Tang Yin's works have been handed down from generation to generation. In the past, they were scattered among the people. After liberation, major museums paid more attention to their collections, but they also flowed overseas. Since the end of 1980s, two major auction houses in the world began to sell their works.
1June 1989 10, Christie's auction house held an "auction of important ancient paintings of China" in new york, and the first one was a "Quiet Day" by Tang Yin.
This picture album has twelve pages * * * with the words of Tang written by Wang Yangming. This painting was once recorded in Mo Guan, which is extremely rare. Every page of the picture is exquisite, with profound brushwork and excellent charm, which fully shows Tang Yin's painting style and exquisite achievements evolved from famous artists in the Song Dynasty.
At the beginning, the valuation of this atlas was very high, reaching $654.38+50 million, but it still caused fierce competition from buyers, and finally it was sold for $500 million, more than three times higher than the valuation.
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Tang Yin (a famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Ming Dynasty)
Tang Yin (1470 March 6-1524 65438+1October 7) was born on the fourth day of February in the sixth year of Chenghua and died on December 2 in the second year of Jiajing. After the word "Bohu", it was changed to "",and the number six was like a layman, a Taohuaan mage, a Lu, a Zen deity and so on. He is from Wuxian, Suzhou Prefecture, South Zhili. Famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Ming Dynasty.
Tang Yin's father, Tang Guangde, runs a pub. His father wanted him to study and become famous, but Tang Yin lived up to his father's expectations. Sixteen-year-old, the central Suzhou government tried to learn for the first time. At the age of 28, he won the first place in the rural examination of Zhongnan Zhili, and went to Beijing the following year.
He was demoted for being involved in the imperial examination case in the twelfth year of Hongzhi. The sudden change made Tang Yin lose his initiative. From then on, he wandered around the rivers and lakes and was buried in poetry and painting, eventually becoming a famous painter.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tang Bohu