In June 2019, the painting "Century Landscape III" by painter Leng Jun was sold at the Jiade Auction Center for 43.7 million.
N years ago, collector Tang Ju spent 200,000 yuan to take this painting.
htmlIn 015, the price of this painting increased by 200 times. In addition to congratulating this, Tang Ju also said that he had witnessed the birth of a new record!
Looking at this painting composed of a large number of stone fragments and waste items, Someone said, isn’t this just a bunch of garbage? What is unique about a painting like
? Why can
be scrambled to buy it by countless collectors and sell it at such a high price?
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Leng Jun is a contemporary Chinese oil painter " hyperrealistic ". How realistic is
?
Someone can't help but sigh, "What's the difference between this and a photo?"
And some professionals' evaluation of Leng Jun's paintings is even more insightful.
"Delicate but not greasy, realistic rather than real, master's level."
Since 1991, Leng Jun has won countless award-winning paintings, and until now, his paintings have reached the point of "a painting hard to find".
It is said that Jack Ma has taken a plane to buy paintings more than once, and even offered a high price of "100 million".
However, no matter how Jack Ma requested, Leng Jun was still unmoved and refused to sell. This was true that the rich Jack Ma tasted the embarrassment of "Money is not omnipotent" .
Now, Leng Jun is not only the national first-class artist of , but also has become the vice president of Wuhan Academy of Painting, with both glory and status.
But he was not swept by his identity, fame and fortune. The only thing that made him worry about was still the painting itself.
This is also the key to his ability to reach such a state.
Leng Jun was born in Dazhou, Sichuan in 1963. He was interested in painting since he was a child. Because his father thought painting was not a good job, he did not study formally at the beginning.
Many times, Leng Jun always draws in his mind.
Later, in order to learn painting, Leng Jun secretly asked his neighbor to hire a teacher for himself, and the teacher asked Leng Jun to learn to copy from the beginning.
"Maybe it was because I didn't start with the compulsory courses of sketching and still life that my later paintings had an eclectic style."
Because I love painting, Leng Jun ran to the cinema near my home every day to observe movie posters. He was shy and didn't dare to draw in public, so he just took a look at the painting a few strokes when he went home, and then took a look at it and then drew a few strokes again. As a result, every painting made progress.
Perhaps this experience has allowed Leng Jun to develop the habit of paying attention to details from the beginning when he came into contact with painting.
16 years old, Leng Jun failed the college entrance examination, and his father scolded him very much, but his friend persuaded him: "Since the child likes to draw, let him go! Everybody will be the top scorer!"
could not resist him, and his father finally agreed to him apply for the Academy of Arts.
Later, Leng Jun was admitted to the Art Department of Hankou Branch of Wuhan Normal University and began to formally learn painting.
But at this time, he could no longer change his habit of pursuing details too much.
In the art class, the teacher asked everyone to draw plaster, and everyone first drew the outline and then drew the details.
Leng Jun is different. Not only does he pay special attention to details, but in order to observe more carefully, he also ran to the plaster, glanced a few times and drew a few strokes when he returned to his seat, then ran over and glanced a few more strokes.
"Draw the whole first, draw the whole first!" the teacher emphasized to him.
At this time, he drew a few large lines on the drawing board. When the teacher didn't pay attention to him, he ran over the plaster to observe.
Everyone thought Leng Jun always ran to the model or plaster because he observed it more carefully nearby, and even Leng Jun himself felt so.
But one day, when he found that even if he was not sitting in the back of the classroom, he could not see the blackboard clearly, he realized that there was something wrong with his eyes.
"High myopia, over 500 degrees." In the hospital, the doctor told his father and Leng Jun.
has been addicted to the world of painting, and he has not even noticed that he is myopia.Although Leng Jun could see the plaster or model clearly after wearing glasses without having to run to the front, the habit of "carving details" has already penetrated into his bones and cannot be changed.
Leng Jun does not love painting, but is obsessed with painting.
When he graduated, he had reached the state of "details are in the pen, and the whole is in the heart" for painting.
Even Leng Jun himself said that this "scattered perspective" painting method was the basis for his later development of "super realistic".
In 1984, Leng Jun graduated from the Department of Art of Wuhan Normal University. In just 4 years, he was invited by the president of Wuhan Academy of Painting to serve as a judge of the Art Exhibition of the Five Provincial Art Festivals of Central and South . At the same time, he was asked to hand over a copy of realistic works.
After 3 years of countless practices and copying, in 1991, Leng Jun handed over his first super realistic work "The Story of the Horse Lantern" and won the Bronze Award of the National Art Exhibition, and has since become famous.
