"Brother, it's just a forgery made by someone from the past, and the writing skills are also very poor. There's nothing interesting about it..."
Hearing his eldest brother mention the painting in Qin Feng's hand, Qin Jun immediately curled his lips. Unlike Qin Shan, Qin Jun and his eldest brother were both civil and martial arts masters, and they were also quite accomplished in calligraphy and painting.
As for Shopkeeper Zhou's painting, Qin Jun could tell at a glance that the painting was indeed from the Yuan Dynasty, but the imitation was too outrageous. Let alone Zhao Mengfu, it was painted by a child who could only do graffiti. Better than him.
"Second brother, I went there because there were paintings within paintings!"
Qin Feng laughed when he heard this. Naturally, he would not regard this painting as an authentic work by Zhao Mengfu, but it was the first time Qin Feng had seen the use of Yuan calligraphy paper for painting, and he always felt that there was something fishy in it.
"Come, take a look..."
Hearing what Qin Feng said, Qin Bing also became interested and said: "The paint I prepared needs time to neutralize before it can be used at night. Let's take a look at the painting first..."
In fact, although Qin Bing's name has the word "bing" in it, when he was young, he was very tired of practicing martial arts. Instead, he was obsessed with playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
With Qin's mountain of ancient calligraphy and painting classics, it can be said that Qin Bing grew up in the masterpieces of famous artists. He even copied Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection" many times.
When he was twelve or thirteen years old, his younger brother Qin Jun was bullied by his tribe. When his elder brother Qin Bing wanted to help his younger brother seek justice, he failed to realize that he himself was also beaten with a bruised nose and face.
From then on, Qin Bing realized that in this world, fists must be strong only with principles, so Qin Bing began to learn martial arts and showed extremely high talent in martial arts training.
Eight years later, Qin Bing, who had missed the best time to practice martial arts, unexpectedly entered the realm of Ming Jin. At the age of thirty-five, Qin Bing entered the realm of Dark Jin.
But at the age of fifty, Qin Bing once surprised everyone. Qin Bing, who originally thought he would stop using dark energy, successfully entered the realm of transforming energy.
Even Qin Dongyuan, the top master of the five tribes, once said that if Qin Bing could build a foundation and practice martial arts at the age of five, his achievements would far exceed his own. There was a pity in his words.
But Qin Bing didn't take it seriously, because his level of calligraphy and painting was no worse than his own martial arts. Not only could he write good calligraphy, but he also had a good appraisal ability.
"Is this the work by Zhao Mengfu you bought?"
When Qin Feng opened the splash-ink landscape painting, Qin Bing's face suddenly showed a look of dumbfounding.
Not to mention that the paper used was wrong, but the brushwork was also clumsy, like a naughty boy spilling ink on the paper, showing no sign of any painting skills.
"Brother Qin Bing, have you ever seen anyone using Yuan calligraphy paper for painting?"
Qin Feng stroked the yellowed painting paper with his hand and said: "Such a delicately mounted work is still a family heirloom. I suspect there is another painting hidden in it..."
"It's not impossible..." Qin Bing nodded and said, "Let me take a good look at this painting first and see if I can find any flaws?"
"Brother, you don't need to look at this. There are almost flaws everywhere..."
Hearing Qin Bing's words, Qin Jun was speechless. He grew up surrounded by calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, so he could naturally tell the quality of these paintings at a glance.
"Boy, although this painting is not very good, the materials used are all top quality!"
Qin Bing shook his head and said: "Yuan calligraphy paper has always been used for sacrificial proclamations, and the paint on this painting has not changed color after thousands of years. It is obviously a high-quality painting material. This painting is not that simple..."
Looking at the painting carefully, Qin Bing's face gradually became serious, because he himself is a master of calligraphy and painting, and he also makes his own paints, so he can see many things that others cannot.
"No matter how simple it is, it's worthless..."
Qin Jun pouted. Except for the war seventy or eighty years ago, this space has always been peaceful, so many ancient calligraphy and paintings have been preserved.
But after all, there are very few calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, and more are works by unknown painters. These works have been handed down in large numbers, so they have little value.
Of course, this is only for some works from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. If they are calligraphy and painting from the Tang and Song dynasties, they are still extremely precious. After all, it is not easy to preserve paintings that are thousands of years old.
Just like in the outside world where Qin Feng lived, unsigned calligraphy and paintings in the Tang and Song Dynasties were always marked with the word anonymous on the author. However, even anonymous paintings can fetch sky-high prices in auction houses. This is the gift of time.
The unique charm of calligraphy and painting.
However, even if the painting in front of me is from the Tang and Song Dynasties, in the world where Qin Feng lived, I am afraid it would only have cultural relic value but no artistic value. After all, the painting is really terrible.
"Brother, what's so interesting about this?" Qin Jun was very disapproving when he saw his eldest brother almost lying on the painting.
"This painting is not simple!" After about half an hour, Qin Bing straightened up and said, "I suspect this painting is the original work of Zhao Mengfu?"
