Tianjin Art Museum
Tianjin Art Museum, located at 77 Jiefang North Road, Heping District, Tianjin, is a baroque style building. It opened in 1957. The building area is 4278 square meters, and the cultural relics storehouse is 4000 square meters. In 1957, this baroque style building was transformed into Tianjin Art Museum, with a collection of nearly 40000 pieces of cultural relics, the quantity and quality of which are second only to Beijing and Shanghai among Chinese museums.
The museum has nearly 40000 pieces of cultural relics and materials, including paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, pottery, jade, seals, inkstones, inkstones, ink, lacquerware, Tianjin Folk Art and modern art with academic value and preservation value. The main exhibitions held are "exhibition of inkstone history", "exhibition of ceramics", "exhibition of ancient jade carving", "Yangzhou painting school" and "exhibition of works of painters of Ming Dynasty adherents".
The museum has a collection of paintings collected by Tianjin Art Museum, a collection of art gardens, selected inkstones collected by Tianjin Art Museum, Tianjin Art Museum, selected paintings of eight Yangzhou families, Narcissus volume of Zhao mengjian, selected seals of past dynasties, selected seals of Zhou Shu, etc. The collection of the museum has been exhibited in Yugoslavia, Australia, Japan, Finland, Germany and other countries.
architectural composition
Tianjin art museum is located on Jiefang North Road in Tianjin. It is a baroque style building. The three storey building was built in 1908 and was originally a French bank. The square pilaster of the building extends from the bottom of the building to the top of the eaves, highlighting the vertical division of the facade, showing strong concave convex and light shadow changes. Triangular flowers and arched, square doors and windows alternate use, so that the rhythm of irregular jumping. There are many carvings on the wall, and the cast iron carvings on the gate add color to the building. The whole building is dignified and beautiful, unconventional, pursuing novelty and variety, showing flexible and free design techniques of Baroque. In 1957, the baroque style building was transformed into Tianjin Art Museum.
Collection of Tianjin Art Museum (16 pieces)
Atlas of Tianjin Art Museum (1 sheet)
The exhibition hall on the first floor mainly displays ancient paintings and calligraphy; the second floor displays Tianjin local folk art; and the third floor displays ancient cultural relics. The main exhibitions held are "exhibition of inkstone history", "exhibition of ceramics", "exhibition of ancient jade carving", "Yangzhou painting school" and "exhibition of works of painters of Ming Dynasty adherents".
Collection
Tianjin art museum is a museum that collects, studies and displays historical plastic arts. Over the past 40 years, after unremitting efforts, collection and construction of several generations, as well as generous donations from more than 100 patriotic cultural relics collectors, such as Zhou Shuzhen, Zhang Shucheng and Xu Shizhang, the museum has become another collection unit of art treasures after Beijing Palace Museum and Shanghai Museum. The museum's cultural relics include paintings, calligraphy, bronzes, pottery, jade, seals, inkstones, ink, lacquerware, Tianjin Folk Art and modern art with academic and preservation value. Among them, fan Kuan's painting of snow scenery and cold forest in Song Dynasty, Qian Xuan's painting of flowers and birds in Yuan Dynasty, Bian Lu's painting of living in peace, Qiu Ying's painting of Taoyuan fairyland in Ming Dynasty, and the painting of flowers on the river by Badashan people in Qing Dynasty are included. The Han Qie tie copied by Wang Xizhi in the Tang Dynasty, the Ke and Ke Ding in the bronze ware, the Jia Zi table jade plate in the Shang Dynasty in the jade ware, the Yongzheng pastel eight peach cross branch plate in the porcelain, the Qianlong enamel peony chicken jade pot spring vase and so on are all precious cultural relics. Tianjin Art Museum mainly collects calligraphy, painting, ceramics, bronzes, seals, bricks and tiles, stone carvings, steles, inkstones, lacquerware, enamel, bamboo, wood, teeth, stone carvings and other treasures, many of which are among the best in China. For example, painting and calligraphy, "the painting of snow scenery and cold forest" is the only work of fan Kuan of the Northern Song Dynasty in the mainland. This painting has gone through the great calamities of the Allied forces of Britain and France and the turmoil of ten years. It is still intact and has become a treasure of Tianjin Art Museum. Copies of Wang Xizhi's cursive Han Qie tie in Tang Dynasty, Haoliang's autumn water painting in Tang Dynasty, Su Hanchen's baby drama painting, Bian Lu's living safety painting in Yuan Dynasty, Luo Shen Fu's running script by Zhao Yufu, and Taoyuan's fairyland painting by Qing Ming and Qiu Ying are also treasures in the collection.
Among the collections of Tianjin Art Museum, inkstone is the most excellent. There are not only stone inkstone, but also jade inkstone, tile inkstone, porcelain inkstone, iron inkstone, Chengni inkstone, agate inkstone, crystal inkstone and so on. Among them, Chibi inkstone, Heiyu inkstone in Qing Dynasty, Shiguwen inkstone in Ming Dynasty and Heyu Zhusha Chengni inkstone in Ming Dynasty can be regarded as the creation of nature and artificial magic. Porcelain is also an important collection of the museum. The porcelain of famous kilns in history competes with each other and excels nature. Among the famous kilns such as Jun kiln, Ru kiln and Ding kiln, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong's Enamel peony pheasant jade pot spring vase is the most eye-catching, which marks the highest level of Chinese porcelain industry at that time.
