The Shuzhong School of Painting pays attention to a "delicate wind and warm atmosphere", which is particularly obvious in the green and golden landscapes, meticulous figures, and meticulous flowers and birds.

This kind of traditional charm and skill cannot be achieved by painters from the Northern School, Shanghai School, Chang'an, Lingnan and other places.

In more than ten or twenty years, when traditional culture returns and becomes the theme of the times, the works of this large number of painters who left Sichuan with their profound traditional cultural heritage have repeatedly achieved success in the cultural auction market.

Of course, paintings by Tang Dynasty painters such as Wu Daozi and Li Sixun cannot appear in Gongmei. However, Gongmei still collects a large number of works named after famous artists from the Tang and Song Dynasties, but they are actually imitations completed by later generations of painters.

These paintings can be traced back to the Song and Ming dynasties. These high-quality "fake" paintings have become valuable treasures today.

Even though Zhou Zhi is now a millionaire, when facing such paintings, he can still feel the cool breeze, his wallet is empty, and his head is buzzing.

The price of a picture of 200,000 U.S. dollars makes it clear that it is not for trading, but for display as a treasure, and no one is willing to take advantage of it.

Ancient paintings, like ancient porcelain, are actually difficult to misjudge in the eyes of true experts because there are so many clues to find the truth.

Take ancient paintings as an example. Just analyzing the silk used for painting includes weaving method, silk diameter, mesh number, dyeing method, vitriol method... there are countless ways to do it.

In addition, it includes mounting, using Xuan, silk cloth, painting scrolls... It is also a bunch of knowledge, and every era has its own characteristics.

After that comes the use of ink, ink pads, and color materials, and then comes the painter's techniques, calligraphy, seals, inscriptions, collectors' inscriptions, and seals... There are a lot of knowledge and characteristics.

All these things and every detail must be completely consistent to be considered a qualified imitation.

Is it possible? Almost impossible.

To give a simple example, the thickness of the silk at that time was different from that of today's silk, and there was also advanced technology such as carbon 14 identification, otherwise you must have real Song silk in your hands.

, you can imitate the real "Song Dynasty painting".

Many novels, TV series, and even appraisal programs often feature plots in which experts look at things. In fact, the probability of this happening is very small. Generally, experts are overconfident and omit some conventional inspection methods. Errors caused by negligence are not the norm.

"Is this the famous Suzhou Pian'er?" Zhou Zhi stood in front of a poem and calligraphy labeled "Ming Wu Yingmao imitates Zhu Yunming's Eight Ode to His Seven Heroes", feeling curious and funny.

The calligraphy is on silk, and the color has turned into a dark old honey-yellow color. There is a poem written in cursive script on it with flying dragons and phoenixes:

Sanyou is a powerful man, Qigui is arrogant and lazy. Blood daggers shine on his waist, and golden pills pass on his head.

The prostitutes' palms are arranged on the table, and the prostitutes are spitting in their mouths. The high-rise buildings are singing and the bells are singing, and the princes are sitting in their seats every day.

Killing without revenge will destroy the Yaju family. The Guo family will be wiped out, and Tongshan will die of hunger.

The poetry itself is bold, exciting, and unrestrained. With the addition of cursive writing, bold and unrestrained poetry, the words and poetry really complement each other and can be called a masterpiece.

However, Zhou Zhi only studied Wen Zhengming's calligraphy more, and was very unfamiliar with Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy. He felt that the painting in front of him was really good.

Manager Fei smiled and said: "Mr. Liu Jiu'an, an expert in ancient calligraphy and painting, based on detailed research on a volume of Wu's original cursive script collected by the Jinmen History Museum, he identified that this is Wu's imitation."

"Who is this Wu Yingmao? How did Mr. Liu Jiu'an conclude that it was his imitation? I think this calligraphy is also very exquisite."

"Brother Zhou knows about Suzhou films, but doesn't he know about Wu Yingmao?"

"I know that from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty to the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, a group of folk painting masters gathered in the Zhuanzhu lanes of Shantang Street and Taohuawu in Suzhou, specializing in the production of fake calligraphy and paintings. The fakes they produced were collectively called 'Suzhou pictures'."

"The Ming Dynasty calligrapher Zhan Jingfeng's "Dongtu Xuanlan Bian" records: 'Forgery of calligraphy and painting in Zhuanzhu Lane, Suzhou'."

"Zhang Taijie, a Jinshi of Wanli, once compiled a book called "Bao Hua Lu", which collected more than 200 calligraphy and paintings from Jin, Tang to Ming dynasties, including the 'Four Schools of Yuan Dynasty' and the 'Four Schools of Ming Dynasty', claiming that all the paintings and calligraphy treasures in the book are 'rare'

Authentic. It was later revealed that the paintings and calligraphy contained in the book were all forgeries."

"This thing has spread widely, and it has become a scourge now. There are many collections in museums all over the country, and it has even spread to overseas museums."

"At first, everyone entered the collection as authentic works. As the research deepened, we discovered that many old collections were actually the masterpieces of this forgery den."

"But that's all I know. As for the people who make fakes, can we call them criminals? They can still leave a reputation, but it's also a strange story."

"Hahaha..." Manager Fei laughed: "This criminal Wu Yingmao, also known as Sanjiang, is Zhu Zhishan's grandson. He has practiced calligraphy on his grandfather's knees since he was a child. Therefore, his calligraphy is an important inheritance for Zhu Zhishan.

.Historically, he was said to have "studied Zhu Yunming's works and often confused them with the real ones."

"Then why can the difference be found?"

"It is a strange thing to say, because Zhu Zhishan's original cursive script "Chibi Fu" and Wu Yingmao's cursive imitation "Chibi Fu" still exist together in the world!"

"Ah? What a coincidence."

"Yes, experts later discovered that one of the calligraphy features in the two "Red Cliff Odes" is completely consistent with the features of Wu's original cursive script collected by the Jinmen History Museum, but there are differences in calligraphy style from the original work, so it was determined

That one is a fake inscribed by Wu Yingmao with his grandfather's name!"

"After this conclusion was drawn, museums in various places began to inspect their own collections of Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy works. Now, 23 works have been discovered in China, all of which are imitations of Wu Yingmao!"

"You actually had so much surgery?" Zhou Zhi covered his mouth and laughed.

"With comparison, the details of the two can actually be seen." Manager Fei probably is not a very sophisticated calligraphy connoisseur, but he can understand what others have told him: "Carefully analyze Wu Yingmao's works.

, it can be seen that his lines are thinner than those of Zhu Zhishan’s genuine product.”

"Although the free and smooth gestures are enough to be mistaken for the real thing, if you analyze its imitations of "Luo Hua Shi Scroll", "Spring River Flower Moon Night Scroll", etc., especially the two works of "Red Cliff Ode", it should be easy to find out the difference between the two.

similarities and differences.”

"Zhu Zhishan's lines are more vigorous, while Wu Yingmao's lines become softer and softer. Look here, the long strokes of Wu and Jiao are pointed at both ends. This is the soft and elegant lines of Wu's lines and the strong and heroic lines of Zhu's.

Huge difference.”

"The strength and personality of the cursive calligraphy master who ranks among the top in history are difficult for others to imitate, even his grandson who was trained by him personally is no exception."

"Therefore, the strokes and lines are the most important factor in identifying the authenticity of Zhu Zhishan's calligraphy. Countless collectors in the past, intentionally or unintentionally, have regarded Wu Yingmao's imitations as genuine, and they have been passed down for hundreds of years."
Chapter completed!