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Chapter 184 Song Huizong’s "Flowers and Birds"!
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man about the same age as Wei Chengbin walked out of the crowd.
However, he had a bunch of unruly bangs. A breeze blew and swayed back and forth on his face, giving him an artist's temperament.
He walked out of the crowd and came to Lin Ran.
"This is my childhood friend, Li Yuanhao." Wei Chengbin introduced.
Since Wei Chengbin introduced him and he had a unique temperament, Lin Ran felt that there was something special about him.
Therefore, after Li Yuanhao came up, Lin Ran took the initiative to extend his hand: "Hello, Mr. Li Yuanhao."
Li Yuanhao stretched out his hand with a smile on his face: "I've admired you for a long time, Mr. Lin."
His tone seemed a little lively, and his smile on the surface was obviously just polite.
When Li Yuanhao heard Wei Chengbin telling him Lin Ran's story, he felt admiration in his heart, so he accepted the invitation and came to the capital.
But when I met Lin Ran today, I realized that he was actually a young man.
Moreover, he is too young, he must have just reached adulthood.
Is this kind of person really worthy of trust?
Li Yuanhao had doubts in his heart, so he just pretended to be polite on the surface and did not take Lin Ran seriously.
"There are a lot of people here, let's talk somewhere else." Lin Ran suggested.
Now that both parties had been introduced, Wei Chengbin readily agreed.
The people who were laughing at Wei Chengbin just now saw Wei Chengbin disappearing into Panjiayuan following Yang Jianlong and Lin Ran.
In Yang Jianlong's car, Wei Chengbin introduced: "Li Yuanhao and I grew up together. When I learned about Mr. Lin's big plan, I thought of bringing him to the capital."
Lin Ran nodded and asked, "Mr. Li Yuanhao, are you also a pottery craftsman?"
Li Yuanhao didn't answer, so Wei Chengbin said to him: "Yuanhao, Mr. Lin is very capable, you have to believe me."
"Really?" Li Yuanhao smiled, then he took out a painting from his arms and handed it to Lin Ran, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
This is a watercolor Chinese painting. Two birds are standing on a branch. The oriole is chirping, and the blue bird turns to look at it.
The communication between the birds is vivid and vivid on the paper.
And this is no ordinary bird picture.
It is "Flowers and Birds" by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty!
Wei Chengbin said: "Li Yuanhao is good at traditional Chinese painting. He has liked to copy ancient paintings since he was a child. Just like my Tang Sancai, he can completely achieve the level of replicating the real thing."
Even Yang Jianlong, who was driving, couldn't help but want to look away. Unfortunately, his artistic level was low and he couldn't quite understand the artistic conception of the painting.
"Mr. Lin, can you please appreciate this painting?" Li Yuanhao said with a smile.
He wanted to test whether Lin Ran was really qualified for him to follow him.
Lin Ran nodded. On the surface, Li Yuanhao asked him to appreciate the pictures in his hands, but in fact, he was probably just feeling itchy.
At the card table, a true card master dares to play with open cards when facing a rookie.
Li Yuanhao in front of him was doing the same thing.
He told Lin Ran clearly that this was his most proud work and wanted to see if Lin Ran could find flaws in it.
Lin Ran was naturally happy to accept this challenge.
Lin Ran understood, took the painting with a smile, took a closer look, and couldn't help but look at the "artist" in front of him.
With such techniques, the degree of imitation can be said to be almost the same as the original!
But this does not show his superb strength, but because Zhao Ji's paintings are often imitated.
Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, was born in the fifth year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty.
When he was born, his father Song Shenzong dreamed that Li Yu, the later master of the Southern Tang Dynasty, came to visit him and wrote it down in the classics.
Later generations also generally believed that Song Huizong and Li Yu were somewhat similar, especially in their calligraphy and painting attainments.
Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, was proficient in calligraphy and painting throughout his life, and promoted the formation of the official painting academy, raising the status of painters in the Northern Song Dynasty to the highest point in history.
Therefore, the artistic achievements of the Northern Song Dynasty left a strong mark in Chinese history.
It's a pity that he is really not the emperor.
Song Huizong liked a soft and charming painting style, and he was also very good at painting bamboo and feathers.
His occasional landscapes and flowers can express specific forms in different seasons, and "Flower and Bird Painting" represents his highest artistic level.
When Zhao Ji paints birds, he often uses raw lacquer as the finishing touch.
The bird's eyes are like small bulges, which appear vividly on the paper.
The landscape painting "Hibiscus and Golden Pheasant" he created was even collected by many emperors.
Zhao Ji likes to use cranes as themes, such as "Auspicious Crane Picture", "Yaozhuang Zonghe Picture" and so on.
He regarded flower-and-bird paintings as the essence of heaven and earth, which had the function of "whitewashing peace and civilizing the world."
He produced many works throughout his life. In his personal book "Xuanhe Rui Lan" alone, there are more than a thousand volumes and a total of [-] paintings.
According to other historical records, the total number is as high as [-].
In fact, there are also unofficial historical records that Zhao Ji was a man who was greedy for fame and fortune, and many of his works were ghostwritten by painters from the Xuanhe Painting Academy.
Therefore, due to the changeable style of Zhao Ji's paintings, it is difficult to distinguish whether they are authentic or not.
Seeing the painting in his hand, Lin Ran couldn't help but think of something.
A collector from Jilin asked experts from the Palace Museum for appraisal of the cultural relics collected at home, and wanted to give them to the Palace Museum.
As a result, he had six paintings in total.
One of them is a meticulous flower-and-bird painting imitated by Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
Judging from the painter's point of view, the painting was very good. Although the painting was ultimately identified as a sample, the thin gold font on it was deeply liked by experts.
Experts are even willing to pay 10 yuan to buy this sample for collection.
Could it be the flower and bird picture he is holding in his hand now?
Even if Lin Ran already knew that what he was holding was a counterfeit, it was extremely difficult for him to see the flaws in it.
Whether it's the finishing touch of the bird painting, or the flowing strokes of the branches, or the three words "Flower and Bird Painting" written in thin gold fonts below.
It was almost exactly the same as what Lin Ran saw in the exhibition hall of the National Museum!
The least well-known thing about Zhao Ji's flower and bird paintings is his eye-catching strokes. When outlining the lines, he will suddenly switch to the other side in the direction of the turn.
No one knows the reason, and no one except the staff of the National Museum who specializes in Song Dynasty scrolls has noticed it.
That's why Lin Ran was even more surprised. If he was just copying, such a weird turn would definitely cause the pen to break, or there would be traces of modification at the connection.
But this painting has no obvious features, it is completely natural, as if it was painted in one stroke.
As far as Lin Ran knew, there was no painter or calligrapher who would write in this way.
Otherwise, Li Yuanhao, like Zhao Ji, has this hobby.
Otherwise, Li Yuanhao is really a genius at copying, and he can perfectly copy other people's works.
At this time, Lin Ran noticed that the bird's eyes also had the same strokes. This was definitely not a coincidence!
Li Yuanhao, who was sitting in the back row, looked at Lin Ran's serious expression and suddenly showed a contemptuous smile!