Chapter 0105 – Painting Within a Painting (II)

Song Jun saw the old man getting angry. He quickly said, “Grandpa Fang, don’t be angry, don’t be angry! Why is your fire bigger than my grandfather’s, listen to my explanation!”

“Explain, what is there to explain? Your grandfather wouldn’t let you take this painting to me for framing, it should be your own idea, right? I say you kid is not lack of this few money, there is no need to take my framing out of things to fool people!”

The old man’s fire is not reduced in the slightest, we must know, framing and painting, are never complementary, usually say “three painting seven points framing” a painting, if the contemporary framing masters of the framing, out, really can fool a lot of people just into the collection.

Modern famous painter Mr. Fu Baoshi, once on January 3, 1957 “People’s Daily” published “framing difficult” article said: “as a work of art, in addition to the picture of the level of art to determine the painter and outside, framing is the most important one off” shows that painting and calligraphy in the whole art of painting and calligraphy in the importance of framing.

Just before the liberation, the status of the framing masters is relatively low. This also led to a lack of talent in the framing industry, handed down more than 1,500 years of framing skills, almost to be lost, wait until after the liberation, the status of craftspeople to improve, only to make those old craftspeople to pass down the craft.

The old man Fang, in the whole domestic painting and calligraphy framing industry, belongs to the Taishan Beidou type of characters, apprentices and grandchildren, so after his hand mounted paintings and drawings, are the price of the authentic, even if this piece of Tang Bohu’s Li Duan Duan Tu is a forgery, if the old man’s hand mounted some, then take out the after that, not allowed to be able to as a genuine to sell out of the.

“Grandpa Fang, this painting is my little brother’s, he just want to re-frame a little, hanging in their own homes, absolutely no sign of your old resale meaning, you see, the painting of the shaft rod with poor material, has been unsuitable for hanging the hall, I’m not thinking that this is a small thing, to your old man is just a matter of hand, you are not happy, we don’t framed it is not. ”

Song Jun ate hanging down, the heart is also very upset. Already in the secret regret, I knew that casually find a framing master on it, why bother to provoke the old man ah!

“What you said is true?” Elder Fang’s face cleared a little and looked at Song Jun and asked.

“Grandpa Fang, how dare I lie to you! One phone call from you, and that old man in my house will still break my legs!”

After hearing Song Jun’s words, Mr. Fang only looked at Zhuang Rui with his eyes, he has lived for so many years, he has seen countless people, naturally he can see that Zhuang Rui is not the kind of sneaky person, the anger in his heart also slowly subsided.

“Young man, I frame the price of calligraphy and painting, but very high, you buy this painting, shoddy brushwork, the mood of the whole thing, it would be better to go to the bookstore to buy a print to hang in the house, want me to frame, but it’s not worth it.”

Elder Fang’s meaning in these words. He was already shirking, such a fake work that couldn’t be any more fake, if it was framed by his hand, it would be a joke if it was spread out.

“Grandpa Fang, I also know that this painting is fake, but since I bought it, I can’t burn it as waste paper! I just want to replace these two shafts, just be able to hang it.”

Zhuang Rui pretended to be very casual look, pointing to the painting spread on the table said, in fact, his heart has been very anxious, originally in accordance with his conjecture, this old man promised to give framing, naturally in its process, can be found in the painting in the painting of the cat.

But Zhuang Rui did not expect, this old man took a look at the authenticity of the painting, simply not willing to go out, and even did not look at this painting on the second eye, generally speaking, more familiar with a certain line of work, the first to pay attention to, is their own more professional place, if it is not this painting is too fake, Mr. Fang may also be able to look at the framing process of the painting, which is also visible, the person who forged the painting at that time. In order not to bring attention to this painting, it can be said to have gone to great lengths. It was very hard work.

“Oh?”

Elder Fang’s mouth did not deny back a sound, but the eyes are along with Zhuang Rui’s finger, look to the axle pole of the painting, the mouth then issued a comment, “This sky pole and the axle pole and the axle head, but it is made of wood, but this material is also too poor, look at the time of this painting, it should be the Republic of China will be imitation of this only a few decades on the fast decay, really can not figure it out, this kind of painting, also will be Someone to frame, eh?!”

Master Fang said, originally half-squinted eyes, suddenly stared round, mouth issued a cry of disbelief, a step to the table, the agility of its movements, not at all like more than eighty years old senile old man.

“This …… this is our Wu decorated craft work ah! Surprisingly, it’s still an imitation of an ancient mounting pool, who’s fine with this technique, to mount this broken painting?”

