Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Chapter 173: Visiting an exhibition, a chance to get something for free
Early in the morning, Jiang Zhe woke up and turned to look at Sister Liao beside him.

Sister Liao, who was sleeping, was still clinging to Jiang Zhe tightly.

Jiang Zhe enjoyed this feeling very much, and only got up and washed up when he felt Sister Liao seemed to wake up.

He came out of the bathroom and saw Sister Liao had sat up. "Are you awake? Do you want to eat?"

Sister Liao looked at Jiang Zhe approaching with mixed feelings. She thought that after a period of separation, the relationship between the two would gradually become distant, but unexpectedly, as time passed, both she and Jiang Zhe became more and more passionate.

She recalled the scene of last night and took a bite of Jiang Zhe.

Jiang Zhe responded with a smile until Sister Liao begged for mercy.

"Besides visiting the exhibition, do you have any other plans for this trip to the provincial capital?" Sister Liao pretended to be talking about business, trying to distract Jiang Zhe's attention.

Jiang Zhe talked about the school’s arrangements.

Sister Liao sat next to Jiang Zhe and gradually regained her sanity: "I heard that the Binhai Art Association has recently held several events in the provincial capital. You should seldom attend their events."

Jiang Zhe said: "I remember it, but they didn't invite me."

Sister Liao sneered, "When your work was shortlisted, a few people were not convinced. When your two works are shortlisted for the provincial annual exhibition and the college students' joint exhibition of calligraphy and painting, some people will realize it and come to invite you."

Jiang Zhe probably guessed the hidden meaning behind Sister Liao's words: "Did you help?"

Sister Liao shook her head: "I understand your persistence and ideals, and I will not interfere excessively. I just want to ensure that your work can participate fairly."

Hearing Sister Liao say this, Jiang Zhe felt much better.

Sister Liao pushed Jiang Zhe. "I have something else to do, so I can't stay long." She quickly washed up and quietly left the hotel.

After Jiang Zhe saw Sister Liao off, he came to the hotel's buffet restaurant. After a busy night, he was already hungry, and he ate nearly two people's breakfast by himself.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, teachers and students gathered and rushed to the provincial capital art museum. As the highest-level art museum in the province, it is far superior to the art college's art museum in all aspects.

On that day, in addition to exhibiting works by famous Russian artists, the venue also exhibited works from the art museum's collection.

Jiang Zhe followed the team of teachers and students to visit dozens of works invited to the exhibition.

At the entrance of the venue, he first saw the preface to the exhibition.

Because this exhibition mainly features works by painters of the Itinerant Art School, the school is also specially introduced in the preface.

Kramskoy and fourteen other painters, when they graduated from the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts, were dissatisfied with the academy's requirement to designate painting themes, which led to the creation of the Itinerant Art School.

Jiang Zhe saw the catalogue of the exhibition works listed in the preface. Although there were no world-famous works, there were works by Repin and Kramskoy.

There is no need to say much about Repin. Many Chinese people have seen the painting "Barge Haulers on the Volga" and studied the text.

Kramskoy is not as famous as Repin in China, but he has a well-known masterpiece "The Unknown Girl".

In the carriage, the girl sits sideways, looking down with her head turned, looking proud and self-respecting. Under her calm expression, she may be a lonely and proud soul. This work has aroused the curiosity of all viewers. Everyone wants to know who this unknown girl is, but there is no answer.

Jiang Zhe is looking forward to seeing the works of these two painters.

Because there were so many people visiting the exhibition, the crowd moved slowly and orderly under the guidance of the staff.

He saw the most anticipated works one after another.

Repin's work depicting a dog.

Kramskoy's works include A Lady Reading and Two Studies.

Because he couldn't stop to appreciate it, he had to try hard to experience the beauty of it, observe and remember the details of the picture within the limited time.

In addition to focusing on the works of these two painters, he also carefully appreciated other works.

Jiang Zhe admired the works on display and felt that he was still not satisfied, so he ran back to queue up again and watch them again with the crowd.

At noon, when teachers and students were having lunch together, he was still recalling what he had gained that morning.

In the afternoon, we continued to visit the exhibition. The teachers organized students to visit other works in the art gallery.

Jiang Zhe felt that this was a rare opportunity, so instead of going to other exhibitions, he queued up again to see the works of the Itinerant Exhibition School.

Because he repeatedly looked at the works, the staff noticed him.

Jiang Zhe ignored the scrutinizing looks and admired it with full concentration.

When he passed by Kramskoy's work for the fourth time, he heard the system prompt sound.

He walked to a less crowded place to take a short rest and took the opportunity to turn on the system.

A prompt appears on the system page:
The painter continuously observed Kramskoy's original works and had the opportunity to observe the famous artist's creations.

Scope of observation: limited to three works by Kramskoy.

Observation time: limited to 24 hours.

Jiang Zhe understood the hint and was very excited.

Visiting the original works of famous artists also gives you a chance to see them for free. Although there are some restrictions on viewing, it is still very valuable.

Because of time constraints, he wanted to use the observation opportunity as soon as possible, but there was no suitable occasion now.

After the visit, he bought a picture album with the works from this exhibition.

After the visit, everyone was free to move around. Teacher Hu specifically reminded the students not to act alone and to travel in groups.

Jiang Zhe was eager to use the opportunity to observe and rushed directly back to the hotel where he was staying.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel lobby, he met Wang Zhen who had been waiting for him.

The two talked on the phone, and Wang really wanted to invite him to participate in the event.

Jiang Zhe declined on the phone, but unexpectedly, she came to him directly.

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, he had no choice but to follow Wang Zhen to participate in the event. He made up his mind not to fight to the bitter end.

The event location is not far from the hotel.

The two entered the banquet hall of a hotel.

Dozens of members of the Binhai Art Society were seated at several tables, feasting and drinking, creating a lively atmosphere.

Several people who knew Wang Zhen and Jiang Zhe saw them come in and greeted them with a smile.

Chairman Cui put down his cup and came over to shake hands with Jiang Zhe: "Jiang Zhe, congratulations. Six watercolor works from Binhai have been shortlisted, and your work is one of them."

Jiang Zhe hurriedly said a few humble words.

President Cui invited the two to sit down and introduced him to the people who were shortlisted for this exhibition.

Many members of Binhai Art Society were shortlisted for this annual exhibition. The three categories of Chinese painting, oil painting and watercolor were the most, while calligraphy and sculpture were very rare.

Jiang Zhe noticed that the work of Bi Puguang, with whom he had conflicts, was also shortlisted.

He didn't drink, he just chatted.

A group of painters, after having a good meal and a few drinks, held a painting meeting under the influence of alcohol.

In Jiang Zhe's opinion, the so-called calligraphy meeting was just nonsense. Everyone gathered around a large piece of rice paper, you drew a stroke, he drew a part, it looked lively, but in fact it was not at all.

He found an excuse to leave the party and returned to the hotel.

The teachers and students who went out for fun have returned to the hotel one after another.

Professor Qin called together the students who were participating in the joint exhibition of calligraphy and painting by college students and conveyed the good news: all their works were shortlisted.

(End of this chapter)