The Appreciation And Market Of Wu Hufan's Painting

Wu Hufan is a leading artist of Shanghai Bund,as Zhang Daqian's comment in praise of him,"Wu Hufan is one of the "two and a half" artists I hold respect for all my life".In addition to his remarkable achievements in calligraphy and painting,he also had impressive attainments in art connoisseur,making outstanding contribution to the establishment of appraisal of calligraphies and paintings as a discipline.This thesis aims to explore and analyze the influence of Wu Hufan's life experience,such as experiences in life,his living places and family,on his artistic creations so as to have a deeper understanding of the background for this calligraphy and painting styles.It also introduces Wu Hufan's various calligraphies and paintings with varied themes and the styles and characteristics of his works during different phases of his artistic career.This paper discusses the various ways of authenticating Wu Hufan's calligraphies and paintings and categorizes factors directly impacting the styles of his works,such as ink,color and composition,as the main criteria;and factors such as stamp,signature and materials as the secondary criteria.It enumerates different cases to expound on how to authenticate calligraphies and paintings through the main and secondary criteria and discusses the relationship between the main and secondary criteria during authenticationWu Hufan's works didn't receive enough credit for a certain historical period,yet nowadays,they regain people's attention for their high aesthetic value and significance and become very popular in the trading market,showing great economic potentials.During the last part of this thesis,based on existing data,a market research was conducted on Wu Hufan's works from the perspectives of market positioning,status and prospect to provide help for collectors to make informed and rational investment decisions...