Almighty painter

Chapter 60 The Buried Genius
"Why are there two identical paintings."

At the coffee table, the interpreter's tone revealed shock: "Why is this happening? Is there a mistake in the program?"

In her eyes, the picture frames held by Miss Judge's left and right hands were almost exactly the same, and there was no obvious difference.

Is one of them a copy, or is it that the same artist painted two identical paintings?
"No, these are two different works."

Sakai Katsuko blinked, after the initial moment of shock, she realized what had happened.

"There are two painters who use the same technique and the same angle to paint. Both are absolutely excellent painters, so the effect will be similar."

Collision!

In addition to Lei Louise, in the seven paintings, there is another artist who also used the exact same painting method.

They also chose colored pencils, and they also chose the style of realism.

Both parties used the photos provided by Mr. Hyperion as a template for reference, so the final results are almost completely similar.

Ms. Sakai observed the two illustrations in Anna's hands that were mirror images of each other, trying to see the most subtle differences between them.

In the matter of realism, mediocrity draws all kinds of strange things.

But a real master can achieve infinitely close to reality.

The fact that the translation lady couldn't even tell the difference between the two illustrations shows the excellence of the two paintings.

"Jane Arnold's painting style tends to be cartoonish. He is not a realistic painter, so these two paintings are not his works."

Komatsu Taro is just arrogant, but not incompetent.

He is the successor of Mr. Komatsu, and he is very familiar with the art styles of the masters.

He almost didn't have to think about it to determine that the painting was not painted by Jane Arnold.

So……

Is it that mysterious internet painter?

But this looks too good to draw.

"It shouldn't be. Such a painter...will still sell illustrations on the Internet part-time? He doesn't even have his own professional signing gallery and art dealer?"

Komatsu Taro made a quick estimate. If it is in the Komatsu Gallery, the status and income of an excellent painter who can draw similar to photos.

In the art trade, in fact, illustrations are not very popular. They belong to the lower position of the contempt chain, and they are considered to be the art of children.

You have to tell an oil painter that his paintings are in the style of illustrations, and people will think you are insulting.

RB and Germany are countries that prefer illustrations, but the old art countries such as Britain and France still prefer oil paintings, and illustrations cannot be sold at a high price.

But there is one market exception.

That is the United States.

Americans can even regard comics as precious works of art. Old Europe has always regarded this as a typical example of boars not eating chaff.

Have the artistic level of any one of these two exquisite illustrations, plus a suitable publicity channel.

"Throw it to New York, polish it for a few years, and you can earn $30 a year casually, and you can be considered a rich man in the New York Bay Area. Why do you want to work part-time as a cheap painter on the Internet? Is there something wrong with his mind?"

Komatsu Taro's tone was full of confusion.

He felt that he saw a famous thoroughbred horse that could have made a name for itself in the JRA (Osaka Central Jockey Club, RB's largest commercial sports event), but went to pull a carriage in a rural area like Yamagata Prefecture.

Is this the fucking head kicked?
"Mr. Xiaosong, maybe Chairman Xiaosong has protected you well so that you don't know the cruelty of this world."

Sakai Kazunari turned his head sideways, and let out a fat nasal sound.

He was born as a poor student, so of course he would not have a poor family, but in the circle of art students who generally have relatively good family conditions, Professor Sakai's family background can only be called shabby.

When he was in college, Sakai had become the tuition fee for studying abroad in Spain. He drove his third-hand broken Honda, roamed the streets and alleys of Nagoya as an art tutor for the children of rich families, and once hid in tourist attractions. Overseers sell sketches to others.

Even his favorite beef roast bird can only be eaten once a week, and his body fat rate was only 16% at one point, which made him starve to thin.

Hearing what Komatsu Taro said at this time, he was a little unhappy: "It is unreasonable and arrogant to substitute your own ideas into the world of ordinary people."

"Not everyone has the opportunity to have access to a good artistic environment and a stage to show themselves."

"I was once invited to study in Central Asia, and I went to Kyrgyzstan. Before the 90s, many famous artists were born there. These outstanding art students from remote countries can be sent to the empire through the Soviet Union's internal education system. Center, and then radiate the world through the amplifier of Moscow. But in the past 30 to [-] years, the art there has been broken, not because there are no new excellent blood, but because they have lost the ability to contact with the world's avant-garde trends. It became an art desert isolated from the world."