Elder Fang spoke at the same time. While wearing a pair of presbyopia glasses, began to carefully survey the framing of this painting to, the mouth also mumbled non-stop, heard the side of Zhuang Rui some puzzled.

Song Jun is a certain understanding of framing, to Zhuang Rui explained some of the Zhuang Rui only after the meaning of the words of the old man Fang Rui.

Originally, Su Yang two places mounting this line, through the Ming and Qing centuries, carry forward and backward, famous nationwide, collectively known as Wu mount. In this is divided into several categories, specializing in framing red and white scroll couplets, dedicated to the wedding and funeral celebrations, known as the “red gang”.

Specializing in the framing of ordinary painting and calligraphy, known as the “line gang” and before the liberation of suzhou, Shanghai, yangzhou, enough to be called the art of decorating, specializing in painting and calligraphy and collectors framing of precious paintings and calligraphy, known as the “antique mounted pool”.

Can do “imitation of ancient mounted pool” artists, most of them are highly skilled old artists, even before the liberation, such a person is only a handful of people, most of the old man Fang recognized, and now suddenly see such a “imitation of ancient mounted pool” of fake paintings, no wonder he was lost in thought.

Because the old man’s heart has concluded that the painting’s framing, certainly from the liberation of a master framer’s hand, but why use this complex and high-cost framing techniques, to mount a fake painting, let the old man Fang puzzled.

Master Fang took off his gloves, find a magnifying glass to, carefully the painting from beginning to end, re-read once again, and with a hand touching the scroll mounted material, after more than ten minutes, only to take down the eyes, sat back in the chair, but frowned and did not say a word.

The old man this heart is really some wonder, this painting how to see, is a forgery no doubt, but its mounting process is “antique mounting pool” and in which there is a problem, general “antique mounting pool” materials used, whether it is the sky pole, the ground pole, Wooden rod, paper tube, shaft head these things, will be to select the best materials, in the pre-liberation time, “antique mounted pool” used by the head of the shaft. Even the precious sandalwood.

Let the old man’s heart entangled in two questions, the first is that since the most complex mounting process, but why use these poorer materials? Master Fang just did not look at the reason, also because the material is too poor, he did not think that this painting is used “antique mounting pool” technique, the second is naturally why spend so much effort, to mount such a fake.

No matter in which line of work, can do top people, must be some character extremely persistent people, the old man is no exception, although more than eighty years of age, is still frowning bitter thought, want to figure out when the master of the framing, in the end, in what state of mind, framing this piece of work.

“Song kid, where did you get this painting from?”

Grandpa Fang voiced out, asked to Song Jun who was being a bit puzzled, just now Song Jun also walked to the table and looked at the painting, it is indeed a fake undoubtedly, from the paper used can be seen out, it will not be more than the period of the Republic of China.

“Grandpa Fang, I’ve said it all, this painting is not mine.” Song Jun replied with some tears and laughter.

“Oh yes, it’s this young man’s, young man what do you call ah, can you say the origin of this painting?”

From entering all this room, Elder Fang didn’t remember to ask Zhuang Rui’s name until now, but Zhuang Rui didn’t get angry, any person who lived to be more than eighty years old, I’m afraid that he wouldn’t be interested in asking the name of every person he has seen.

Zhuang Rui introduced himself, and then told the black market auction, there is nothing to hide, but he deliberately emphasized that he was being talked to, bought on impulse, although only spent three thousand dollars, but also want to keep as a reminiscence, this is to find the Song Jun, begged to the old master Fang here.

Elder Fang sat back in his chair, pondered for a while, then stood up and said to Song Jun: “Go and give Xiao Lu a call, just say I don’t have time today, let him come back another day.”

Song Jun promised and took out his cell phone and dialed, Zhuang Rui listened really well beside him, it turned out that the little Lu in this old man’s mouth is actually the Lv Boss who had a deal with him, Zhuang Rui couldn’t help but laugh in his heart, he wondered what kind of expression the Lv Boss, who is also a handful of years old, would have when he was called as little Lu.

“Young man, you take this painting and come over with me, Song kid also come along.”

Seeing that Song Jun finished his phone call, Elder Fang stood up and walked towards a room next to the living room, after Zhuang Rui collected the scroll on the table, he and Song Jun followed behind.

To use a more popular word, this room should be the old master’s studio, the room is very wide and smooth, opening three windows, all transparent glass, light transmission is very good, it seems very bright.

In the middle of the room, placed a high about one meter, wooden structure of the table, the table surface is smooth and flat, Song Jun whispered to Zhuang Rui introduced, in the jargon, this table is the framing table, in addition to the forest also placed many items, although mixed not chaotic, giving people a sense of order.