Almighty painter

Chapter 245 Anna's Encouragement

"The style of brush and ink is unique and really interesting."

Gu Tongxiang left a Chinese painting "Rich Peonies" with beautiful brushwork on the personal homepage of Ma Shi Gallery.

Anna stared intently.

The peony is bright red, with golden stamens and bright green branches and leaves.

Anna knows plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum and peony. These scenes are all plant images with special meaning in oriental art and culture.

Traditional oriental painters pay more attention to painting peonies.

Different from common herbaceous flowers.

Peonies are woody plants.

Therefore, the branches and branches of the brushwork should be very imposing, full and round, containing the changes of cadence and setback.

Mr. Gu Tongxiang's pen and ink are very elegant and interesting.

He is a traditional oriental brush painting as a whole, but the color principle of oil paint is revealed between the veins of the brush. This feeling seems to be——

"Ah."

Miss Elena thought for a moment, and opened the buyer's recommendation section of "Oil Painting" magazine on the browser of the tablet computer.

She entered the database and clicked on the search box with her fingertips.

Oil Painting Magazine is known as the essential tool guide for any user working in the field of fine art in the world.

The membership fee of [-] euros a month is honestly not cheap at all.

It is also very expensive for Europeans with high income and high welfare.

You can even take care of the frugal family environment of their family.Netflix, HBO and other commonly used TV series members are not willing to play, all of them are downloaded online to watch pirated versions.

However, Gu's Book Gallery will spend a sum of money to subscribe to "Oil Painting" without any doubt.

It is because its functions are too powerful and professional.

It covers almost all aspects of any art management field.

The magazine has extremely rich and perfect functions, and has in-depth cooperation with several famous art databases such as ARTNET and ARTPRICE.

In addition to finding out the star ratings recommended by the magazine for major painters in the art world, the buyer recommendation column can also cover the transaction results of more than 90% of formal auctions in the world.

It provides historical transaction records of hundreds of thousands of works of art, price fluctuation curves, and electronic albums with high image quality.

Based on the memory of the artwork in her mind, Anna entered the line "Giuseppe Castiglione/Turkey (2017)" on the keyboard and clicked Search.

The webpage was immediately directed to a transaction record of the 2017 Poly Auction.

"Sure enough, the painting methods of these two paintings give people the feeling of the same origin."

Anna nodded.

Five years ago, Poly auctioned a Qing Dynasty palace painting "Turkey Picture" by Giuseppe Castiglione (note: Lang Shining's real name).

This painting was sold at a small New York auction house long ago in the last century.

The transaction price at that time was only tens of thousands of dollars.

Later, with the art market's pursuit of Castiglione's painting style, and in the documents of the Qing Palace's "Domestic Archives", an accurate identification of the source of this painting was found.

A few years ago, it was auctioned for a sky-high price of about 1200 million US dollars, which attracted a lot of attention in the art market. "Oil Painting" magazine also wrote a special review article.

From a technical point of view.

This court painter is accurate in brushwork and ink, and his meaning is not as long as Tang Dai, Leng Mei, and Ding Guanpeng, his oriental contemporaries. In terms of realism and gorgeous colors, he is even more beaten by the Baroque style.

However, Lang Shining's name is more and more likely to become the top in the auction market.

His unique painting style played an important role in it.

Unexpectedly, there is a second oriental painter who takes this retro art line in the world.

Anna firmly remembered the name Gu Tongxiang.

"Well, it's no wonder that Ma Shi Gallery can take a fancy to this old man. In today's homogeneous oil painting market, this style of painting is easy to impress collectors at a glance. And it is better than Dadaism that sells a piece of white paper. The art genre of swords and slant is more able to reflect the true skill of the painter."

Anna nodded approvingly, then frowned slightly.

But in detail...

Deduct the advantage of the novel drawing method.

In terms of the level of brushwork in this "Picture of Wealthy Peonies", according to the evaluation standard in Miss Yi Lianna's heart, it is only a pass.

This is because after all, he is from a small place like Myanmar, which is far away from the trend of art.

It is not easy to be able to draw such a painting method. Anna was embarrassed to say some more vicious comments, so she gave Gu Tongxiang a passing grade in her heart.

From the perspective of pen and ink line architecture.

The level of this "Peony Picture" is far from the level of sketches that are rigorous enough to be printed in textbooks.

"However, this method of painting does not pay much attention to the level of sketching."

Miss Irina didn't know if it was possible that this old Burmese gentleman was the detective cat who connected with her.

Look at this situation.