"Many painters who paint well never get the chance to show themselves in their lifetime."

Mrs. Sakai saw that Kazunari Sakai's tone was a little too harsh, and wanted to say something.

"Sigh... Xiaosong is right. Selling paintings online for a living is a bit too unorthodox for an artist."

Professor Sakai did not express his promise to his wife this time.

He shrugged and asked: "If every painter can get a status that matches his ability, then Van Gogh would not live his life in obscurity, would he?"

When this example of the most ill-fated legendary painter in the history of art came out, the cafe fell into a brief silence, and no one spoke.

"This world is so big."

Sakai Katsuko let out a breath slowly.

She originally thought that she had come into contact with the best art circle in the world since she was a child, and she also saw all kinds of outstanding young people.

Unexpectedly, when she came to Yangon this time, she not only met Gu Weijing, a young art student who was the same age as her but not much inferior to her.

Now even in the new video of Mr. Hyperion, a random online painter who appeared from nowhere showed a painting skill similar to that of a professor from the famous Britannia Academy of Fine Arts.

A trace of excitement flashed in Sakai Katsuko's eyes, but also a trace of disappointment.

If it is said that Gu Weijing, a peer of the same age, brought him only the competitive spirit to compete.

This unknown online painter brought her this talented girl who was touted by the RB media as a once-in-a-century genius girl, and she was left with nothing but frustration.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

she knows,
The level shown by these two illustrations is already a completely different level of competition.

Taro Komatsu, who was reprimanded by Professor Sakai, is silent now.

Taro Komatsu suddenly realized something. He lowered his head and was busy pressing his phone.

"Hell, this could be a wildly talented painter."

Komatsu Taro no longer cares about why this mysterious illustrator sells illustrations online for a living.

He thinks more.

He originally wanted to get in touch with Professor Leigh Louise, because he judged that as long as Professor Louise's paintings were impressive enough, he would take advantage of the popularity of Mr. Hyperion's new video and the popularity of people's topics.

The value of the professor from the British Academy of Fine Arts should have increased considerably.

However, compared with the professor at the British Academy of Fine Arts, the illustrator who is still selling paintings online is obviously a better choice.

It's more profitable to process ready-made gold bars into gold jewelry and sell them, or to find a high-purity gold vein that has not been mined somewhere.

Compared with well-known painters who have become famous, any gallery or oil painting agent is more inclined to dig out some unknown treasures.

In the internationally accepted benchmark contract, the sharing contract between the gallery and the represented artist is roughly 3:7.

That is to say, a painting can be sold for 1000 yuan, 300 yuan goes to the gallery, and the remaining 700 yuan goes to the artist himself.

However, this ratio is actually not very meaningful.

On the balance of contracts, the painter and the gallery, whoever is more important will have more room for choice.

The first contract that Komatsu Gallery gives to newcomers who are not well-known in the market generally takes more than 60.00% of the first contract.

No one thinks there is anything wrong with this ratio. It is a great honor for a newcomer to be favored by Komatsu Gallery, which has abundant art resources.

But when it comes to the level of well-known painters, this ratio will continue to decrease.

At the level of Uncle Sakai, the right to choose is in the hands of the artist himself.

They generally hold long-term contracts. If they want to poach such artists, the signing fee alone starts in the order of several million dollars, and this is just the beginning of the negotiation. You even need to consider giving them a certain dry stock.

Komatsu Gallery is only No. [-] in Osaka, but not the No. [-] in the world. If they don’t offer an astronomical amount of chips, why should they let you represent them?

"No, wait, these two paintings don't seem to be similar."

Uncle Sakai's head suddenly stretched forward, he squinted his eyes, and looked forward as hard as he could, as if he wanted to get closer to the picture frame in Anna's hand in the camera.

He worked so hard that even Professor Sakai's long-lost neck reappeared.

"Ten percent?" the wife asked strangely.

"It's not right, it's really not right."

Uncle Sakai stared at the screen tightly, and suddenly coughed: "Although I can't see clearly in the current video, and I can't confirm who painted the two paintings, but the second painting is obviously better."

"And I even feel unbelievably good."

(End of this chapter)