Calligraphy scroll Chinese modern and contemporary painting and calligraphy authentication

Author: Yang Xin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is a standard sample for collecting calligraphy and painting, offering comprehensive and authoritative interpretations, a secret manual for collectors' growth, and a guide for investors' profits. It provides accurate and authoritative evaluations of authenticity, expert authentication, genuine preservation, and is richly illustrated with text and images. In the current art market, modern and contemporary calligraphy and painting works have gained the pursuit of numerous collectors due to their strong performance in auctions. The color-illustrated series Authenticity Identification of Chinese Modern and Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting, edited by Yang Xin, a researcher at the Palace Museum of Beijing, and compiled by Pan Shenliang, a vice-researcher, selects seven market-focused calligraphers and painters—Wu Changshuo, Huang Binhong, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, and Li Keran—as the focus of this volume. The book analyzes their life backgrounds, artistic styles, calligraphy and painting features, seals and inscriptions, and points out key points for identifying forgeries. It reminds collectors, especially beginners, of matters to be cautious about. The book features numerous exquisite works of calligraphy and painting, along with concise and accurate analyses by experts, providing readers with a platform for appreciation and identification. Additionally, topics such as the commonly used seals and inscriptions of the featured artists in recent years and market trends are included at the end of the book, offering readers references for investment and collection. This book serves as a window to gain an in-depth understanding of the modern and contemporary Chinese calligraphy and painting market and its current state.