Mo envied peony as rich, but lost pear orange has afterglow. --Qi Baishi
As the old saying goes, art comes from life.
Probably for this reason, artists always have more good stories than ordinary people, gaining and losing.
The artists are wise and foolish, and their works are ingenious, as if they can penetrate the soul of the world and hit the depths of the soul.
Qi Baishi is a famous painting master in modern and modern China, and his paintings and printed books and poems are unique, and they are known as the four masterpieces.
His own emotional life, like his own paintings, is "a gentleman".
When Qi Baishi was 56 years old, he fell in love with a young nanny who was only 18 years old at his friend's house, and specially painted a painting in order to show his goodwill, and now this painting has sold for 90 million yuan.
Qi Baishi
In addition to such an earth-shattering and expensive masterpiece being hotly discussed by the world, the anecdote about Qi Baishi behind it has also been mentioned again.
Qi Baishi, 56, and the 18-year-old little nanny, there is a 38-year-old age difference between the two.
What kind of marriage is this?
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Qi Baishi, also spelled Weiqing, was born on January 1, 1864 in Xiangtan, Hunan.
Qi Baishi has been weak and sick since he was a child, and his family lives on farming, and he really can't come up with extra silver money to provide for his schooling.
In his early years, his grandfather also read for a few days, so he began to teach Qi Baishi to read and write from an early age.
Qi Baishi's interest in painting was from an early age, when he often scribbled on exercise books or account books.
Before the age of twenty-seven, Qi Baishi was only a small carpenter.
The "carpenter" here is not a large wooden work to build a house, but a small wooden work with details such as carved seals.
In the early years, Qi Baishi was famous for his excellent carving skills in the local area.
During his time as a carpenter, Qi Baishi has always retained a strong interest in painting, and he is indeed very talented in this aspect.
Qi Baishi really began to learn to paint at the age of 24, when he entered the folk artist Xiao Qianqian to learn to paint portraits.
It was not until the age of 25 that Qi Baishi began to leave the carpentry life and devote himself to painting and making portraits to support his family.
In just one year, Qi Baishi has been able to make a living by painting, although it cannot be concluded that Qi Baishi's painting achievements have broken through the sky, but at least he has a high understanding of the artistic creation of painting.
Qi Baishi's paintings are really famous after settling in Beijing in his fifties, and after chen shi had influenced the "decay and change method", the style of blending folk art and literati painting became its own family, and then it began to become famous in the world.
Chen Shizeng
In this way, Qi Baishi can also be regarded as a late instrument.
In Qi Baishi's life, his artistic genius and achievements are by no means easy for ordinary people to compare.
And this also seems to confirm that the life of artists is destined to be different from ordinary people, of which Mr. Qi Baishi is no exception.
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At the age of fifty-three, Qi Baishi went north alone to make a living selling paintings.
At that time, Qi Baishi was at the foot of the talent-rich Tianzi Capital City, with no famous teachers to point out and no authentic copying, so he was not as proud as he was in his hometown before, and over time he was a little discouraged.
Qi Baishi was already more than fifty years old, and under some measurement, he was preparing to give up his plan to develop in the capital, but at this time he befriended a noble man named Hu Nanhu.
Hu Nan Lake, that is, Hu Egong.
Hu Egong
During the Republic of China period, Hu Egong held important government positions and had contacts with many people.
Qi Baishi's acquaintance with Hu Nanhu was a chance encounter.
When he first inadvertently saw Qi Baishi's painting on the street, Hu Nanhu was very impressed by it, and he deeply felt that the author of this painting must be a person with extremely high artistic attainments, and he admired it in his heart.
Since then, Hu Nanhu has often bought many of Qi Baishi's paintings at high prices, and praised Qi Baishi's works as "a painting worth thousands of dollars." ”
After the mountain flowing water met Zhiyin, after several times of coming and going, Qi Baishi and Hu Nanhu became confidants and friends who talked about everything.
Because Qi Baishi is more than twenty years older than Hu Nanhu, he is affectionately called "The Old Brother of Nanhu".
To a certain extent, Hu Nanhu is not only a nobleman of Qi Baishi, but even his Bole.
Hu Nanhu not only often patronized Qi Baishi's business, but also often brought three or two friends to admire Qi Baishi's works.
Judging from Hu Nanhu's social status at that time, his friends were either rich or expensive.
Qi Baishi once mentioned the scene when he and Hu Nanhu went on a trip in the "Diary of Yi Wei", saying that the two "saw each other as they were, and they were very close." ”
Since the two met, Qi Baishi not only often made landscape works for Hunan Lake, but Hu Nanhu also vigorously recommended Qi Baishi's works in the Beijing painting circle, and the two became close confidants who cherished each other in art.
In addition, Hu Nanhu is also the matchmaker for Qi Baishi and Hu Baozhu's marriage.
Qi Baishi's original wife was the adopted daughter-in-law chosen for him by his parents before, and when Qi Baishi went to the capital to make a living, he stayed with the child in his hometown, so he did not accompany him.
