Habsburg 2023 Qatar Royal Art Treasure Auction - Selection of Calligraphy and Painting Collections
 

Zhang Daqian's "Splashing Colorful Landscape Painting Screen Style"

Collection Description: Mr. Da Qian is proficient in ink and wash when painting. He uses his unique water technique to sprinkle ink and colors. Before doing so, he moistens the paper with a large amount of clean water according to the needs of the painting on his chest. Getting the paper wet is beneficial for the ink color to expand. A plate of ink sprinkled. Using a plate, pour a large amount of ink onto it, and then ask the student or junior to shake one end of the wooden board at will until the ink flows and seeps to his satisfaction. Mr. Daqian uses soft hair to add color, and first uses ochre or grass green as a base. Before splashing stone green, wet the splashing area first, then drip a large amount of stone green, and use various techniques to drain the color of the picture, making it naturally flow and halo, or slightly modify it with a brush. Sprinkle stone green on the top of the stone green again, taking into account the mutual relationship with the stone green and ink color. After the stone blue dries, the flower blue is splashed onto the upper edge of the screen to increase the level change of the day surface. Use slightly thicker anthocyanin and cinnabar to dot the moss, using color dots to break the monotonous texture of the color surface, and small trees to dot the vermilion color. The final inscription and use of seals are also very particular. Mr. Da Qian's works often combine poetry, calligraphy, painting, and printing, seemingly elegant but actually painstakingly crafted.
 

Horizontal Axis of Li Keran's "Red Mountains and Colorful Forests"

Collection Description: In order to depict the "red everywhere" atmosphere of "layered forests dyed to the fullest", the painting has changed the use of a large amount of ink to a large amount of red. A large amount of cinnabar and cinnabar are used on top of the painting, highlighting the red color of the "layered forests" on "Wanshan", making the mountains better reflected. The "red" leaves on the mountains, the "black" trunks and houses, and the "white" from far to near streams, waterfalls, sky, and clouds complement each other. The color scheme is rich, with a red forest and white walls, and a strong ink background, creating a contrast between shades, giving the picture a sense of hierarchy, expressing passionate vitality and magnificent charm. The visual effect is strong, and the large area of red does not jump or dry. The visual effect is good, which also shows that the author has reached a very high level of color application in the picture.
 

Qi Baishi's Ten Page Album of "The Great Shrimp Painting"

Collection Description: Qi Baishi's Laughing Hong Welcoming Stone Shrimp Painting can be said to be a masterpiece in the art world. It is lively, lifelike, and full of charm. With a light ink brush, the body is painted, and the color is soaked, further highlighting the crystal clear feeling of the shrimp body. Using thick honey to prepare stool ink, with vertical dots as the focus, horizontal strokes as the brain, falling ink into gold, and vivid strokes. The fine brush depicts the beard, claws, and large claws, combining hardness and softness, condensed and vivid, demonstrating the painter's superb calligraphy skills. The painter's shrimp comes from life, but goes beyond it, boldly summarizing and simplifying, and is even more vivid and skillful. Qi Baishi's shrimp painting is a masterpiece in the art world. Qi Baishi painted shrimp through lifelong observation, striving to delve deeper into the visual and spiritual characteristics of the tearful basket. This work consists of ten pages, with dimensions of 240cm in length and 70cm in width. All ten pages are the pinnacle of Qi Baishi's later years and have higher collection value.
 

Zhang Ruogu's "Canyon Shadow on the Xia River"

Huang Chunxiang's "Eight Steeds Painting" with Xu Beihong's Seal

Lv Weichao's "Beautiful Rivers and Mountains"

Feng Zhongyun's "Wisteria"

Fan Zeng's "Returning to the Crane"

Zhang Wenkui's "Autumn Colors in Taihang Mountains"

Liu Wenxi's Memories of the Gannan Grassland

Du Minghua's "Meeting in Golden Autumn"

Zhang Daqian's "Dry and Heavy Cloud Ridge"

"Shuntianxia Colorful Shrimp" by He Jiangxiong

Feng Dazhong's 1995 work "Tiger"

Mount Huangshan by Wang Caibai

Guo Changqing's "Romantic Life in Ice and Snow Painting"

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