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

In the morning, Jiang Zhe met Jacques not far from the Venice Academy Museum.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Francesca and little Amy also came.

This meeting was facilitated by Francesca, who has been working hard to build her own network. Little Amy is also willing to meet more painters.

Although Jacques has already gained a certain degree of fame, he is also willing to make more friends.

The meeting place was very close to a museum, and they quickly decided to go sightseeing together.

"That white building is the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, which houses one of the best collections of modern art in the world." Little Amy introduced it to everyone when they passed a bridge.

Jiang Zhe said: "I don't understand the relationship between the Guggenheim Museums."

Francesca said: “The collection of this museum all comes from Peggy Guggenheim, the most influential female art collector of the 20th century. In 1898, Peggy Blenheim was born into the Guggenheim family, the richest family in the United States.

Her uncle, Solomon Guggenheim, was the founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York.”

Jacques said: "I have read her relevant information. Peggy came to Paris to settle down at the age of 23. What fascinated Peggy at first was not art, but literature. She had no art education background and evaluated herself before the age of 40. She knew nothing about modern art and could not even distinguish between abstract art and surrealism.

However, she is surrounded by a group of key figures in the history of modern European art in the 20th century, such as Nobel Prize winner in Literature Beckett.

With their advice and help, Peggy gradually embarked on the path of collecting and promoting modern art.”

Perhaps it was related to his country, so Jacques spoke with great familiarity when introducing this information.

In 1938, she founded the Young Guggenheim Gallery in London and introduced the works of Kandinsky, Constantine, Calder and others in the UK with avant-garde aesthetics.

During World War II, she used her connections to help European artists flee to the United States, and bought a large number of artworks at a rate of almost one piece a day, which made her collection include almost all the works of modern art masters in Europe at that time. Paul Klee, Miró, Picasso, Mondrian, Dali, Chirico, Giacometti, Ernst, etc. "

Listening to his introduction, several people walked into the museum and toured the courtyard full of green plants.

"In 1942, Peggy returned to the United States and established her second gallery in New York. In addition to actively recommending European avant-garde painters to the American public, she also discovered American abstract expressionist masters including Pollock and Rothko, and thus collected the world's most complete collection of Pollock's works."

Little Amy said, "I also know what's going to happen next. Can I tell you about it?"

"Of course." Jacques understood the girl's competitive spirit.

"After the end of World War II, Peggy returned to Europe and bought this palace in Venice in 1949 as her residence and to house her art collection." Perhaps it was related to her hometown, so her introduction was full of pride.

"In the following 30 years, she focused on sharing her collection in Venice, allowing more people to understand and appreciate modern art. After her death in 1979, this place was converted into one of the best private modern art museums in the world, which is today's Peggy Guggenheim Museum. Guggenheim's ashes are buried in a corner of the garden."

A few people walked to a stone tablet, and Little Amy wanted to introduce them: "In addition to the large number of precious artworks she collected throughout her life, she was accompanied by her fourteen beloved dogs. Guggenheim's beloved Venice also honored her as the last Duchess of Venice."

Jiang Zhe said: "Do you admire this collector?"

Little Amy replied: "Of course, she left a valuable legacy to Venice."

Jacques said to Jiang Zhe: "What do you feel after listening to our introductions?"

Jiang Zhe said: "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Several people nodded.

Jiang Zhe said: "I noticed several interesting things. First, the collector was very wealthy. Second, many writers and artists were around her. Third, the collector played an important role in making some important modern artists well-known."

Jacques and Francesca smiled but said nothing. Little Amy was stunned for a moment, then gradually understood what Jiang Zhe meant.

Francesca whispered to her, “Art cannot be created in a vacuum.

Most people who are struggling to make a living will not use their living expenses to collect the works of unknown painters. When the works of this painter rise to high prices, only a few people can afford them. "

She felt that since little Amy wanted to take this path, she had to understand some principles.

After that, the few of them stopped talking about this topic and came to the exhibition area to appreciate the collections there.

While appreciating a Pollock painting, Jiang Zhe and Jacques talked about their previous views.

“Previous art had clear themes. For example, the Venetian school emphasized the independence and importance of color, but that was only relative to other elements of painting. Color itself still served a certain theme.

In modern times, art has become a way for artists to express their personal subjective feelings. For example, when colors are liberated, pure colors themselves can become works of art. "

Jacques said: "I think that appreciating modern art without a theme is a direct communication between the work and the viewer, and the viewer can interpret the artwork according to his own understanding. For example, this masterpiece of the painter Pollock - Alchemy.

He spread the canvas directly on the ground and had no fixed position when painting, moving around the canvas.

This way, the picture has no center and no structure. I have seen some video materials.

He uses a box with small holes or a paintbrush to splash the paint directly onto the canvas, and sometimes he uses a sprayer to sprinkle some diluted drinks on it.

He said and imitated.

At that time, the dissemination of video materials was not as widespread as in later generations, and Jiang Zhe and Xiao Amy listened very carefully.

"Pollock used unconscious movements to paint images of ever-changing colors and intricate lines on the canvas."

Francesca said: "In the modern era, art has begun to break away from the constraints of themes, history, tradition, morality, aesthetics and other concepts, and has become more and more free."

Jacques said: "Yes, for example, Pollock put the canvas on the ground, which broke away from the traditional creation, where the canvas had to be facing up, and made art creation an act that can be done from all directions and angles. Some people say that Bullock's paintings are meaningless scribbles without organization, but there are also comments that Pollock is the greatest painter of his time."

Jiang Zhe didn't understand Pollock's works, but he was willing to listen to other people's opinions, so he asked: "What do you think? These works or this painter?"

“It’s hard to give an evaluation,” Jacques said.

Pollock said that appreciating his work is a matter between the work itself and the viewer. In his later years, he even refused to name his works, but only gave them numbers. The numbers were neutral because he believed that names would mislead viewers and make them look for the so-called meaning of the painting based on the name. Sometimes, one still has to find an answer.

This neglects direct communication with the artwork itself.

Why does there have to be an answer?"

This sentence has some philosophical meaning.

Jiang Zhe couldn't tell right from wrong for a moment, and little Amy seemed to be thinking about something.

Francesca didn't want to bother studying these issues. She was happy that although the opinions of several people were different, they got along quite well.

(End of this chapter)