| Fu Baoshi(1904-1965)is a well-known modern Chinese calligrapher and painter,art theorist,and art educator.During his life,he has been involved in many fields such as painting,calligraphy,seal engraving,and art history theory,and has gained proud achievements.He has enjoyed a good reputation in the modern Chinese art circle and the domestic and foreign art markets.Fu Baoshi,who is in a period of social change,devoted himself to studying China’s outstanding traditional fine arts,relying on his excellent arts to seize development opportunities in the turmoil.After studying in Japan,the propaganda work of the Anti-Japanese War,the acceleration of the modern art revolution,and a series of life experiences,the combination of his internal ideology and external forces was the main reason for his success.Fu Baoshi is an important figure in China’s modern history.He has made outstanding contributions to China’s art career,affecting generations of art practitioners.His art works are also loved by compatriots at home and abroad.At the same time,the national economy has ushered in a recovery,and the modern painting and calligraphy market has matured,which has brought many opportunities and challenges to the creators and consumers of the time.The trade in paintings and calligraphy works can not only solve the objective life problems of calligrapher and painters,but also the market demand for works.Volume and market price can prove its artistic value.Fu Baoshi knew how to follow the general direction of the modern painting and calligraphy market.He explored the sales strategy of his works under the laws of the market.His paintings and calligraphy works had a good market at that time.From the perspective of the art economy,the article puts the artist himself in the background of history,economy,and culture,and examines the formation and development of Fu Baoshi’s calligraphy and painting market.Taking clues such as artist,consumer,market operation mode,works trading methods,and interpersonal communication between painting and calligraphy as the main research objects,this paper attempts to clarify the artistic value of Fu Baoshi’s paintings and calligraphy,and analyzes the buyers,market prices,and auction prices of his works.Then,it analyzes the interrelationship and influence between Fu Baoshi’s economic activities and commercialization of results and artist creation. |
