Why can Qi Baishi's headless tiger painting be auctioned for 32 million?

Qi Baishi's headless tiger painting does not show the details of the tiger's head, but the back can also give life a sense of movement. The reason why the faceless tiger was auctioned to a sky-high price of 32 million yuan is inseparable from its style and artistic conception. ? Still hiding half her face behind her guitar? Qi Baishi's faceless tiger painting is the best description. Speaking of modern painter Qi Baishi, everyone is familiar with his skill in painting shrimp. The reason why Mr. Qi Baishi can draw such vivid pictures is inseparable from his habit of observing life. Mr. Headless Tiger once explained himself that he couldn't draw the details of the tiger because he didn't really touch it, so he just left a back for everyone, which had the hazy beauty of hiding half her face in front of us behind her guitar.

In fact, the faceless tiger is not just a simple painting, but a birthday gift from Mr Qi Baishi to General yang hu at the end of the year. The faceless tiger not only echoes the word tiger in the name of General yang hu, but also implies a warning. Qi Baishi's paintings were created in 1950, which was the time when General yang hu was reused. However, because General yang hu is highly self-reliant, he is not satisfied with what he has. As an old friend for many years, Qi Baishi naturally knows yang hu's ideas like the back of his hand, but his words can't be too straightforward, so he also wants to use this painting to warn his old friends that even a tiger has a gentle side in his heart, and it is impossible to show the best side to people from beginning to end. Unfortunately, yang hu finally failed to understand Qi Baishi's good intentions and ended up with a regrettable ending.

Later, it was found that when the headless tiger was magnified ten times with a magnifying glass, many surprising details would be found. Magnifying the painting ten times, I found that the tiger's tail in the painting was slightly tilted upward. In the real world, only excited tiger tails are in this state. Therefore, it is not difficult to see that when Mr. Qi Baishi created this painting, he not only paid great attention to details, but also spent a lot of thoughts, which had a good meaning.

Combine creation with the background of the times and give it special significance. Such a painting is hard to sell at sky-high prices.