Collector Yan Lugen died: collecting Picasso and founding the Baijiahu Museum, once a cultural journalist

On September 5th, Liyuan Group issued a promise that Mr. Yan Lugen, chairman of the board of directors of Liyuan Group, died unfortunately in New York at the age of 67.

In addition to the identity of the real estate crocodile, Yan Lugen's more well -known identity is a collection master. He not only understands the price of art, but also understands the value of each art. , Buy 30,000 paintings ". In 2013, when the real estate industry became popular, Liyuan Group led by Yan Lugen turned gorgeously and turned to the cultural industry.

Yan Lugen is the most recognized Chinese collector in the international art circle. In addition to Picasso, his collection also includes works such as Cubs, Beast Schools and other genres and sculptors, Moore, Master Zhang Daqian, Qi Baishi, Fu Baoshi and others. The Baijiahu Cultural Investment Group he led is an important force to promote the development of contemporary art. It has signed a thousand people and collects 10,000 original works.

As one of the top art collectors in Asia, his collection is open, tolerant, and shared. Traditional collectors only use their precious collections to play or share in the small circle. Share it with the public, from private collection to sharing, this collection concept is also a source of promotion for strict Lu Gen who can gather forces in the art collection world and generate major influence.

Picasso's "Woman in a Green Hat" created in 1946 is a proud work in Yanluen's collection.

In fact, in the early 1980s, Yan Lugen was a cultural journalist in Nanjing. At that time, he had many exchanges with artists. Since the 1990s, Yan Lugen frequently appeared in the auction. By 1999, he began systematically collected. He took out 10%of the profit into the art market each year. Everyone's work. Later, the Jinling School, ancient calligraphy and painting, celebrities' handwriting, etc. have been collected. Many collections have artistic value and historical value, and they are all famous experts, including Monet's "The Journey to the Langxiang Church", Picasso's "Wearing a Green Hat of Green Hat" "Women", 9 meters long calligraphy scroll of the king of the Ming Dynasty. After more than a hundred collections, he had the idea of ​​setting up an art gallery. Baijiahu Museum came into being in 2005, becoming the first museum in Jiangsu Province's approval of private enterprises, and also marked that the collection of root roots began to move towards a more systematic and professional direction.

Editor Duan Xueying intern Dai Yiling

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