musicians of old

Chapter 11 The End of the Corridor

The top view of the art museum is roughly L-shaped, with longer sides and shorter sides. The distribution of internal corridors follows a scientific design to provide visitors with a smooth viewing line.

The guide hall where I am now is located at the right angle of L.

On the first floor are several mobile exhibition halls, which were previously used to provide services for freelance artists, in addition to an event hall.

On the second floor are several permanent exhibition halls for the exhibition of Vincent van Ning's own paintings.

The third floor is actually an attic, less than half the area of ​​the first and second floors, used for staff offices and storage of materials.

The mobile exhibition hall on the first floor that I am going to go to now is the side of the long end of the L shape.

He made his way across the reception desk, stepping over the metal pillars holding the cordons—they had previously been used to separate spectators and guide the way.

While walking, shine the lantern on the walls and windows.

The walls are empty, and there are occasional graffiti that have not been cleaned up, or smudges that meander and flow into the light circle of the lantern.

The rancid smell mixed with the musty smell became stronger and stronger.

Do you want to continue in this direction?Fanning really felt a little nervous.

"It's been too long, and the atmosphere in this museum is completely different from what I remember."

He began to complain a little about why he had to come here alone, would it be better to ask Xilan to be his companion?
Well, the doors and windows of this place have been locked tightly for two or three years, and there will be nothing.

Gathering his mind, he walked through the corner of the corridor and came to a place with a wider view. Fanning was dumbfounded.

Under the faint light of the lantern, the sight is full of scattered easels, picture frames, tables and benches, as well as dismantled doors and windows, and plaster bodies stuffed in the gaps: portraits, geometric figures, fruit models, facial features models .
All kinds of sundries were piled up as high as our own people.

Although the visibility is less than three or four meters, it is estimated to be the same in the distance.

If you still want to move forward, you have to climb mountains and ridges.
This gave Fanning a good reason to retreat, and he returned immediately.

This floor is a mobile exhibition hall for freelance artists. There must be nothing left now, so let's go to the second floor.

After a lot of tossing, I finally returned to the tour hall.

The unpleasant stench does seem to be a little less, but the musty smell is also less. I can't rule out that it's because my sense of smell is getting used to it.

Fanning diverted to the right hand side of the guide hall.

"This large dark space in the distance should be the previous event hall and auction house. There is nothing to see."

He chose to climb the cornered stairs, and the handrails had fallen off in large pieces, leaking the curled steel bars on one side of the steps.

"The quality is worrying. It's only been a few years"

After climbing to the second floor, he felt much more at ease.

Because the second floor is where I used to live, and the strange smell has almost disappeared.

The long end of the L-shape on the left is the permanent exhibition hall of the father's works, and the other side is the office, reception room, negotiation room, living room, kitchen, bedroom, etc.

He walked to the left hand side of the stairs with ease.

Holding the lantern, he walked slowly through the dark gallery, passed through several exhibition halls, and was about to reach the top of the L-shape.

The corridor is like a tunnel, the light licks the deep space in front, and leaves the darkness behind.

"I've seen this before!" Fan Ning suddenly felt in his heart.

Not because I used to come here often, but because it was in my dream!
Isn't this what I have often had in recent days, the dream about the corridor?
Except for the sides, instead of hollowed-out glass windows and displays, there are oil paintings.

Although a lot of works on the second floor have been sold, more of them are still hanging on the wall, stretching forward one by one.

"Every time I get near the end of the corridor, my mind wanders and I go to other dreams."

What is there at the end?
Fanning looked at the deepest darkness, feeling his heart pounding.

He couldn't help but list some possible situations in his mind, familiar, unfamiliar, dangerous, surprising, horrifying, or some indescribable scenes.

But I feel like my imagination is being restrained by something.

one step, two steps
Fanning stretched the lantern as far as he could, until it finally illuminated the wall at the end.

Well, still draw?

There are seven oil paintings hanging on the wall in front of them, with different sizes and different heights, arranged in a patchwork manner.

The layout is a bit similar to the decoration style on the walls that Fan Ning had seen in some literary cafes in his previous life.

The first thing that attracts attention is naturally the largest one.

Fanning brought the lantern closer.

Countryside, fields, bushes, mountains, the colors are swirling passionately, and the air seems to be flowing with warm wind.

"About the Airflow and Warmth of the Field", 90x140 cm, oil on canvas, Vincent van Ning, painted in May 894 of the new calendar.

This work is a representative work of Vincent's further exploration on the basis of Romanticism. It is called "suggestive flow" style by the art circle: through the comprehensive use of composition, color and brushstrokes, it allows the audience to "brain out" beyond the limitations of the plane. other elements of sex.

This style later even had an impact on the music world. The young composer Virgil, born in 880, openly stated that his orchestral suite "Dynamic Trifold" created a few years ago was inspired by the "flow of hints".

But generally speaking, they are new things outside the mainstream Romantic art style.

Fanning moved the lantern as he recalled.

In the second picture, only half of the female face is accommodated in the frame, and the single eye is staring at the viewer. "Worry", 30x40 cm, watercolor on canvas.

In the third picture, the dark green moon shines through the clouds, illuminating the outline of the dark riverbed, and the river water sparkles with sparkling waves. 70×90 cm, oil on canvas.
Wait, isn't this the painting "Moon Night on the Dnieper River" by the former Russian artist Kuinzhi?

Fanning lights the lower right corner with a lantern, and there is no attribution, nor a small patch with the title of the work written on it.

Although there are certain changes in size and detail, the original character of this painting is too obvious.

Painted by Father Vincent?
Is he also a transmigrator?
Still a coincidence?

Fanning felt that everything he experienced was surrounded by mysteries.

Callon, the original owner of these paintings, had seen them all before, but he certainly didn't recognize the origin of this one.

"Suggested Flow" Fan Ning looked at the largest painting "About the Airflow and Warmth of the Field".

What is my father hinting at me?
and many more!

"Moon Night on the Dnieper".
Moon night, moon night, moon, moonlight?easy to associate
"Moonlight Sonata"?
Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C sharp minor "Moonlight"?
C sharp! ?The only missing key among the eleven sound sequence fragments?
Traveling through text messages, fragments of audio sequences, works from previous lives, keys to art galleries...

Sure enough, there is a connection.

Fanning's arm holding the lantern was sore and swollen. He switched hands and shook it twice.

Staring at "Moon Night Over the Dnieper", he frowned tightly.

Suddenly, he put the lantern on the ground, stood on tiptoe, and stretched out his hands without any hesitation.
Take this picture off!

(End of this chapter)