, Changsha, Hunan.
As early as childhood, Qi Baishi, who liked to read and write at the age of 6 and often liked to scribble and draw on his writing books and account books, showed a talent for painting.
It was then that my grandfather discovered that Qi Baishi loved painting as a child, and he studied hard, so he hoped that Qi Baishi could learn a craft with this talent.
So, his grandfather took Qi Baishi around to learn art, and then guided Qi Baishi to start from learning Xi carving carpentry, so that he could concentrate on learning Xi painting skills, and when he officially entered the painting creation, Qi Baishi was 27 years old.
However, who would have thought that just a few decades later, when Qi Baishi created this "Willow Cow" at random, his creative skills had already been perfected.
At this time, in the eyes of many people, Qi Baishi was also a "big man" in the art world, famous at home and abroad, and admired by thousands of people.
It is said that Qi Baishi's "Willow Cow Picture" is 134 years long5cm, 34cm wide, the whole painting only paints two cows and a few weeping willows, the picture looks very concise and clear, especially a cow in the distance, only a cow butt is drawn.
However, despite this, the painting has a profound artistic conception and profound meaning, and the expression in it is all hidden in the painting.
Some people say that in classical Chinese literature, the willow tree has the meaning of "staying", and the ancients had the custom of "folding willows" to give each other when they parted, which means "to keep people", which has the meaning of cherishing goodbye and showing the feeling of farewell.
In this painting, Qi Baishi writes in a freehand way, concise and clear, understated, and randomly sketches a few willow trees, which actually entrusts and expresses Qi Baishi's nostalgia and yearning for his hometown.
In the painting, people can see two cows at a glance, the one in front is a cow, and the one in the distance is a calf.
From the whole picture, it looks like the calf is ready to move away from the cow, ready to go all the way without hesitation, running into the distance, while the cow following the calf is hoarse, following closely behind, looking reluctant.
It's just unbelievable and incomprehensible, but the calf who traveled far away only drew a cow's butt, which left people with suspense and incomprehension.
However, what is unexpected is that it is this bull's butt, but it is full of mysteries and secret rebirth, which makes people know a secret in curiosity.
That is, the most wonderful and finishing touch of this painting is on the butt of the cow.
It is said that when they magnified the painting thirty times with a magnifying glass, they discovered that the horns of the calf were hidden in the upper left corner of the cow's buttocks.
And it is this horn that makes the whole picture come alive.
On the one hand, this horn expresses Qi Baishi's love for painting, expressing his homesickness through the two cows on the painting.
On the other hand, this ordinary "Willow Cow Picture" has been turned into a precious and excellent work that licks the calves and expresses the love of mother and child, which opens people's eyes and insights, and further enables many people to understand and be familiar with the mystery and meaning of this painting.