56-year-old Qi Baishi fell in love with 18-year-old nanny and took the painting as a dowry. How much is this painting worth now?

I have seen a pair of couplets before, which read "Spring boat sitting in the sky, autumn mountain walking in the picture."

There are pictures and poems in this couplet poem, which inevitably produces a very beautiful picture in people's hearts.

Painting is the most direct artistic work for ancient China people to appreciate beauty. It gives people imagination and decorates their homes with white walls. But when it comes to painters in China, we have to mention Qi Baishi's name.

Qi Baishi was born in the late Qing Dynasty. Compared with others, his growth experience is much bumpy.

At the age of 6, I began to read and practice calligraphy, and also began to draw with account books. But when 14 years old, in order to make ends meet at home, he had to learn wood carving and become a carpenter.

However, there is an old saying: If the sky is to be a great task for Sri Lankan people, they must first put up with their thoughts, work their bones and muscles, starve their bodies and skin, and be empty.

Although he was a carpenter, this experience also made the young Qi Baishi know that life is not easy and things are difficult. It can be said that Qi Baishi lived to support his family during this period. The carpenter's experience also gave him a different understanding of life, which made his paintings break away from vulgarity and truly take root in the earth.

When Qi Baishi was 25 years old, he got the help of Hu Qinyuan, left his career as a carpenter and concentrated on painting.

After that, Qi Baishi began his long travel life. From the age of 25 to 56, he has been to many central cities such as Xi, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hankou, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Lushan, Guilin and Guangzhou.

During these 30 years, he has met many cultural celebrities and politicians. His paintings have gradually spread and received wide acclaim.

Although Qi Baishi is widely used in communication, he can be radical in his own season.

1902, he met Fan Fanshan in Xi 'an. During the exchange, Fan Fanshan expressed his willingness to introduce Qi Baishi to Empress Dowager Cixi as a sacrifice of the imperial court. This is an excellent civil service job for outsiders, but Qi Baishi bluntly refused.

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression 1940, many Kuomintang officials presented their paintings to their superiors for promotion and wealth, and even traitors presented them to Japan. Qi Baishi was indignant after knowing this, so he posted a Confession of Not Selling Paintings and the Government in front of his house.

If an artist has no seasons, his paintings will become kitsch and art will become a plaything of power. It is not easy for Qi Baishi to paint, and it is even more difficult to sell paintings for life. However, if he wants to make a living by selling seasons, is there still a local flavor in his paintings? Can his paintings still look so smart?

19 19, Qi Baishi lived in Beijing to sell paintings.

When Qi Baishi's paintings could not be sold in Beijing, a teenager named Hu Nanhu came to Qi Baishi's booth and bought his paintings. Moreover, Hu Nanhu spoke highly of Qi Baishi's paintings.

In Hu Nanhu's view, too many painters used to stick to the rules now. Only here in Qi Baishi can Nanhu see a clean stream.

Hu Nanhu even predicted that Qi Baishi's paintings would be priceless many years later. These words really inspired a weather-beaten person, so they became friends who forgot the year.

And because of the interaction between the two, Qi Baishi not only gained self-confidence, but also won the second love of others.

Hu Baozhu is Hu Nanhu's nanny. When Qi Baishi met Hu Nanhu, she was only 18 years old. Although Hu Baozhu is not learned, he is beautiful and gentle.

Every time Qi Baishi came to Hu Nanhu's house, Hu Baozhu always treated him warmly, gradually making Qi Baishi feel at home.

However, we also have to admit the fact that most men's impression of love always stays at 18 years old. Perhaps because he values the beauty of Hu Baozhu or the meekness of Hu Baozhu, Qi Baishi's heart seems to be young again. Moreover, it must be mentioned that Qi Baishi, who is over 56 years old, also has a wife and children in his hometown.

However, all marriages under the feudal system were arranged, and Qi Baishi was no exception. His first wife, Chen Junchun, married Qijia as a child bride when she was a teenager. Many years later, Qi Baishi wandered all the year round, and the husband and wife separated.

This Hu Baozhu is different from Chen Junchun. If the first marriage was arranged by his parents and was a product of the old society, then the second marriage was his own choice and a model for the reborn generation to choose their own spouse, although it was still so unreasonable at that time.

Qi Baishi also tried to pursue Hu Baozhu. He dedicated his painstakingly painted Happy Prosperity to Hu Nanhu.

"Happiness and prosperity" refers to the meaning of literature and is related to happiness, so how did Qi Baishi express it?

This painting is a series of paintings, including four paintings, each of which is nearly 8 square feet. There are ominous flowers and fruits in the painting, such as loquat, litchi, pod, peony, hibiscus, osmanthus tree and Jin Ju. These flowers and fruits are isomorphic elements in the painting, representing the image of wealth, short life and many children. This painting is extremely complicated, and it is also the most time-consuming painting of Qi Baishi.

Qi Baishi put forward an understanding of painting, that is, painting must be between similarity and dissimilarity, and only in this way can it reach the extreme of similarity and strangeness.

He gave his painstakingly painted paintings to Hu Nanhu. First, he thanked his friends for their kindness. However, the author thinks that another meaning is equivalent to an extremely heavy dowry, hoping that Hu Nanhu can repair his relationship with Hu Baozhu.

In fact, Hu Nanhu knew that Qi Baishi was interested in Hu Baozhu, so he arranged the marriage of Qi Baishi and Hu Baozhu tacitly.

However, readers will inevitably have questions, and people will ask: Can such a marriage be happy?

Sometimes it's hard for us to judge from the perspective of today's people, but from the process of getting along with Hu Baozhu, Qi Baishi and Hu Baozhu are still harmonious.

Qi Baishi wants to paint, and Hu Baozhu grinds and writes for him all the year round. Perennial subtle influence also gave Hu Baozhu the ability to copy Qi Baishi's paintings. The author thinks that their love really comes from painting and is born of painting.

On October 20th, 2065438+018/kloc-0, the painting presented by Qi Baishi as a dowry to Hu Nanhu was sold at the Guardian auction in China for 90 million yuan. This painting witnessed a legendary turning point in the year. It seems to be the most expensive dowry in the world.

Only at that time, although it was valuable, few people could find it with their eyes.

In this respect, Hu Nanhu and Hu Baozhu have a vision that others don't have. One of them got a bosom friend, and the other got a husband. It is also because of Qi Baishi that we got to know Hu Nanhu and Hu Baozhu.