Xu Beihong painted four geese and sold them for 6.72 million. What's so special about this painting?

As the saying goes: there is specialization in the industry. Every artist has his own professional field. For example, Zheng Banqiao is good at drawing bamboo. He spent nearly half his life studying how to draw bamboo, and finally accumulated a lot of money to draw bamboo vividly, which was praised as "God is like a grandmother, not chaotic or sparse, not accustomed to time, and beautiful." The artist mentioned below is Xu Beihong. In his works, the horse is not just an animal, but a life-giving work of art, which combines the spirit of "writing" in calligraphy and the characteristics of western realistic painting, and is full of freehand brushwork in Chinese painting. Mr Xu Beihong has hundreds of millions of horses, which shows the popularity of his paintings!

Xu Beihong drew four geese.

Xu Beihong came into contact with painting at the age of six, and then he was admitted to the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris to study oil painting and sketch. Therefore, he is not only good at the lines and colors of western oil painting, but also good at the blank space and freehand brushwork of Chinese painting, so his works have both impressionist colors and artistic conception of Chinese painting.

Goose is the most common kind of poultry in rural areas, and its red-crowned white feather has become the research object of Xu Beihong. In Xu Beihong's paintings, geese are white and noble, and they are full of expectations for life. Xu Beihong did not specifically use pen and ink to shape the details of the goose, but only used simple pen and ink to sketch and draw pictures on the paper.

In 1930s, Xu Beihong drew a picture of four geese. They have different shapes, some bow their heads, some hold their heads high, and they are extremely pursuing natural beauty. In the eyes of other painters in the industry, this painting is an excellent work, whether it is a painter or an artistic conception.

Xu Beihong painted four geese and sold them for 6.72 million.

This painting was sold at the autumn auction of Beijing Poly 20 15 "China Modern Painting and Calligraphy Night Show" for a sky-high price of 24 million yuan. In other words, a big white goose in the painting sold for 6 million. This is a very simple work, and there is nothing special about the white goose in the painting, but why can it be sold at such a high price? Netizens were shocked to see this price.

Experts believe that this work can be sold at this price for two reasons: First, the artistic conception of this work is very elegant. The great white goose in the painting is white and noble, with a solid figure and full of expectations for life. The four great white geese have different shapes, and the feathers on the geese are darker, forming the artistic effect of "colored ink". Four big white geese are carefree, elegant and proud. It can be said that these four geese are not ordinary geese. They entrusted Xu Beihong's literati temperament, but also showed the artist's unrestrained artistic feelings. This is a ...

What's so special about this painting?

People will like Xu Beihong's animals because Xu Beihong's animals adopt a "dynamic" painting method. The geese in Four Gooses have different shapes and are very dynamic, just like a group of real geese walking.

The same is true of Xu Beihong's "Running the Horse". These horses have different shapes. Some horses have their front hooves on the ground and their rear hooves are flying. Some horses' front hooves are still in the air and their rear hooves have fallen off. This different animal shape makes the painting look very vivid, and the smooth lines and dynamic light and shadow bring visual impact to people.

Xu Beihong is the leader of the New Painting School among contemporary painters, which is why Xu Beihong's works can sell at such a high price. He is a painter with cross-era significance, and his works are worth collecting.