Perhaps the greater probability is... Sister Detective Cat is not on this list at all?

Elliot thoughtfully attached a jump link to the gallery homepage on every document she sorted out.

Anna thought that there would be no harm in taking a look, and jumped into the official website of Ma Shi Gallery.

Flip through it.

She did not find any noteworthy additional information about "Gu Tongxiang".

The gallery will not list what kind of contract it has signed with the agent artist on the homepage.

At this time, she neither has any hope that Gu Tongxiang is a detective cat, nor can she completely rule out the possibility of this old gentleman like the first two.

Anna makes a surprise discovery.

On the official website of Mashi Gallery, this "Peony Picture" is for sale.

Similar to a limited-time online auction on EBAY, the highest bidder wins the reserve price of 500 euros.

There are less than 75 hours until the auction closes.

A bid of 850 euros had already been made thirteen hours ago.

don't look at anything else,

The price of less than [-] euros alone is enough to buy a work by an artist represented by a first-line gallery like Ma Shi.

That in itself has a certain appeal.

Anna thought for a moment.

She is a member of the official website of Ma Shi Gallery.

After logging in her account password at the top of the page, the girl filled in 5200 euros, clicked on the quotation, and then returned the IPad in her hand to her secretary.

"Keep an eye on it for me. I want to buy this painting. Don't ask me if it's less than [-] euros, just bid directly."

she ordered.

"Ok."

Elliott glanced at the online auction page with only two or three bid records.

She stuck out her tongue helplessly, "For such an unknown little artist, even if some people want to bid against the deadline, your 5200 euros is enough to frighten them away from any desire to bid, even 1200 euros is enough .”

The secretary shrugged.

"Actually, if it is really more than 3000 euros, there is a high probability that the gunmen hired by the gallery itself can only raise the price."

Unless it is a particularly large work.

The recommended reference amount of the market transaction price for a "one-star" painter by oil painting magazines usually does not exceed 2000 euros at most.

In terms of the length of this painting, Miss Irina's quotation is already ridiculously high.

"This painting is not bad. It is worth the money. It is not worth it now, but it will be worth it in the future."

Anna doesn't care if she spends a thousand or two thousand euros more or less.

Even this Mr. Gu Tongxiang has nothing to do with Detective Cat.She is still willing to buy the painting for collection.

The ability to use the pen is indeed not strong enough, but the flaws are not concealed.

If she is still the editor of the visual art section of the magazine.

Just relying on the "Peony Picture" shown, the painter can control the collision of the two artistic styles of the East and the West in a more mellow and satisfactory manner.

Anna is willing to give a rating of two to two and a half stars.

She has always been stubborn.

The market price should be determined by the artistic value.

Instead of using the market price to measure the value of art, as many art speculators like.

In Miss Yelena's eyes, this "Picture of Wealthy Peonies" is more in line with the original meaning of the word "art" than soaking a sailfish specimen in formalin.

The painting itself is certainly not worth so much money now.

Anna regarded these several thousand euros as an early investment in her heart.It is used to reward the old man and encourage him to continue to insist on himself when creating.

deficit?
Anna doesn't think she has anything to lose by giving a little money to an old gentleman who is trying to explore painting techniques.

It doesn't matter if you are not famous.

And just draw like that.

The works of this old gentleman should have a certain degree of appreciation potential in the future.

Critics with excellent artistic accomplishments believe in the artistic value of the other's works even more than the painters themselves.

When Picasso was only a well-known Spanish boy on the streets of France, there was a young couple who were extremely optimistic about his future, believing that this painting method had the potential to change the world.

And from their personal savings, a large proportion was used to purchase Picasso's works of art.

The young couple's financial situation could only be considered middle-class at the time, but they spent thousands of francs to buy dozens of Picasso's works.

By the time the paintings were ready to be sold around the turn of the millennium, the market value had exceeded $2 million.

Nearly [-] times the return on investment.

Buying a work by the "right" painter means that there is such a large room for appreciation.

Anna didn't think about selling paintings.

While loving the house and Wu for the detective cat sister, she is also willing to encourage this old painter with a new painting style.

And the historical records from the Renaissance to the present have proved one thing time and time again.

For the artists who can be favored by the Yi Lianna family, the price of their works will not rise in value in the future, but there are only a few.

In the huge collection of the Yi Lianna family, there are countless famous paintings.

It is really like the oil prince of the Middle East, who spent millions of euros and tens of millions of euros to buy works from the auction market with huge sums of money.

But only a small fraction.

