Following the online Ali auction of 5 Xu Beihong's original works in July this year, the upcoming "Double 11" will have 3 more Xu Beihong's original works auctioned. On November 1, the Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter saw on the Ali auction website that Xu Beihong's two paintings of horses, "Forward", "Chasing the Wind" and a painting of "Queqi", have been launched and will start shooting at 00:00 on November 11. Among them, "Forward", created in 1948, will start at a base price of 1 yuan, which is a rare ink sketch painted by Xu Beihong in his life.
17 centimeters long and 9.6 centimeters wide, Forward is slightly larger than a 6.55-inch phone. Between the square inches, Xu Beihong uses thick and light colors, flowing colors, concise and concise strokes of thick and scorched ink, reflecting the direction of the wind, the texture and volume of the horse's mane and horsetail, coupled with his meticulous portrayal of the horse's legs and horseshoes, making the picture rich in layers and showing the essence of the horse into the bone, which is the "as subtle" selection work of his artistic proposition of "to the vast, as subtle as possible".
"Forward", which was first published since its creation, is also a rare ink sketch by Xu Beihong in the Beiping period, before which he created some ink sketches, such as "Zodiac Monkey" created in 1939, which is 10.5 cm long and 11.2 cm wide; "The Horse of Mourning" created in 1941, which is 15.3 cm long and 10.1 cm wide.
Xu Beihong's wife, Liao Jingwen, once said in her memoirs that Xu Beihong's sketch creation practice time was very short, mainly focusing on the Nanyang period from 1939 to 1942. At that time, Xu Beihong created small paintings mainly for two reasons: First, due to the harsh material conditions at that time, Xu Beihong used some large paintings to paint with paper cut from some large paintings, which can be seen that he not only cherished ink and color, but also cherished paper such as gold; second, Xu Beihong's many creations and exhibitions during the war were to raise funds to save the country, and some people may be nervous about not being able to afford large paintings, but they want to contribute to the War of Resistance, so he created small paintings with relatively cheap prices.
"Chasing the Wind" at Ali auction this time is Xu Beihong's work created in Chongqing in 1942, it is 66 centimeters long and 43 centimeters wide, and the starting price is 2.4 million yuan. In this work, the galloping horse is introduced with its head held high, and it is full of momentum and momentum. Xu Beihong uses unique composition and smooth brushwork to make the picture full of dynamics and tension. Different from the thick and light brushes used in the later period, the lines of this work are affirmative and accurate, and there is no waste of the pen, reflecting the author's profound sketching skills and the confident painting style of the pen.
The starting price of 300,000 yuan is also an ink sketch, which is 18 centimeters long and 13 centimeters wide, and was created in 1938. Xu Beihong colored the sparrow with a brush, and the ink was directly painted on the shengxuan with strong water absorption, showing his superb modeling ability and the ability to control the pen and ink, and the picture was fresh and lovely, full of vitality.
It is reported that since Xu Beihong's original work was launched in Ali auction in July this year, three works of "Yang Hoof", "Heavenly Horse Flying Sky" and "Bamboo Sparrow Calligraphy" have been auctioned at auction, with transaction prices of 1.02 million yuan, 3.6 million yuan and 1.71 million yuan respectively. These works are all collected by the Xu Beihong family's family to support their beauty education and popularization cause, and are auctioned by the Xu Beihong Art Museum, which is stationed in Ali Auction.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Wang Yan
Editor/Cui Wei