Hu Baozhu was a young nanny at the age of eighteen at the age of Hu Nanhu's mother.
Although the identity is low, this is the most youthful and arbitrary age for a woman.
And this Hu Baozhu is extremely beautiful in appearance, a smile is extremely feminine, and it is also very appropriate to treat people and other aspects.
Qi Baishi and Hu Nanhu were friendly, and Qi Baishi often visited the Hu family.
At that time, Qi Baishi's economic conditions had been greatly improved with the help of Hu Nanhu, but he was in a different place with his wife, and he had been alone for many years, so he was also very lonely in terms of feelings.
The appearance of Hu Baozhu lit a beam of light in his heart.
Who would have thought that 56-year-old Qi Baishi would like a friend's 18-year-old nanny Hu Baozhu.
Hu Baozhu
He was determined in his heart to marry Hu Baozhu back.
After writing a letter with the consent of his wife, Qi Baishi mentioned the matter to Hu Nanhu.
In order to show goodwill, Qi Baishi also specially spent four days to paint a painting and give it to Hu Nanhu.
First, I wanted to use this painting as a thank you gift to thank Hu Nanhu for his appreciation and help, and second, to use it as a dowry to marry Hu Baozhu, and formally proposed to him the intention of marrying him.
After consulting Hu Baozhu's own opinion, Hu Nanhu also had the intention to match the two, and Qi Baishi and Hu Baozhu officially married.
However, due to the identity of the original wife of the family, Hu Baozhu could only be a concubine in the real calculation.
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I have to say that Hu Baozhu is indeed an excellent xiannei helper.
Since Hu Baozhu married, he has been very attentive to Baishi's daily life.
Three meals a day, hunger and cold, full of warmth, Hu Baozhu is personally involved.
With such meticulous care, Qi Baishi also had more time to concentrate on painting, and many amazing masterpieces also appeared in the meantime.
When Qi Baishi was creating, Hu Baozhu quietly helped him study ink and prepare tea.
The two spent a total of twenty-five years together, and Qi Baishi had a very high evaluation of Hu Baozhu.
The stage when the husband and wife were in love with each other was also known as the twenty-five-year peak creation period of Qi Baishi's artistic creation.
Hu Baozhu was gifted and intelligent, and in the process of accompanying Qi Baishi in painting, he gradually learned some pen and ink skills and was able to draw several paintings.
Qi Baishi's love for his wife can be so speculative with himself, and his heart is naturally very happy.
At the beginning, Qi Baishi was also very willing to instruct Hu Baozhu, and the two often exchanged painting processes and experiences together.
Since then, Hu Baozhu has taken Qi Baishi as his teacher and has been imitating and learning according to Qi Baishi's ink trajectory.
However, over time, Qi Baishi found that Hu Baozhu's painting skills were getting higher and higher, and even to the point where Qi Baishi's works could be faked.
In the past, a humble and lowly little nanny, under the tutelage of Qi Baishi, became a copying master hidden behind him.
Once, Qi Baishi saw a painting of "Flock of Geese" on the table in the studio, and at the moment he did not think much about it, only thinking that it was his own work, he signed the pen and signed the money, and printed it three times in a row.
After a few days, Qi Baishi took it out again for a closer look, and only then did he realize that this painting was actually copied by Hu Baozhu, so he corrected it with his pen: "This is where the jewel is coming."
Not long after, Hu Baozhu made another "Shrimp Map" for Qi Baishi to comment.
As we all know, Qi Baishi's painting of shrimp is a must in the painting world.
The shrimp in his pen are all lively and vivid.
Light ink throw pen, painted into the body of a small shrimp, infiltration color, more can show the feeling of shrimp fullness.
With the thick ink vertical dot as the eye, it is very impressive.
Rigidity and softness, great opening and closing, calligraphy skills are very high.
Qi Baishi saw Hu Baozhu's works and was very impressed by the increasing progress of his painting skills.
However, in addition to admiration, Qi Baishi was mixed.
First, Hu Baozhu has this achievement, the composition and coloring and other aspects are exactly similar to his own handwriting, and secondly, for this reason, if someone with a heart maliciously spreads the rumor that Qi Baishi's painting is ghostwritten by his wife in the future, it will definitely be a disaster for Qi Baishi.
Hu Baozhu's painting was originally intended to cultivate sentiments and entertainment.
After learning of Qi Baishi's heart, in order not to embarrass her husband, Hu Baozhu decided to seal his pen and stop painting.
In addition to his superb painting talent, Hu Baozhu can also accurately identify the authentic works and fakes of Qi Baishi's works on the market.
Sometimes Qi Baishi's paintings were uninspired, and Hu Baozhu would take him out to walk around, and occasionally he would give Qi Baishi some corresponding suggestions, and Qi Baishi would then create or modify accordingly.
After Qi Baishi completed a work every time, if no one else was present, he always had to ask Hu Baozhu to come and comment.
Later, Qi Baishi's original wife died in Hunan, and Qi Baishi found a good day, invited some close relatives and friends at the restaurant as witnesses, and helped Hu Baozhu, who was originally a concubine, to be the right wife.