Over the past few hundred years, the Elena family has served as patrons, investors, and protectors of painters of various schools of painting, and the painters have donated a large number of their own works to express their respect for them.

In addition, most of the rest are Anna in front of her. When she finds a work that catches her eyes, she takes out a piece of money that is in her heart and is rich enough to be happy in the eyes of the painter to buy the other party. painting.

In their family collection, there is a piece of "Flowers in the Stone" by the stylist Paul Klee, which is estimated to start at least 300 million euros at auction.

When her family bought the painting at a "high" price in 1903, it cost less than 200 Austrian crowns plus a dinner.

It is said.

When Paul Klee poured coffee into his mouth with a croissant in his mouth, he burst into tears of gratitude.

The Elena family got their favorite artwork, and this money can become the motivation for the young painters to persevere on the road of art.

It is a very win-win investment.

"Gu Tongxiang..."

Anna was still trying to figure out the name in her head.

Sir Brown's deep voice interrupted her wild thoughts.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Sir Brown clapped his hands.

"The time is almost up. Everyone is familiar with each other, so there is no need to introduce too much to each other. It is a pity that our old friend Mr. Signac, because this week there is a competition between the European Union Cultural Agency and the Spanish Ministry of Culture, Sports and Education. There was a ministerial meeting and he couldn't get out of it, so he was absent from this meeting."

Director Brown nodded to the young lawyer sitting at the end of the long table: "Fortunately, my dear Mr. Signac also sent an agent to enforce his equity."

"All the important shareholders of the remaining "Oil Painting" magazine have arrived. There is no need to say more polite words. Everyone is the most outstanding and outstanding talent in the entire field. It is a great honor to work with you. But before we start, there is a There is one thing I would like to explain in particular—”

Chairman Brown, with silver hair and a well-fitting suit, dressed like a hereditary aristocratic member of the House of Lords, stood up and looked around.

He cleared his voice slightly.

"It was clear to everyone that we were a magazine going through a major transition."

"I believe that the vast majority of people sitting next to me have enough courage to be responsible for their own decisions, and are willing to show their determination to work together to make "Oil Painting" enter a more brilliant and brilliant new era."

Jazz ignored the two girls across from him, and glanced at the figures of famous experts and scholars under his seat.

"Based on this. I hope that no matter what the result is, all shareholder resolutions, meeting logs and everyone's voting signatures of this meeting will be announced to the public. And as part of the magazine's development plan, it will be sent to every subscriber of "Oil Painting" magazine mailbox."

The chairman stretched out an index finger: "This is our first proposal today."

corner of the conference room.

A clerk was already typing quickly in front of the laptop, recording every word the chairman said in a document.

There was a brief silence in the room.

The men were silent for a moment, exchanging meaningful glances with each other.

"Oil Painting" magazine is not a listed company.Together, these shareholders own 100% of its ownership.

It does not have any obligation to announce corporate financial reports and development plans to the public.

And the proposal did not appear on the shareholder meeting log at all.

Strictly speaking, this sudden attack without saying hello may even be suspected of violating the relevant provisions of the "Company Law".

But no one spoke up to point this out.

All are smart people.

Sir Browne is a prudent old fox.

His proposal to distribute the content of today's shareholder meeting to every magazine audience is very shrewd.

What better way to demonstrate the magazine's determination to make changes than a document signed and endorsed by so many top experts?
Simultaneously,

This also means that after the announcement of the resolution of the shareholders' meeting, everyone will be on a warship in the eyes of the public media.

Everyone signed their name on the resolution to kick out the Elena family.

They have made a very clear cut now, and there will be no wiggle room in the future.

Do not sign?

Heh, if you don't sign, then the young girl across the long table may not be the only one who tries to get kicked out of the management team.

For Lu's right, for Liu's left.

Either choose the new force represented by the Kruger Brothers Bank, or choose to leave with Miss Irina.

There is no room for a fencer to have both sides!
If you make money, you will make a fortune together.

If there is any problem in the future, everyone capsizes together, and don't think about kicking Sir Brown out alone to take the blame.

however,
With so many artistic giants standing shoulder to shoulder, how can there be any possibility that the ship will really capsize?
"I agree with Sir Brown's proposal. Ladies and gentlemen, since we came here, we all have the same belief in our hearts. Since we want to make big strides forward, we should not be intimidated by mother-in-law and mother-in-law. Let go of what should be given up. I believe that in the near future, today’s shareholder meeting will create a new wealth myth.”

