2021 is coming to an end, and we have spent another year in the pandemic.
Since the winter of the spread of the epidemic in 2019, all walks of life have been affected by the domestic and foreign environment and have undergone tremendous changes, and the Chinese art market is no exception.
But the only constant is that the painting and calligraphy market is still strong. According to the statistics of major art trading institutions, in recent years, calligraphy and painting have become the most popular art category with an annual return rate of more than 20-30%.
Looking back at the past two years, before the epidemic, the total turnover of Beijing Poly's 2019 autumn auction was 3.356 billion yuan; during the epidemic, the total turnover of Beijing Poly's 2020 autumn auction was 1.455 billion yuan. Counting this year's 3.35 billion yuan, a large "V" market trend, it is not difficult to see that the art market is using the shortest time to get rid of the impact of the epidemic and burst out of vitality.
Not only Beijing Poly, the top ten auctions in the Guardian Autumn Auction, 9 of which are calligraphy and paintings, including: modern and contemporary painter Zhang Daqian's "Imitation of Gu Kai's Drunken Dance", Ming Jiajing and Wanlijian Suzhou painters especially qiu "Autumn Window Game Map", Monet's "Water Lily Pond and Rose" created in 1913, Zhang Daqian's rare work "Autumn Xi Tu" in his later years, etc.
Claude Monet Water Lily Pond with Rose
Realized price: RMB 154,100,000
It is worth mentioning that "Water Lily Pond and Rose" is a representative of Monet's mature style, depicting the Giverny Garden with unique brushstrokes and vibrant tones. This is the garden he created by hand and is the subject of his most prestigious paintings. With an arched trellis covered with roses, Monet depicts the Garden of Giverny from this perspective in only three paintings, one of which is now in the Museum of Art in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, and "Water Lily Pond and Rose" is the widest of the three. Monet's depictions of water, sky, light and plants are vibrant and intimate, making it feel like you are in a summer garden in Giverny Gardens.
Zhang Daqian Qiu Xi diagram
Realized price: RMB 195,500,000
In addition, "Autumn Xi Tu" is a magnificent masterpiece in Zhang Daqian's later years of pouring ink and color, which is rare in the world. Looking at All of Zhang Daqian's splashing ink and color creations, in addition to the usual colors such as stone blue and stone green, a large area of white powder and vermilion orange coloring is used to create a brilliant brush of atmospheric mist, full of morning light and romantic changes.
In the past two years, Zhang Daqian has been particularly hot, and in 2020, Zhang Daqian's total turnover of 1.191 billion yuan ranked first in the 2020 annual list, followed by Qi Baishi and Fu Baoshi; and this year, we can see that these three artists are still the hot topics of modern and contemporary calligraphy and painting.
NO.1 Zhang Daqian
Turnover: 1,836.55 million
Five hundred years a thousand. In the modern and contemporary calligraphy and painting section of Chinese painting and calligraphy, Zhang Daqian is definitely located in the top collection sequence, the market value is transparent, the academic positioning is clear, especially Zhang Daqian's middle-aged residence overseas, and then settled in Taiwan, overseas there are a considerable number of fine works, which makes Zhang Daqian's works highly recognized by the domestic and foreign markets. During the year, Zhang Daqian's splashing works were very impressive, and such splashing works as "Spring Clouds And Mist" and "Autumn Xitu" were popular among collectors, and they were auctioned for HK$214.6 million and RMB195.5 million respectively.
NO.2 Qi Baishi
Turnover: 1,126.54 million
As the evergreen tree of the art market, Qi Baishi is also considered to be the most direct barometer. Qi Baishi, a popular artist of all ages, has topped the global art market several times and remains the world's most expensive record holder of Chinese painting and calligraphy.
NO.3 Fu Baoshi
Turnover: 707.63 million
Fu Baoshi is one of the most stable artists in the market in recent years. His female figures, historical figure paintings, landscape paintings, etc., are deeply loved by the majority of collectors. As with last year, at this year's auction, there were also many fine calligraphy and paintings from the old collection of family members, which increased the opportunity for collectors to earn Fu Baoshi's calligraphy and paintings.
Fu Baoshi made a picture of Liu Yin's female figure for Luo Shihui
Realized price: RMB 97,750,000
In 2021, a year of danger and opportunity, art auctions have experienced many twists and turns, but in general, the Future of the Chinese painting and calligraphy market can be expected.