The image of a horse has always been handsome and tall. Sometimes he gallops on the battlefield, sometimes he runs on the grassland, full of strong posture, and is favored by many people. Horses often appear in painters' works. Among modern painters, the horses painted by Xu Beihong are especially famous. With Ma Benteng's imposing manner and vigorous and brave posture, it is better to say that Xu Beihong endowed the horse with more images than the horses painted by Xu Beihong. Even so, one of Xu Beihong's horses was refitted by Fan Ceng and sold for 43.7 million yuan.
Xu Beihong
As we all know, Fan Ceng is a famous master of modern painting, and his figure paintings and cartoons are deeply loved by collectors. Although there are different views on personality, it is undeniable that Mr. Fan Ceng has made great achievements in painting. So many people think there is nothing wrong with changing Xu Beihong's plan.
Fan Ceng
But Fan Ceng and Xu Beihong have never met before. Why did Fan Ceng change the painting for Master Xu Beihong? This work is equivalent to cooperation spanning two centuries, from Xu Beihong's creation to Fan Ceng's painting changes, which lasted for 77 years. At the beginning, Fan Ceng was lucky enough to change paintings for Xu Beihong, thanks to Xu Beihong's wife, Ms. Liao.
Xu Beihong and his wife Liao.
At the beginning of this century, Fan Ceng, as a rising star in Ran Ran, was famous in the painting world. Many masters died one after another, and Fan Ceng gradually became a respected elder in painting. So, Xu Beihong's wife Liao went with a beautiful horse painted by Xu Beihong. Please help to change the painting. I believe many painters dream of this opportunity, so Fan Ceng readily agreed.
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But this work itself is a fine horse drawn by Xu Beihong with traditional ink painting, but Fan Ceng changed it into a cartoon form with his own good figure painting. The horse in the picture has become a horse that pulls goods and carries people. Compared with Xu Beihong's previous works, it is less imposing, more secular and more intriguing.
Xu Beihong's works
Therefore, on the morning of February 23, 201kloc-0/65438, this painting was sold at a high price of 43.7 million yuan after several rounds of auctions in China. Not so spectacular, but more interesting. In the painting world, the revision of this painting is also controversial. After all, the style of Xu Beihong's works is very different from before. Some people think that Fan Ceng changed this painting to be elegant and free from vulgarity, and it is more vivid. Others think that Fan Ceng changed Xu Beihong's steed into a horse for pulling goods, losing its original aesthetic feeling.
Fan Ceng's works
Opinions vary, but the final value is final, with a value as high as 43.7 million. But you can't just look at the superficial numbers. Compared with the horses painted by Xu Beihong before, is the value high or low? Almost all the horses painted by Xu Beihong in recent years are more valuable than this one. In 20 18, the work "Ma" was sold at a high price equivalent to more than 98 million RMB in China Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition, and the work "Ma Tian Liu Jun" was sold at a high price of 89.7 million RMB in Poly Spring Auction. Comparatively speaking, the final transaction price of Fan Ceng's revised work is not as high as that of Xu Beihong's single work.
Xu Beihong's horse
Although the value of the work is not higher than that of Xu Beihong's single horse painting, this work spans two eras and becomes a unique cooperative painting, which is very precious. Moreover, a seal in Fan Ceng's painting borrows Qu Yuan's poem, "I'm afraid that fame will not stand, and I'm afraid that my reputation will not stand after painting. I only hope that the quality of master Xu Beihong's works will not be affected.
In this way, we can see that today's Fan Ceng has become a grandmaster, gradually moving towards the road of humility, and its image in everyone's impression has also changed a little. Although Master Fan Ceng has been controversial in recent years, he enjoyed his old age, devoted himself to his creation and made moderate changes, which may be one of the reasons why the value of his works stands firm.
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