"What?" Upon hearing Qin Bing's words, Qin Feng and Qin Jun were stunned.
"Brother, are you reading that right?" Qin Jun shook his head repeatedly and said, "Although Zhao Mengfu is not a very good character, he is not capable of painting such a work, right?"
Zhao Mengfu's paintings created a new style of painting in the Yuan Dynasty, and he was known as the "Crown of the Yuan Dynasty", and his calligraphy was known as "Zhao Ti" in the world. Together with Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Ouyang Xun, he was known as the "Four Masters" of regular script.
How could such a famous calligrapher and painter in history create such a work of naughty graffiti? This is unreasonable.
"You should be right!"
Qin Bing said solemnly: "Second brother, although the inscription on this painting is ugly, there are faint traces of Zhao Mengfu's brushwork. More importantly, look here..."
Pointing to several places on the painting, Qin Bing started to explain incessantly. He had copied many of Zhao Mengfu's works before, so he knew the details of his calligraphy and painting very well.
"Huh? From what you said, brother, it seems a bit similar..."
Looking at the place where his elder brother pointed, Qin Jun nodded. He had also seen Zhao Mengfu's works. When Qin Bing said it, he suddenly felt that they were somewhat similar.
"I suspect that Zhao Mengfu made this painting on purpose. He wanted to use it to hide something. Maybe as Qin Feng said, there is a painting in this painting..."
As Qin Jun spoke, he was already checking the axis of the painting and other places. If there was indeed a painting within the painting, then some clues would still be revealed during the papering process.
"Huh? It's strange, there is no trace at all?" After checking for a long time, Qin Bing stopped in surprise, because he found no sign of the painting within the painting.
"Brother Qin Bing, are you sure this is the authentic work of Zhao Mengfu?" Qin Feng asked.
"pretty close."
Qin Bing pointed to the seal on the painting and said: "Zhao Mengfu's courtesy name is Zi'ang, but most of his painting seals use the name Songxue Taoist. Zi'ang's bell seal is rarely used, but I happened to see it. , very similar to this bell seal..."
In addition to rich professional knowledge, calligraphy and painting appraisal requires handling a large number of physical objects, understanding the author's style and even living habits, and inferring the authenticity of calligraphy and painting from all aspects.
Just like Qin Feng's teacher Qi Gong once said that in the 1920s and 1930s, he saw many authentic calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, so sometimes he would know the authenticity of the painting as soon as he got it.
This is the case with the current Qin soldiers. Even though Zhao Mengfu made this painting unsightly, his subtle style is still revealed in the painting.
Of course, if Qin Bing didn't know his painting very well, ordinary people would not be able to see these details, just like Shopkeeper Zhou, who regarded this painting as a worthless object that is a pity to discard.
"If it's true, then this painting can't be destroyed easily?"
After hearing Qin Bing's explanation, Qin Feng felt a little bit difficult, because if he wanted to find out the painting, he would inevitably destroy the original work of Zhao Mengfu.
"Why can't it be destroyed?" Qin Jun asked with some confusion.
"Not many of Zhao Mengfu's paintings have survived, so it would be a pity to destroy them like this," Qin Feng said matter-of-factly.
As a master who connected the past and the future during the period of reform and transformation, Zhao Mengfu's status in the history of Chinese painting is very high.
His calligraphy has been handed down from generation to generation, but his paintings are very few. There is only one in China, and together with those in foreign museums, there are no more than ten works in total.
"Qin Feng, you are confused."
After hearing Qin Feng's words, Qin Jun said with a smile: "If you can hide a painting within a painting by Zhao Mengfu, then if it is hidden, the value will definitely be higher. No matter in every aspect, it will be better than this painting." of… …"
"Oh, yes!" Qin Feng patted his head and laughed himself.
To be honest, even if this landscape splash-ink painting is an authentic work by Zhao Mengfu, it does not have much artistic value, but the painting hidden in the painting may not.
"I can't see how to crack it..." Qin Bing shook his head and said: "The front and back are all Yuan Shu paper. It's hard to say whether there are paintings in it."
"Brother Qin Bing, this matter is easy to handle..." Qin Feng turned to look at Qin Jun and said, "Second brother, go and let someone cook a pot of rice soup and let it cool in the yard..."
When it comes to the ability to appraise calligraphy and paintings, Qin Feng really admires Qin Bing, but when it comes to repairing and forging calligraphy and paintings, Qin Feng's skill is far beyond that of Qin Bing's brothers.
Not to mention anything else, Qin Feng has several ways to peel off the paintings layer by layer. This means that some paintings seem to be authentic, but in fact they are separated from the original, making people really It’s hard to tell the fake.
"Rice soup? What do you want that for?" Qin Jun was stunned for a moment.
"Use it to find this picture-within-a-picture!" Qin Feng said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as there is something hidden in it, I can find it!"
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PS: Chapter 2, I will try to write it out as soon as possible tomorrow. Well, please continue asking for recommendation votes!!