In more than 20 years, Hu Baozhu gave birth to four sons and three daughters for Qi Baishi, and his married life was also happy and happy.
Later, when Hu Baozhu was pregnant for the seventh time and gave birth to a child, his body was much weaker, and he died of illness not long after the bed, at the age of 42.
This period of talent and beauty is over.
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As mentioned earlier, 56-year-old Qi Baishi looked at his friend's 18-year-old nanny and painted a painting for goodwill, and that painting was "Fuzuo Prosperous".
This painting is a rare proud work of Qi Baishi's artistic career, the picture is vulgar and very dense, and even Qi Baishi himself has said that this "Fuzuo Prosperity" is "the most dense painting made in his life", which shows the sincerity of marrying Hu Baozhu that year.
This painting is presented in a quadrimeric way, each of which is about eight feet in size, painting lychees, loquats, hibiscus, chrysanthemums and other objects, but also symbolizes the meaning of great wealth and nobility, auspiciousness and ruyi, so it is named "Fuzuo Prosperity".
Qi Baishi really spent his mind in order to hold the beauty back.
The color of this painting is very bold, red, red, green and green, and the content of the painting is almost all over the paper, and even the place where the poem is mentioned is almost gone, which does not look like Qi Baishi's usual painting style, and it is becoming more and more precious.
Qi Baishi once boasted that his poetry was the first, the seal ranked second, the word was third, and the painting was fourth.
Originally, after the completion of the painting, Qi Baishi still wanted to inscribe a poem, but the painting on "Fuzuo Prosperity" was so dense that if the inscription poem would seem very embarrassing, Qi Baishi had to laugh at himself: "Bende has a poem, but there is no space, so it cannot be written." ”
After such a finished product was handed over to Hu Nanhu, he also loved it very much, and hung it like a treasure in the most conspicuous position in the living room of the family.
The first screen of "Fuzuo Prosperity" is full of lychees and loquats, fruitful, and they are about to bend the branches.
The painting is titled: "These four days painted these four paintings for the Brother of the South Lake.".
It can be seen that at that time, this painting was specially made by Qi Baishi to please Hu Nanhu.
The payment is "Brother House White Stone Wing".
The second screen is painted with bright red pods, flowers are blooming, extravagant, almost covering the entire screen.
It is also in this poem that Qi Baishi wrote that "the paintings made in his life are the most dense, and these four paintings are the most", and the "Azhi" is dropped.
The third screen is filled with peonies and laurel trees symbolizing wealth.
Title: Get a poem, unfortunately there is no space, can not be written, the end of the money for Ping Weng.
The fourth screen is painted with delicate hibiscus and golden chrysanthemum, which probably implies a youthful age like eighteen-year-old Hu Baozhu, and the only word "endangered" is dropped.
Sure enough, this generous gift not only won the favor of Hu Nanhu, But Hu Baozhu was also deeply touched by Qi Baishi's talent and sincerity, and the two finally married, and this painting also became one of the most powerful witnesses of the two people's love for twenty-five years.
In an auction of modern masters in the autumn of 2018, "Fuzuo Prosperous" was auctioned here.
There have also been works similar to Qi Baishi's "four screens" in the auction market before, and they are all well-known works of national craftsmanship, and the price of each auction is also higher than once, so the news of this auction of Qi Baishi's "Fuzuo Prosperity" has attracted widespread attention in the market as soon as it came out.
Qi Baishi's "Fuzuo Prosperity" was previously estimated to be between 80 million and 120 million yuan.
On the night of the auction, the starting price of "Fuzuo Prosperous" was 70 million yuan, and at the beginning it received a price of 72 million yuan in the venue, and then the price of one million yuan as a unit price continued to rise, and soon the bidding price in the venue reached 80 million yuan.
In the end, the painting was auctioned by the commissioned seat, and the final transaction price of "Fuzuo Prosperous" was about 92 million yuan, calculated by the hammer of 80 million yuan, plus the commission in it.
Qi Baishi's painting style has always contained a very strong local atmosphere, and to put it more popularly, his paintings are very "grounded".
He himself is from a peasant background, so the innate peasant consciousness in his bones profoundly affects his style and characteristics when painting, and it is more aftertaste, easy to understand, and more resonant.
Painting is another unique language shape of Qi Baishi, he has always advocated that the essence of painting lies in "between similarity and dissimilarity", and his unique freehand style, good at melons, fruits, vegetables, flowers, birds, insects and fish, etc. are the most vivid interpretation of this wonderful meaning.
When it comes to feelings, Qi Baishi is also sincerely paying, and has never abandoned or failed.
His love affair with Hu Baozhu, and the many paintings he left behind in the world, are testimonies to his own romantic feelings.
Today, the deceased is gone, and the paintings that used to symbolize the love of the two people are also auctioned at a high price.
However, although Mr. Qi Baishi has been gone for a long time, what he has left to the world is a masterpiece of paintings that can be called treasures.
In Mr. Qi Baishi's paintings, many people in the world, with their eyes, with their hearts.