In our textbooks, the image of Du Fu is remembered by us. Du Fuxiang in textbooks has become Du Fu in our hearts! But does Du Fu really look like this?
Du Fu's Truth
In fact, Du Fu is not like this!
The appearance of Du Fu, in fact, is hardly recorded in history! Among the portraits of later generations, the one we saw in the textbook is the most vivid.
Du Fu in this portrait, with a thin face, wrinkled face and vicissitudes, looks up at the sky. This image can best reflect Du Fu's feelings of worrying about the country and the people!
This portrait of Du Fu was painted by Jiang, a master of modern ink painting. In the late 1950s, Jiang devoted himself to the creation of portraits of historical figures!
In addition to Du Fu's portraits, there are also portraits of Su Dongpo, Li Bai, Li Qingzhao, Zhang Zhongjing and Qu Yuan.
Then, since there is no record of Du Fu's appearance in history, how did Mr. Jiang paint Du Fu so vividly? The secret is-draw according to yourself!
Du Fu, Zhang Zhongjing, Li Shizhen and Qu Yuan are all carved from the same mold!
Mr Xue and his paintings
Xue is a figure painter in the field of fine arts in China, creating a new situation of China ink figure painting! He is one of the founders of China ink figure painting. During his teaching, he created the basic education system of Chinese painting and trained many famous contemporary painters!
Xue painted Li Shizhen with him.
Xue and Xu Beihong
In addition, Jiang, Xu Beihong and Lin Fengmian are also called the three great masters of Chinese painting reform in the 20th century. In Jiang's paintings, the sufferings of the lower classes can best be reflected. There is a saying that "all paper is poor"!
Xue was born in a scholarly family. He studied poetry and calligraphy with his father when he was a child. Since childhood, Xue has been interested in art, and later taught himself sketching and oil painting!
Some people compare Xue and Xu Beihong and say that "Xu Beihong is a pioneer and a developer"!
Xue also said that he was guided by Xu Beihong and his artistic thoughts were clarified! Moreover, his son Xue also said that without Xu Beihong, there would be no Xue!
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Transaction price of Xue painting
Since Xue can be said to be Xu Beihong, we can see the value of his paintings!
Read to Grandpa is one of Xue's works and one of the iconic works in the 1950s! This painting was also selected for the cover of Red Scarf magazine, and later it was selected for the fifth grade picture textbook of primary school students! The valuation of this painting is around 6 million!
The painting "China People Stand Up" was auctioned for 2.86 million yuan! The painting "How Can My Father Play the Piano" sold for more than 3 million at a price several times higher than 10!
Although, some works of art cannot be measured by money! But the economic value can certainly reflect the artistic value of these works of art to a certain extent.