My identity as a collector was exposed by the village flower

Chapter 251 Picasso's Paintings
"So, whose painting is it is the key." Liu Shijun said.

Although his identification ability is insufficient, all paintings are related to the artist's reputation, and it is also one of the most critical factors affecting a painting.

However, they didn't see the artist's signature.

This is hard to do!

"Are all Western paintings so weird?" Xu Qing asked.

The abstract paintings I saw before, but now the so-called Cubist paintings are so difficult to understand.In her opinion, there is no sense of art.

Most of the people in the studio had the same thoughts as Xu Qing.

To put it bluntly, the paintings of my kindergarten nephew and niece are better than these.

"Didn't there be news a few years ago? A painting was auctioned in the United States. Only a few lines of circles were drawn, and it was sold for more than 7000 million US dollars, a sky-high price of more than 4 million yuan. I really don't understand the so-called art now." Someone A previous news was brought up.

The 6 lines of continuous circles on the blackboard in that painting were drawn by the artist sitting on his friend’s shoulders, letting him shake at will, and using chalk to draw continuously on the blackboard.

At that time, some netizens complained that only the pharmacy could understand that it was time to take medicine.

"That's not the most outrageous thing, the painting "Untitled" is really outrageous." Someone laughed.

Lehman's "blank" oil painting "Untitled" caused quite a stir at the time, with an estimated price of 1500 million to 2000 million US dollars, about 9000 million to 1.2 million yuan.

This not only stunned art laymen, but also surprised people in the industry.

In the eyes of many people, this is a painting that is almost completely blank. Some people joked that it is no different from the white wall of their own house.

In fact, "Untitled" looks white from a distance, but if you look closely, you will find that the square canvas is painted with a thick layer of paint, and there are faint traces of green and blue on the white surface.

This style of painting, known as minimalist painting, is known for its grids, stripes, squares, positive V's, inverted V's, and circular patterns filled with intense colors on large canvases.The work usually develops a series of works on a theme, and a series of paintings are synthesized by many standardized small units.

"There is also Mark Rothko's oil painting "Orange, Red, Yellow", which was sold for 8 million US dollars, or about 688 million yuan, setting the highest record for contemporary art auctions at that time."

The audience couldn't stop complaining about Western painting art.

Rothko's death even triggered the biggest art scandal of the 20th century.

Marquis also looked at Fang Xing. In his opinion, Fang Xing should have some knowledge.Although many people have come to see his collections, everyone seems to be interested in this painting, but after looking at it carefully, there is no further text, which makes him very uncomfortable.

As Liu Shijun said, the key lies in which artist created the painting.

Fang Xing looked at it for a while, then said with a smile: "Marquis, this painting has some background, try not to sell it lightly. If I'm not mistaken, it should be Picasso's work."

As soon as this remark came out, those who knew Chinese were stunned, and Catherine even forgot to translate for her grandfather.

The Marquis hurriedly asked his granddaughter, and learned from the granddaughter that Fang Xing thought it was a work of Picasso, and he was also shocked.

The name of Picasso is known all over the world!

"You mean Picasso?"

Although Picasso is a Spaniard, he has been engaged in artistic creation activities in France for a long time.He is one of the most creative and far-reaching artists in the contemporary West, and the founder of Cubism. He and his paintings occupy an immortal position in the history of world art.

Plus, Picasso was a prolific painter.According to statistics, his works total nearly 37000 pieces, including: 1885 oil paintings, 7089 sketches, 20000 prints, and 6121 lithographs.

"How do you know?" Catherine was curious.

There is no obvious mark on this painting, which means it was created by Picasso, right?

"First of all, let's look at the style of the painting. Every painter has his own style, which is an important part of identifying a painting. Second, we look at the paper and judge the approximate age of the paper. Considering it comprehensively, we can roughly judge The results.

Of course, we can't be 100% sure without seeing the artist's signature.

But in fact, this painting is signed, you just didn't notice it. "Fang Xing analyzed.

Liu Shijun and others looked at each other: "Is there a signature? Where is it?"

They watched for so long, but they didn't find it!

Fang Xing pointed to a small black area on the screen: "The signature is hidden here, but the signature is the same color as here, and it was covered up, so you all ignored it."

After finishing speaking, Fang Xing laid the oil painting flat and faced the sunlight: "You can see the traces of your signature when you look at it sideways."

Sure enough, everyone leaned over, tilted their heads, looked sideways, and really saw the traces of the signature.Although it was not very clear, the Marquis and the others could tell it was Picasso's name when they saw it.

The Marquis was ecstatic, he was so grateful to Fang Xing, a Chinese.

A Picasso painting!

It is possible that a painting is worth more than his entire castle and manor, and he can't wait to find an auction house to help make an estimate.

The Marquis happily shook hands with Fang Xing, and said in shaky Chinese, "Thank you!"

In Chinese, he knows a few words.Just like the Chinese, some people only say bye-bye, Thank you and so on.

"Hehe! Marquis, you're welcome, my friend! However, although I can see that this is a Picasso painting, I don't know much about the valuation of your Western artworks. You have to find someone from the auction house to estimate the value."

After the Marquis heard the translation, he quickly said that this was enough.

Can you be sure that this is a Picasso painting, and the others are not simple?

When he was overjoyed, the Marquis must ask Fang Xing and the others to stay this time, and have a good meal tonight to express his gratitude.In addition, he also made the decision that all Chinese collections can be disposed of to Fang Xing and others for 100 million euros.

Marquis is also shrewd. He felt that it would be difficult to sell these Chinese works of art after missing Fang Xing and the others, so he simply disposed of them in one go.

Before Fang Xing could think about it, Liu Shijun immediately agreed and chatted and laughed with the Marquis.

There are not one thousand Chinese antiques here, but eight hundred, right? With 100 million euros and more than 800 million yuan, Liu Shijun felt that he had taken advantage of it this time.

Since Brother Liu agreed, Fang Xing had nothing to say.

All in all, this time it was indeed a big mistake.The total value of the porcelain that was just picked out is more than 100 million euros, and the others are equivalent to free gifts.

Marquis immediately arranged for a professional packaging company to come to the door.

When the news got back to Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao and the others laughed wryly. For 100 million euros, hundreds of antiques from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China were packaged and taken away. It is estimated that only Fang Xing and the others can do it.

(End of this chapter)