In the domestic autumn auction at the end of 2021, Fu Baoshi can be called the most dazzling star. On December 3, 2021, at the Beijing Poly Autumn Auction, a painting in the Jingangpo period "Lady in the Willow Shade for Luo Shihui" was sold for 97.75 million yuan, and it was in the limelight for a while. What are the characteristics of Fu Baoshi's figure paintings?What is its intrinsic academic support point?Why did the lot "Lady in the Willow Shade for Luo Shihui" fetch nearly 100 million yuan?What is the market and counterfeiting methods of Fu Baoshi's figure paintings?
Fu Baoshi figure painting features
Fu Baoshi's figure paintings, most of which are ladies, Gao Shitu, or historical figures, are related to his "patriotic and ancient" plot, especially Qu Yuan's "Lisao", "Nine Songs", Wei and Jin characters, Tang Dynasty poetry and so on. Fu Baoshi's historical figure paintings, in terms of technique, not only absorb and inherit the painting methods of ancient Chinese figure painting, such as Gu Kaizhi's gossamer drawing, Chen Hongshou's character demeanor, etc., but also borrow a small amount of Japanese painting characteristics, such as his "Erxiang Picture", Mrs. Xiang's open face is very plump, which seems to have the characteristics of Japanese ukiyo-e beauty painting. However, what is more prominent in Fu Baoshi's figure paintings is that they have their own distinctive personal characteristics, that is, the lines are vigorous and flexible, the ink color is lush and majestic, and the demeanor is ancient and dusty. Because the painter has a feeling of sadness, national affairs, and concern for the common people, it is always reflected in the figure painting to reflect the aesthetic characteristics of "sad and melancholy, depressed and ancient".
Fu Baoshi, Beauty Walk, ink and color on paper, 1944.
China Guardian sold for 10.78 million yuan in the 1996 autumn auction.
The height of Fu Baoshi's figure painting is inseparable from his rich historical and literary literacy, which is the basis for many historical figure paintings he created in his lifetime. Fu Baoshi once said: "The portrayal of historical figures has its conveniences and difficulties. Only through a long-term extensive and in-depth study and experience, the painter likes the person, condenses and images, and the so-called gets it in the heart, and then can he form it into the pen and express the spiritual temperament and character characteristics of each character. Fu Baoshi's historical figure painting is indeed "from the heart, the shape of the pen", he painted "Qu Yuan", with long hair scattered, withered face, grief and depression, showing a kind of "everyone is drunk and I am awake" lonely and high character. He painted "The Poetry of Du Fu's Beauty", depicting a beautiful woman who lives in the empty valley and does not want to enter the turbid world.
In the 40s and 60s of the last century, Fu Baoshi painted many classic figure paintings, such as "Portrait of Shi Tao on the Ground" and "Qu Yuan" in 1942, "Lady in the Willow Shade", "Washing Hands", "Playing Huang Ying'er", "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" in 1944, "Ruan Xian's Downturn", "Beauty Walking", "Statue of Guanyin in White", "The Poetry of Du Fu's Beauty", "Nine Machine Albums" in 1945, "Erxiang Picture" in 1946, "On the Mountain" in 1947, "On the Mountain" in 1949 Pipa Xing", 1952 "Nine Old Pictures", 1954 "Qu Yuan Nine Songs and Ten Years of the Ten Years of "Li Taibai Statue", etc.
Fu Baoshi Mrs. Xiang 104 603cm, 1943, Collection of the Palace Museum.
Versatility is unusual
Looking at Fu Baoshi's artistic achievements, painting practice and art history research can be called a twin peaks, and his review and reflection on art history far exceed that of many painters of his time, which in turn nourishes his painting and makes his painting have an extraordinary academic height. Fu Baoshi taught Chinese art history, calligraphy, and seal carving at Nanjing ** University, especially in the study of painting history, and made outstanding achievements and published many books. At the age of 22, his first work "Introduction to the Origin of Chinese Painting" was completed, at the age of 23, he wrote "Imitation and Printing", at the age of 26, he wrote "Outline of the History of Chinese Painting", at the age of 31, he translated "Painting of the Tang and Song Dynasties" by Jinyuan Shengwu, at the age of 32, he published "On the History of Landscape Painting from Gu Kaizhi to Jing Hao", at the age of 34, he wrote "The Painting of the Early Six Dynasties", and in 1962, he wrote "Zheng Banqiao".
Fu Baoshi **Butterfly Love Flower Answer Li Shuyi" word meaning.
Ink and color on paper 1378, 69cm, 1958, collection of Nanjing Museum.
Xu Beihong once spoke highly of Fu Baoshi in the newspaper "concentrating on art, especially through the study of gold and stone, and has a slight understanding when painting matters, so he can be bold and uninhibited." "In addition to the great king, there is another superstar, which is not about to flourishFu Baoshi's paintings also benefit greatly from his calligraphy and seal carving. He said at the beginning of his book "A Brief History of Chinese Seal Carving": "The most basic source of Chinese art is calligraphy. Fu Baoshi's seal carving and calligraphy also helped him a lot in his paintings, and his 1960 painting "Xiling Gorge" was a strong pen and ink, which obviously benefited from his calligraphy. Fu Baoshi's seal carving, the Zhejiang school, Jinwen, Han seal into one, broad and profound, very profound.
