The top ten most expensive paintings at auction in China are "Eagle Stone Mountain Flowers", "Kyushu Idle and Happy Farming", "Migration to Zhikawa", "Taoyuan", "Yun Zhongjun and Da Siming" ", "Five Kings Returning Drunk", "Twelve Screens of Landscape", "Picture of High Pines and Cypresses in Seal Script", "Picture of Dead Trees and Strange Rocks", "Picture of Watching Waterfalls in Lushan Mountain".
1. "Eagle Rock Mountain Flowers"
"Eagle Rock Mountain Flowers" is Pan Tianshou's masterpiece, created in the 1960s. "Eagle Rock Mountain Flowers" adopts Pan Tianshou's original creative pattern of combining landscapes, flowers and birds. The content is composed of classic elements such as eagles, rocks, mountain flowers, and wild grasses in his flower and bird paintings, without the careless spontaneity of literati paintings.
In the general environment of the time when anti-traditional voices were rising one after another, he combined traditional nutrients and the spirit of the times to the greatest extent, and developed a new creation system of flower and bird paintings. This is the pinnacle of Pan's "Eagle Stone Picture" theme and the best interpretation of his concept of "distance between Chinese and Western paintings".
2. "Kiuzhou has nothing to do and enjoys farming"
"Jiuzhou has nothing to do and enjoys farming" is a farming-themed work created by Xu Beihong in 1951. Cows are Xu Beihong's favorite subject, which stems from its rural plot. The subject matter, composition, and shape of this picture are completely different from any ancient patterns.
Starting directly from life objects, using simple artistic language to express the reality and typicality of the objects, to present the emotions revealed in ordinary life, and to contain the inner rhythm of life in nature. Its shape and brushwork are unique due to the painter's unique life experience, which is completely different from the traditional style.
3. "Picture of Migration to Zhikawa"
"Picture of Migration to Zhikawa" is a color-on-paper painting created by Wang Meng of the Yuan Dynasty and is now in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. This painting depicts the Taoist priest Ge Hong of the Jin Dynasty who moved to Luofu Mountain with his family to practice Taoism. In the painting, Ge Hong is holding a feather fan, wearing a Taoist uniform, with a peaceful expression, looking back. Behind him, his old wife is riding an ox and holding her son, and a servant is holding her son. Walk like a cow.
The picture shows a historical story about Taoism. The objects depicted include landscapes, houses, trees, people, etc., creating a remote, quiet and far away world, reflecting the scholar's view of seclusion at that time. pursuit.
4. "Picture of Peach Blossoms"
"Picture of Peach Blossoms" is a color painting on paper created by the Qing Dynasty painter Wu Weiye and is now in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. This is a long scroll with pure painting style and calligraphy. The brush strokes are steady, and the mountains are repeatedly rubbed with dark and light ink, and then smudged. That is, the rocks are mainly covered with common hemp and cracked, and the lines flow smoothly.
The nearby trees are sketched and colored, while the branches of the distant trees are not sketched, but are scrawled with a horizontal pen, using ink colors of suitable shades and randomly dotted clusters. According to the characteristics of the scene he painted, the painter can skillfully use the contrast between reality and reality and black and white to show the changing clouds, reflecting the author's increasingly mature style and appearance in his middle age. Poetry, calligraphy and painting are integrated into one, Excellent work for Wu.
5. "Yun Zhongjun and Da Siming"
"Yun Zhongjun and Da Siming" is a work created in 1954 by Master Baoshi, a master of traditional Chinese painting. In the painting, the great commander is riding a dragon and holding a sword, with a heroic appearance; the king in the clouds is focused and calm in his chariot.
Fu Baoshi not only painted Yun Zhongjun, the cloud god in the previous "Nine Songs" theme, into an elegant and graceful woman, but also reduced the age of the longevity god Da Si Ming with a man's staff into a handsome young man. , and having them in the same frame, this is a work full of romantic imagination.
6. "The Picture of Five Kings Returning Drunk"
"The Picture of Five Kings Returning Drunk" is a color on paper painting created by Ren Renfa, a painter of the Yuan Dynasty, and is now in the collection of Suning Art Museum. This painting depicts the story of the five brothers of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. When Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was young, he had a harmonious relationship with his four brothers. They often had banquets with each other, fought cocks, and went hunting.
This painting depicts a scene of five brothers riding horses together. Taking the royal family's banquet and hunting in the prosperous Tang Dynasty as the theme, it faithfully reproduces brotherly friendship. The painting has simple lines, elegant colors and vivid images. It is a masterpiece.
7. "Twelve Screens of Landscape"
"Twelve Screens of Landscape" is a representative landscape work during the transformation period of Qi Baishi's style.
In 1925, Qi Baishi created "Twelve Screens of Landscape" as a birthday gift to Chen Zilin, a famous doctor in Beijing during the Republic of China.
Since 1958, it has been collected by Guo Xiuyi, the female disciple of Mr. Baishi, and his husband Huang Qixiang. This painting carries the sentiments of the landscape and homeland of literati from past dynasties. The painting method is mainly based on the brushwork of Shi Tao and Xu Wei. It depicts the real mountains and waters of his hometown in Hunan and Guilin. His loving heart is completely immersed in the beautiful oriental homeland, and connects with the viewer. My heart is screaming.
8. "Four-Character Couplet in Seal Script with Pines and Cypresses Standing High"
"Four-Character Couplet in Seal Script with Pines and Cypresses Standing High" is a painting created by Qi Baishi in 1946. The picture is majestic and majestic, with the metaphor of pines and cypresses surrounding the heroes. The matching four-character couplets in seal script are rich, natural and dignified, expressing good wishes for the peaceful development of the country and the nation, as well as good wishes for happiness on earth and peace in the world.
9. "Withered Trees and Strange Rocks"
"Withered Trees and Strange Rocks", also known as "Wood and Rocks", is one of the most expensive Chinese paintings auctioned in the world. It was painted by Su Shi. Su Shi's paintings were very famous at that time, and there was a scene of "withered trees, bamboos and rocks being sold for tens of millions of gold". However, Su Shi's paintings are mostly recorded in records, and there are very few authentic works handed down from generation to generation.
10. "Viewing Waterfalls in Mount Lu"
The work adopts a panoramic composition and uses dot accumulation technique to depict the magnificent scenery of Mount Lu, including thousands of rocks, thousands of valleys, deep forests and dense streams. Waterfalls and springs. The dot dyeing and hook dyeing, dry and wet combination; the ink is thirsty and the pen is covered with moss.
The picture is realistic but not real, dense but not blocked, gloomy and green, but full of agility. Surrounded by mountains, rocks and trees are everywhere, and the towering mountains are very dynamic. Lush forests and rushing clear springs further enhance the vitality and vitality here.