Main collections
Snow scenery and cold forest
"The picture of snow scenery and cold forest" is a large vertical axis with three screens. The picture shows the peaks standing on the screen. The mountains are high and there is the potential of snow and clouds. At the foot of the mountain and the shore of the stream, the ancient trees and dense forests are drawn with thick brush and ink. In the village houses between the hills, a man can be seen peering through the door, as if enjoying the snow scenery of Xiao temple. The composition of this painting is rigorous and the brushwork is vigorous, which vividly shows the majestic momentum of Qinlong mountains and rivers. It is a rare treasure. In this picture, the peaks stand on the screen, the mountains are towering, the valley is cold, and the Xiao temple is set off; the ancient trees form forests, the Banqiao cold spring, and the water flows down from afar. It truly and vividly shows the majestic momentum of Qinlong mountains and rivers after snow. The brush and ink are thick and moist, wrinkled and dyed, and the crumbs are clear and integrated. The fine raindrops are wrinkled in the vigorous and straight rough strokes, showing the texture of rocks and withered trees. This figure has always been widely valued. An Qi, a Qing Dynasty collector, called it "the masterpiece of Hua Yuan's life". Therefore, it is especially rare in fan Kuan's limited handed down works. The famous character "Chen Fan Kuan Zhi" is hidden in the foreground of Shuo. It is difficult to recognize because of its age. There are still different opinions among painting historians on whether this painting is fan Kuan's work, but it is generally accepted that it is an important work of fan Kuan school in Song Dynasty. According to the seal of receiving biography, it can be seen that after the Qing Dynasty, Liang Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, ANQI, the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, they entered neifu during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, and were exiled among the people when the British and French allied forces raided Yuanmingyuan in 1860. In the early Qing Dynasty, this painting was collected by Anlu village, a famous collector in Tianjin. After several rounds, it almost went abroad, but finally returned to Tianjin. Mr. Zhang Shucheng, a collector, donated it to Tianjin Art Museum and became a treasure of the town museum.
Taoyuan Wonderland
This picture is made of silk, green and blue, 175 cm in length and 66.7 cm in width. It is mainly green. In the distance, the mountain peaks stand on the wall, the clouds are floating and misty, the fir trees rise and fall with the mountain, and one person in the water pavilion looks into the distance by leaning on the column. Among the cliffs in the central part of the mountain, the spring water goes straight down, the Buddhist temples are stacked up, and the pine forest is a place where two monks walk. A small pavilion stands high and faces the sea of clouds. It has a myriad of sceneries. It can be connected by winding paths, and a man can carry things up. A close-up view of the cave shows a stream running in front of it, surrounded by dense pines and ancient vines, which are reflected in the blooming peach blossom. Three old men in white sit in front of the stream. One of them plays the piano and a little boy stands by. In the picture below, a bookboy is holding the roll crossing bridge. The figure is beautiful, graceful, vivid, poetic and thought-provoking. Although the technique of this painting is from the school of academy style painting in the Southern Song Dynasty, it is green and meticulous.
Collection classification
Qing Dynasty porcelain bottles worth over 100 million
Fan Kuan's painting of snow scenery and cold forest in Song Dynasty is known as the top ten treasures of the museum. Although the painting is cold forest, it is cold but not desolate. The branches on the tree are luxuriant and straight. A sense of vitality arises spontaneously. Fan Kuan's works are very rare.
Calligraphy
Luo Shen Fu, a running script donated by Mr. Zhang Shucheng to Zhao Mengfu of Yuan Dynasty, is full of ups and downs, coherent and continuous momentum. Zhao Meng's works were highly valued when he was alive, and even the emperor regarded them as rare treasures. Nowadays, Zhao Meng's works are even more valuable and rare.
Ancient inkstone
Among the collections of Tianjin Art Museum, inkstones are the most exquisite, so the museum has opened up the only special exhibition room for ancient inkstones in China. The inkstones of lotus fish cinnabar Chengni inkstone in Ming Dynasty are as exquisite as fish. Most of the ancient inkstones in the collection are donated by Xu Shizhang, a famous collector in Tianjin.
buddhist text
Tianjin Museum collects about 300 scriptures, the number of which is second only to Beijing Library in China. Most of the Scriptures collected by Tianjin art museum are donated by Mr. Zhou Zhen. The story of Mr. Zhou Zhen burning fake scriptures has been spread in the cultural relics circles. There are a number of Dunhuang documents and scriptures in Tianjin's cultural relics market. Mr. Zhou bought more than ten of them at a high price. After careful study, he found that they were fakes filled with ink with double hooks. Mr. Zhou did not hesitate to burn them. And then said: this kind of thing can't stay in the world to cheat people.
bronze ware
The number of bronzes collected by Tianjin art museum is not large, but there are many famous heavy bronzes. Among the many famous utensils, the most legendary one is the bronze ban with Kui dragon pattern in the Western Zhou Dynasty. The ban is the base of wine vessels placed in ancient sacrifice. There are only three in the world.
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