Mr. Khelaifi from the United States raised his hand, "It will be like the "Philadelphia Declaration" in the art world, it will become a milestone in the liberation of the magazine from the rule of the Elena family, and each of us will be honored by signing it. Rong."

This fat old man with a North American adventurous spirit was originally the biggest supporter of Sir Brown among the shareholders of the magazine.

He took the lead in echoing the chairman's proposal.

The fat old man turned his head to look at Anna across the table, shrugged and spread his hands: "I'm sorry, beautiful Miss Irina. We all know that this is not a personal grudge."

"If you are willing to change your mind and stand among us, I am willing to kneel down and kiss the back of your hand." Khelaife made a rather funny facial expression.

under his lead.

Shareholders began to raise their hands continuously.

It was something that was thought up before attending the meeting, and now there is nothing to hesitate about.

In the end, even Professor Sakurai and the attorney representing the Signac shareholder raised their hands.

"12 votes in favor of the proposal and 1 vote against it, then you can..."

Sir Brown saw that he had achieved the result he wanted.

All shareholders except the heiress of the Elena family have aligned with their own will.

This is a good start for clearing the mark of House Elena.

He could even imagine Miss Elena's embarrassment when the share resolution was announced to the public.

Just when the chairman was about to announce that the first resolution was passed.

"Mr. Brown, please stop." Anna finally spoke.

"Miss Elena, I understand that you have different opinions now, but the proportion of shareholders who agree with the resolution has exceeded two-thirds, I'm afraid..."

Sir Brown replied politely, and he sneered in his heart.

little girl,
It's useless for you to be unhappy now, the general trend is behind me.

"No, I mean you counted the wrong votes."

Anna smiled and shook her head.

"I think your proposal is very good. When the drama reaches its climax, it is really necessary for a painter to paint the expressions of each leading actor on the stage vividly. This way, when the audience looks back on this past event in the future, the audience can repeat it. Experience the good, evil, loyalty and treachery of each character."

Miss Irina also raised her hand modestly.

"So it should be 13 votes in favor and 0 votes against."

"Hmph, whether it's the Declaration of Philadelphia or the carnival where the mob killed Socrates, I can't say yet."

Elliott sniffled viciously at the side, and chimed in with the lady bitterly: "If every piece of pottery that agrees to execute Socrates is engraved with the name of the perpetrator. This kind of crime made of iron People will be cast aside by history for a long time."

The old people on the opposite side were silent again.

Only the cold wind in early spring came from the window.

"Okay, in the adult world, everyone will stubbornly insist that they are right. This is not a debate competition, and verbal arguments are meaningless. Let's use the equity we hold to speak for ourselves."

Sir Brown knocked on the table vigorously, alleviating the awkward atmosphere in the room.

"Then, time is precious, let's get straight to the point. Each of you has an agreement in front of you regarding the Kruger Brothers Bank's acquisition of the magazine's shares. You must have read it carefully, and the Austrian national government has approved the bank's acquisition. Proposal. Now is the time for everyone to express their willingness to accept a new major shareholder to join us."

"1 million euros, 7000% of the shares. Although many of you will reduce your shareholding ratio. But this capital injection also means that the brand value of "Oil Painting" magazine has reached a full 35.4 million euros. "

Austrian company law stipulates that such an act of selling shares to the outside requires the approval of more than half of the shareholders.

Sir Brown waved his arm, making no secret of his determination to facilitate the acquisition: "I don't need to remind you, what a generous offer this is."

[-] million euros.

Everyone's breathing became heavy.

Everyone knows that if "Oil Painting" magazine is put on the balance of money, it must be more than the conservative valuation of 1 million euros.

But this is directly multiplied by five times.

The shareholders who can be here are at the level of millionaires at the very least, but [-] million euros is still a number enough to make their hearts beat faster for them.

"Before everyone votes, I want to say a few words."

At this moment, Miss Yi Lianna suddenly supported the table and pushed the wheelchair back.

In the astonished eyes of everyone, she let her secretary Elliott push herself to the opposite side of the long table.

"Sir Brown, you are the master of Egyptian studies. Although my aunt had some disagreements with you back then, she has always admired your academic contributions."

Anna stretched out a hand and shook hands with the bewildered Sir Brown.

"Professor Sakurai, I have read your paper on the comparative analysis of color science written by Pissarro and Seurat in "Asian Art" when I was in high school. You can get a sponsorship award from the Rockefeller Foundation, and you deserve it... ..."

"Mr. Khelaife..."

Miss Elena didn't seem to read the indifferent atmosphere around those people at all.

She just started to greet them one after another in such a boring way.

(End of this chapter)