The secret of the sky-high painting
On June 29, 1995, South Korea's Sanfeng Department Store collapsed.
html Within 120 seconds, countless people were buried, and even many children were still there.
collapsed after it was put into use for less than 5 years, making countless people around the world full of resentment towards builders and unscrupulous department store owners who cut corners.
And Leng Jun created "The Third Century" this year is an expression of this matter.
The large area of gray tones and bright colors on the canvas look like a ruin mixed with various garbage.
"Isn't this just a bunch of garbage? What's the good thing?"
In the face of everyone's doubts, some collectors who are willing to pay high prices to buy paintings took out a pair of magnifying glasses and magnified the paintings 10 times, and a real and real wonder came into view.
The so-called "garbage" are pieces of gravel and bricks of different shapes. Those half of the real appearance covered by gravel and bricks are children's various toys, cars, buttons, Rubik's cubes...
If you observe carefully enough, you will also find a yellow children's shoes covered with gray soil.
These toys belong to children are the "stars" that embellish the bright colors of the whole painting, which contrasts sharply with the large area of gray tone.
Gray zone and bright colors; the interests entanglements, gray income between the boss and the chaebol, the innocence and helplessness of the children; under the industrial civilization, the competition between life and human nature...
Leng Jun used the brush in his hand to outline real life on the canvas, which was shocking!
In 2004, this painting was bought by Tang Ju for 200,000 yuan.
In 2019, this painting was sold at a high price of 43.7 million yuan at the German Auction Center, once again pushing Leng Jun to the forefront.
Faced with the repeated doubts of the world, Leng Jun acted more calm than others: "Where can care about others, say whatever you want!"
and others wanted to ask, Leng Jun had already raised his brush and immersed in his painting world.
Leng Jun is such an independent man. He combines his thoughts and paints, and uses paintings to express his understanding of painting and the world, and truly achieves that "the brush has a soul and the work has a strong character."
In 1996, Leng Jun was invited to attend the Wuhan Iron and Steel Plant. When he returned, he picked up a tattered glove.
A broken glove, what's the best thing to look at?
But Leng Jun saw the workers' efforts day and night, the hardships of the people at the bottom, and the gradually stronger of the motherland.
He devoted all his feelings to the painting, and then, a painting with gloves as a close-up - "Palmography".
In the end, the painting was photographed for 6.9 million.
"Is a pair of broken gloves worth a house in Beijing?"
Faced with the ridicule, Leng Jun turned a deaf ear to him. He devoted all his thoughts to painting and expressed his inner world freely with painting.
's work "Monument" close-up with a sewing machine represents the struggle and memory of a generation;
's "Five-pointed Star" made of broken iron represents the hardships of the revolution and the difficulty of victory;
's most shocking thing is the "Swagging Clothes" formed by a pile of broken copper and an aging pacifier, which deeply reflects the persecution of children by Western countries' chemical experiments.
"Everything that can be expressed can be used for me."
Leng Jun's oil paintings integrate real behavior, artistic design and human spiritual connotation, and truly make the work "speak".
In 2004, Leng Jun changed from painting real objects to painting portraits.
This change not only allowed him to improve his artistic attainments in painting, but also allowed him to gain love.
The flash-breaking love
Whether it is painting real objects or portraits, Leng Jun has a fatal requirement: the ultimate pursuit of details.
In comparison, drawing portraits is more difficult than drawing real objects.
One because portraits require high standards for models and are hard to come by. Secondly, people's expressions change rapidly and are difficult to capture.
Leng Jun used it for several months from selecting models to decorating the studio environment. During the painting process, he did not miss the character's form, eye changes, skin state, and even a pore.
He pursues the ultimate truth, even more real than reality.
His work "Mona Lisa - Design About Smile" depicts an oriental woman wearing a sweater and smiling slightly.
Watch the painting, the woman's expression is realistic, just like a woman standing opposite you head-on.
The sweater she was wearing was full of wool crossed, extremely delicate, as if she could touch it with her hand.
This painting was bought by collectors for 700,000 yuan, and was later bought at the 2021 Jiade spring auction for a high price of 80.5 million yuan.
After spending "Mona Lisa - Design About Smile", Leng Jun began to look for models for the next portrait.
At this time, a woman broke into his sight.
Her name is Luo Min, and she attracted Leng Jun because of her beautiful and handsome temperament.
Being a model requires 9 hours a day, or even more, and often wearing the same set of clothes and keeping the same movement still, it is no easier than doing other tasks in a day.
