Lu Xinyuan's Painting Collection And Appreciation Research

Lu Xinyuan(1834-1894),Zhejiang Hui’an(present-day Huzhou)people.Lu Xinyuan is a famous collector of late Qing Dynasty,gold stone scholar,is a famous "Song Song Building Master",at present most people’s impression of Lu Xinyuan is a collector,gold stone scholar,but few people know that he is also a famous book collector in the late Qing Dynasty.Lu Xinyuan’s initial interest in collecting is not all over the book and painting,his official collection of paintings is in the resignation after returning home,that is,with the rule of thirteen years and forty-one years old,from this period began the process of his painting collection.Although Lu Xinyuan did not leave a special painting theory works,but will be their own collection for many years identification or others see the overall arrangement of paintings,recording the material,size,seal and subject trek of his collection,according to the dynasties,respectively,wrote the "Pear Hall Eyes" and "Pear Pavilion Eye Book" two books,and published in Guangxu 1 8 years.Most of the works in the two books are collected by Lu Xinyuan personally,a small part is from others,and the overall arrangement of the two books is detailed.In recent years,Shanghai Book and Painting Publishing House published these two books in the catalog arrangement more humane,from which you can see the lu’s collection of paintings a huge number,a large number of masterpieces,is the overall glimpse of Lu Xinyuan painting appreciation collection of excellent information.Lu Xinyuan also wrote and published the "Yi Gutang problem trek" and "Miriam Gutang continued to trek"two books,some of which is lu Xinyuan identification painting works of the special discussion,is the summary of their own identification results,with unique historical value.Through the literature left by Lu Xinyuan and the painting title stamp,can sense the land source gradually refined the level of painting appreciation,Lu Xinyuan is not a genius,he did his best to make up for his own painting collection knowledge,from the initial vendors,to the last generation of everyone,from the original do not understand the collection of paintings to the total number of paintings to nearly 500 paintings this transformation,which can not be separated from the guidance of predecessors and friends of the support.Lu Xinyuan’s collection of paintings is numerous,and his painting collection focuses on the works of literati and high-minded chishi painters,and is dominated by the works of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,which is where its interests lie.Lu Xinyuan deep,a wide range of interests in life,whether it is a collection of books,or gold stone ancient brick,or painting appreciation collection,Lu Xinyuan is to carry out from the end of the faith in the end,bravely forward,never will be a certain interest interrupted,its dedicated attitude and sincere love of painting collection for Lu Xinyuan academic conservation has laid a solid foundation,He is not only a great collector,but also a generation of famous painters.