"Red landscape painting" refers to the Chinese painting landscape works that originated after the founding of New China, entered the peak period of development in the 1950s and 1960s, and ended before the reform and opening up, integrating the themes of "red" culture and socialist production and construction into the natural scenery.
The red landscape paintings that emerged from the 1950s to the 1970s can be said to be a specific intellectual group, and the painters have the most intuitive and purest ideological feedback and cultural memory for the specific era category of the nearly thirty years after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Red landscape painting can be roughly divided into four categories from the theme: recalling revolutionary history, reproducing political events, poetry of great people, and landscapes of revolutionary holy places.
"Red theme" is a unique memory shared by a generation, recording the history of a special period in the mainland, representing the aesthetic characteristics and spiritual cohesion of an era, with historical, artistic and documentary value, and has always been the "darling" of art collection. Especially in the adjustment period of the art market, the value of red classics is particularly prominent.
In the field of calligraphy and painting collection, works with red themes have always been highly favored, especially red works with commemorative nature, which are highly sought after, they have strong artistic value, broad historical background and other characteristics, with their unique collection significance, limited release time, once they came out, they will be at the top of the list with lightning speed; and for collectors, being able to collect a red classic work with the significance of the times has become a necessary condition for determining the level of collection.
Li Keyan's "Ten Thousand Mountains Red All Over" sold for 293.25 million yuan
For modern people, the collection of classic works with red themes is a remembrance, a remembrance, an inspiration, and an original intention. "Red Theme" presents a high portrayal of the spirit of the times, and it is a work that has stood the test of time.
According to auction market data in recent years, since 2010, "red classic" works on major historical themes have been constantly refreshing their highest price auction records or the highest price auctioned by the painter himself.
The father of red landscapes
When it comes to Chinese paintings with "red spirit and red theme" in the Chinese painting world, many collectors will definitely think of "Li Keyan, the father of red landscapes". It is said that the Li family landscape is a must, as a generation of artistic giants, Li Keyan can be said to be known to everyone, and his works have repeatedly broken auction records.
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In November 2015, at the "Daguan Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Treasures Night" in JiadeQiu, Li Keyan's "Wanshan Red Everywhere" was auctioned for 58 million yuan and finally sold for 184 million yuan; and another "Wanshan Red Everywhere" released by Poly Spring Auction in 2012 was sold for 290 million yuan; his Works on the theme of Gangshan were also auctioned for 138 million yuan.
In the auction house, there is a saying that "all famous Chinese paintings with red themes" must be the works with the most collectible potential! Of course, a series of auction results have proved this sentence. For example, Li Keyan, a master of red landscapes, painted many works in his lifetime, but the works that made him famous at the highest auction were indeed red landscape works!
"Red Taihang" landscape pioneer
Wang Yimin's "Red Taihang" red landscape painting itself is a landscape painting with "Taihang Mountain" as the main line and "Taihang Spirit" as the main purpose, which is more professional and focused than the landscape paintings of "Red Everyone Li Keyan" who only painted a few and dozens of red spirits and themes in his lifetime!
In the history of the Chinese painting world, as long as they are pioneers of the painting school, their works are "in short supply" in the collection market and have great potential! Whether it is Gong Xian of the ancient Jinling School, Shi Tao of the Huangshan School, Qi Baishi of the modern Beijing-Tianjin School, Wu Changshuo of the Maritime School, or Liu Wenxi of the Contemporary Loess School who died not long ago, the price of each of their works is millions and tens of millions!
Works by Wang Yimin
Contemporary Chinese "Red Taihang" red landscape painting pioneer Wang Yimin founded the height of the school of painting is different from many schools, he is based on the "Taihang spirit" as the purpose, the use of Chinese traditional culture and art as a carrier to inherit the fine quality of the Chinese nation, at the national level higher than many pioneers of painting schools. For collectors, there is a "double guarantee" for collectors to collect Wang Yimin's red landscape works, because he is not only an excellent pioneer of the painting school like Qi Baishi and Wu Changshuo, but also an "advocate and transmitter" of the inheritance of the positive energy spirit of the country and the nation!
With the increasing influence of Wang Yimin, the pioneer of China's "Red Taihang" red landscape painting, in the domestic famous painting school, the value of his works has become increasingly prominent, and several large domestic group companies have extended olive branches to them, and many works have been auctioned at high prices!
Red culture is the precious spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation and an endless treasure house of literary and artistic creation. The classic art works with red themes created by generations of artists engrave the deepest historical memory of the Chinese nation in the past hundred years, and are a visual epic that condenses spiritual strength.