"Drawing of a Lady in the Willow Shade for Luo Shihui" is a small painting with a high price
In this autumn auction, nearly 100 million yuan ** was born in the "Picture of a Lady in the Willow Shade for Luo Shihui", which can be called a model of "painting with a small price and a high price". The size of the painting is 737 horizontal 42 cm, although only 2It is 84 square feet large, but the transaction price is 34.41 million yuan per square foot, such a high unit price is very rare in Fu Baoshi's paintings at auction. On the one hand, this painting was created in 1945 and is a work of the mature period of the King Kong Slope ReformThe second is Fu Baoshi's 35th birthday gift to his wife, which is reliable and has been recorded many timesThird, there is a long title of nearly 400 words on the painting, which is full of Fu Baoshi's gratitude to his wife for sharing weal and woe with him, and is known as "the most beautiful love letter". Of course, in terms of technique and ink, it is also impeccable, highlighting many typical characteristics of Fu Baoshi's figure paintings.
Fu Baoshi made a picture of a lady in the willow shade for Luo Shihui.
73.7 42cm about 28 sq. ft.
Vertical scroll, ink and color on paper, 1945.
Beijing Poly's 2021 autumn auction sold for 97.75 million yuan.
Fu Baoshi painted "Lady in the Willow Shade" many times in his life, but the style was different in different periods. For example, he painted in 1943 "Lady in the Willow Shade", mainly in ink, the expression of the characters has a sad and resentful state, as the inscription poem said, "with some grudges and guarded the chapter platform, the miserable moon and sad eyebrows can not be locked". In 1945, the "Lady in the Willow Shade" is mainly colored, and the lady walks along the willow shade stream, looking back, elegant and noble, graceful and graceful, and there is no longer a wind of resentment. This painting has been kept in Fu Baoshi's home, after Fu Baoshi's death, his wife Luo Shihui temporarily stored all Fu Baoshi's classic masterpieces in the Nanjing Museum. Later, some were selected as family souvenirs, and "Picture of a Lady in the Willow Shade for Luo Shihui" is one of them.
Fu Baoshi Pipa Xing 1432×68.9cm
Ink and color on paper, 1940, collection of Nanjing Museum.
Fu bouldering market** and counterfeiting
Fu Baoshi's figure paintings have been auctioned many times in recent years. At the 2016 Beijing Poly Spring Auction, "Jun in the Clouds and Da Si Ming" won 2300 million yuan is a sky-high price. In the 2018 Beijing Poly Autumn Auction, "Xiangjun" was sold for 50.6 million yuan. In the 2020 China Guardian Autumn Auction, "Mr. Dongpo" was sold for 41.4 million yuan. 2020 Beijing Poly Autumn Auction, "Erxiang Picture" 10.4 billion yuan sky-high transaction. In the 2021 Beijing Poly Spring Auction, "Qu Yuan" was sold for 44.62 million yuan. In the 2021 Beijing Poly Autumn Auction, "Lady in the Willow Shade for Luo Shihui" was sold for 97.75 million yuan, and "Three Smiles of Huxi" was sold for 24.15 million yuan. In the 2021 China Guardian Autumn Auction, "Mrs. Xiang" was sold for 14.95 million yuan.
Fu Baoshi Erxiang diagram
165×43.5cm 1946.
Beijing Poly 2020 Autumn Auction won 1046.5 billion yuan sold.
However, it is inevitable that with the birth of sky-high prices, some fakes are also mixed with auction transactions. At present, there are several types of counterfeiting tricks:1. Under the guise of compiling into the "Fu Baoshi Annals", but the paintings are far from the original. Second, it is claimed that it has been compiled into Fu Baoshi's publications published in the past 10 years, relying on the publication to be "gilded". 3. Forged Fu Baoshi's "self-inscription", but the calligraphy is quite lame, and it is very different from the real handwriting. Fourth, the inscription of a well-known expert is "turning stones into gold", but the pen and ink of the lot are quite ugly. Fifth, a large number of cloned "twins" and "multiple births" appeared, which is contrary to Fu Baoshi's personal creative law, as he himself said, "There are many clumsy faces, and there are almost no more than two identical works, in fact, this is the favor of creation to me." ”
Fu Baoshi Palace Dialogue Diagram 1052× 60.6cm
Ink and color on paper, late 40s of the 20th century, collection of Nanjing Museum.
To identify the authenticity of Fu Baoshi, the author thinks that we can start from Fu Baoshi's unique brushwork, composition, spirit, calligraphy and other aspects. Fu Baoshi's figure painting, the language of pen and ink is very different from anyone, it is his own exploration of the original "bouldering", this method seems to be scattered, but it is not really rough and messy, but "pen living ink sinking", with its own set of rules. In terms of composition, Fu Baoshi is also very particular, especially good at using contrast, some paintings "thousands of miles of ruler paper", some landscape paintings of the characters are as small as rice grains, the picture gives people a very wide feeling. The biggest feature of Fu Baoshi's figure painting is that "the person is in love, condensed and imaged, obtained in the heart, and formed in the pen", this kind of profound understanding is difficult to imitate. At the same time, his calligraphy has the flavor of gold and stone, the pen is thousand, such as a cone painting sand, some fakes forged his seal script, but it is far from the style of Fu Baoshi's seal book.