Although Luo Min is young, she is very hard-working. Leng Jun pursues the ultimate. Many times, he focuses on painting, and by the time he discovers it is already late at night.
In order to express her apology, Leng Jun would play the DVD for her, and sometimes she would discuss it when she saw a certain movie.
Two souls that fit together gradually develop feelings for each other.
However, unlike the fanaticism about painting, Leng Jun is very calm and self-controlled in his emotions.
He knew that the age difference between the two was 18 years old and could not escape the secular vision. He had to suppress the throbbing in his heart and never mention "love or not".
After more than 5 months, "Portrait of Love - Xiao Luo" was finally completed, and Leng Jun and Luo Min also showed a very tacit understanding, and the two of them did not mention the word "feeling".
"Portrait of the Image - Xiao Luo" was awarded the 4th Academy Award. Its super delicate style makes Luo Min in the painting look lifelike. Whether it is the eyes, hair, or the folds of clothes, it makes people feel that it is the same as a real person. Some people even comment that Leng Jun's paintings are comparable to Western classical oil painting masters.
When Leng Jun thought that the relationship between him and Luo Min would end there, two years later, Luo Min learned the truth from Leng Jun’s friend.
She bravely took the first step, and the two finally entered the palace of marriage.
KLeng Jun is a talented painter who is obsessed with painting. He cannot focus more on anything other than painting accidents.
The care and love for his wife Luo Min is even less pity.
In 2008, Leng Jun and Luo Min met Xiao Tang, a girl who came to work in a small restaurant near of Hankou Railway Station in .
Seeing Xiao Tang, Leng Jun was inspired to paint the second portrait figure oil painting.
Xiao Tang is different from Luo Min. She thinks that modeling is an inappropriate profession. It is better to go to a factory to work as a model.
In the end, Xiao Tang reluctantly agreed after Luo Min showed her portrait and said that she would not have any over-the-counter behavior.
In 2010, Xiao Tang finally became a model in Leng Jun’s studio.
. Luo Min did not blame her husband Leng Jun for his neglect of herself. Instead of pursuing her husband's attention, it is better to work hard to improve herself. She applied for the postgraduate degree of Central American .
7 months later, "Portrait of the Portrait - Xiao Tang" was released, attracting the attention of people from all walks of life.
portrait of Xiao Tang, wearing white clothes, without makeup, his eyes look like a bottomless pool of sea water, blurred, indifferent, and melancholy.
Jack Ma visited Leng Jun several times, and he was asking for this painting.
No matter how Jack Ma increases the price, Leng Jun is unwilling to sell this painting.
After finishing painting "Xiao Tang", Luo Min also passed the postgraduate entrance examination.
Facing her husband Leng Jun again, Luo Min's relationship is very complicated.
From the very beginning, she knew that Leng Jun loved painting more than loved her.
In the end, she thanked Leng Jun for giving her a deep relationship and taking her into the painting world, allowing her to grow in her heart and career.
For a long time since then, Luo Min painted in Beijing and Leng Jun painted in Wuhan.
I heard that Leng Jun started painting again, so he found a model Xiao Jiang, but not long after he started painting, Xiao Jiang left because he couldn't stand standing for a long time.
Despite this, Leng Jun was still unwilling to give up. He found a dummy and continued to draw bit by bit. In 2019, "Xiao Jiang" was sold at the auction for 70.15 million.
When Leng Jun climbed the peak, Luo Min was also constantly learning and improving.
In 2015, Luo Min held a solo art exhibition. At this moment, she is no longer an unknown little model, nor the wife of the great painter Leng Jun, but the painter Luo Min. Leng Jun, who has always been at the peak, once again gathered the attention of collectors with "Portraits - Xiaowen". No matter whether the portrait is magnified 10 times or 20 times, the characters in the painting are still vivid, and even the details are vivid and vivid on the paper.
Finally, the painting was sold for more than 60 million yuan. The price of
is selling higher and higher, and the controversy about Leng Jun is getting bigger and bigger.
But he himself is still as he did a few decades ago, and he doesn't care about the outside world's evaluation.
In his opinion, no matter how high the price the painting is, it will not affect his painting; even if no one cares about it, as long as he can still draw, he will feel happy.
Perhaps, people who pursue art have a natural sense of youth. Although he is already at the age of knowing destiny, he is still a dream-chasing boy.
Love may be just an experience for him.
Faced with Luo Min's request for divorce, Leng Jun's calm tone was mixed with a hint of guilt.
"I'm sorry, I delayed you."
is as smart as Luo Min, and has long been reborn.
"I want to thank you for making me a better self."
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