谢稚柳先生(1910—1997)在文化史上的地位,毋庸置疑是以书画创作和古书画鉴定奠定的。就古书画鉴定方面而言,谢氏的贡献和成就集中体现在古书画鉴定的实践与研究两个方面。对全国博物馆馆藏文物的鉴定始于20世纪60年代。1961年前后,在时任国务院总理周恩来的关怀下,文化部文物局组成张珩、谢稚柳、韩慎先、刘九庵四人鉴定小组,先到广州进行鉴定;复到东北,鉴定组从北京出发,经天津、哈尔滨、长春、沈阳、旅大,跨越四个省市,过目书画万 Mr. Xie Zhiliu (1910-1997) in the history of culture, no doubt is based on the creation of calligraphy and painting and identification of ancient paintings established. As far as the identification of ancient paintings and calligraphy is concerned, Xie’s contributions and achievements are embodied in the practice and research of the identification of ancient calligraphy and painting. The identification of national museum collections began in the 1960s. Around 1961, under the care of Zhou Enlai, the then Premier of the State Council, the Cultural Relics Bureau formed the appraisal team of Zhang Heng, Xie Zhiliu, Han Shenxian and Liu Jiu’an, first appraised in Guangzhou. When arriving in Northeast China, the appraisal team departed from Beijing and passed through Tianjin , Harbin, Changchun, Shenyang, Luda, across four provinces and cities, over a million paintings