The Book of Appreciation

Doraemon saw Wu Di's attention, and said after hearing a few words:

"Fifth brother, it seems that the gallery is going to withdraw those Chinese paintings and replace them with some new ones they bought, which happened to be seen by the overseas students who sell the paintings, and the time to talk about the contract has not yet come..."

Wu Di frowned, walked over, and asked a young man with an unshaven beard and a face full of grief and indignation:

"Are you the author of these paintings?"

The man nodded, with the excitement of seeing fellow villagers in his eyes,

"The contract expires tomorrow, and they're going to kick me out today. Isn't that what bullying is?"

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. I just saw those paintings of yours, and they are not bad. You ask them to be taken off the shelves, and I will buy them when I get them to the door of the store. They will be pissed off! Hahahaha."

Wu Di finally got over the addiction of bullying others who couldn't understand what he said, and he almost couldn't close his mouth with joy.

The young man's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he finally met someone who appreciated it!If it wasn't for the imminent break, he would not be willing to sell these paintings. These are the masterpieces of his 20 years of painting practice, and he plans to keep them for his own collection in the future!

Shui Tianfeng was originally a high-achieving student in a domestic calligraphy and painting academy, but because his painting style was not liked by his instructor, he saw that among his classmates, those whose paintings were obviously worse than his were often recommended to go out for exhibitions and win prizes, he went abroad angrily, hoping Find your way in this so-called fair world.However, even if it is an ink painting that incorporates a little western technique, it is still an ink painting. If you want to stand out here, it may be more difficult than in China!

It's just a pity that when he realized this truth, he was already at the end of his life, and he couldn't even afford the air ticket to return to China, and he was too embarrassed to reach out to his parents who were already living in poverty in order to help him learn painting...

"Wait a minute, I'll take a look at these paintings."

Wu Di watched the clerk hang up a few unsigned oil paintings in the vacant space while they were chatting, smiled slightly, and was about to leave the store when suddenly, his eyes were attracted by a still life painting.

This is a still life painting of apples. The artist carefully arranged the tilted apple basket and wine bottle on the screen, and scattered some other apples randomly among the peaks formed by the tablecloth. There is also a small pastry. The plates are placed at the back of the table.

The whole picture has a strong sense of substance, balanced composition and reasonable structure, giving people a dignified, thick and constant feeling.

Could this be Cézanne's "Still Life with a Basket of Apples"?How could it be put on display in this corner?When Wu Di saw that the clerk put a price tag on it, he couldn't believe his eyes. Such a world-renowned masterpiece only costs 5000 euros!Did you miss a million characters?Oh, I made a mistake, this is not Huaxia, there is no such swastika...

"Please put this painting away for me, Doraemon, you go to pay the bill, remember to ask for a sales receipt."

Wu Di didn't even bother to use the heavenly book to verify it, so he just asked Doraemon to pay the bill and leave. If such a work is exposed to people at this price, even if it is only a second longer, it may cause unknown consequences.

The clerk was very happy. A friend of his privately entrusted him to help with these paintings. He promised the manager a little favor, and that fat Catherine acquiesced in allowing him to take away Shui Tianfeng's two days.Unexpectedly, this young man not only dealt with that poor Huaxia painter, but also fell in love with the most expensive painting within a minute after he hung it up!This unremarkable young man turned out to be a vassal and elegant local tyrant from China!He felt a little regretful, he would have set a higher standard if he knew earlier...

"Sir, why don't you look at these pictures again, look at the woman in this portrait, she is quiet and beautiful, then look at this one..."

Wu Di saw a few people not far away noticing the movement here, looking at them frequently, as if they would come over soon, and said impatiently:

"Help me put it away, I want it all."

"Oh my God, sir, your generosity is more touching than the sun that day, it's really..."

While talking, he quickly rolled up several paintings, put them into the painting tubes that had not been cleaned up in time, and handed them to the waiting army division, and he was about to take the doraemon to pay the bill.

"Wait... Boss, that painting should be at the Art Institute of Chicago now. Although this one looks pretty good, five thousand is really a bit expensive..."

Shui Tianfeng saw that Wu Di only took one look, and took down those oil paintings with a total price of more than [-] euros. He wanted to stop him but was afraid that he would become angry and would not even want his paintings... The deal was completed, and in a hurry, he couldn't care more, grabbed the Doraemon, and whispered those words in Wu Di's ear.

Wu Di smiled and nodded, this person is not bad, thanks to his help just now.He signaled the doraemon to follow to pay the bill, then took the paint tube that the military division handed him, without opening it, fiddled with it casually, and returned it.

That's right, the "Still Life with Basket of Apples" here, maybe it shouldn't be called that, is it really Paul?Cézanne's work!This Paul?Cézanne is not the same name and surname, but is really the post-impressionist master who was called "the father of modern art" or "the father of modern painting" by Western modern painters. He was praised as the "father of new art" in France since the end of the 19th century. The famous painter Paul ?Cézanne!

Every painter has a subject that he likes or is good at, and he will never leave only one work on this subject.But often for some reason, one of these fine works of the same theme will be praised by some critics, and gradually a situation is created. There will be a huge gap in price for works that are similar in price.And for some people who don't know these painters well, they think that there should be only one piece of this theme, and the others are all fakes!

Shui Tianfeng obviously fell into such a misunderstanding.Wu Di looked at the frown of this downcast peer, and decided to test him again.

"I heard that Van Gogh loved sunflowers very much. He probably painted dozens of related themes in his life, but there are only a dozen of them handed down from generation to generation..."

Shui Tianfeng suddenly realized that this is a companion piece!He looked at Wu Di with disbelief, what did this young man who looked younger than him just do?A painting worth at least 5000 million euros, no, probably 8000 million euros, was Cézanne's "Still Life with a Basket of Apples" which he bought for 20 euros!is it possible?Did he just take a look and be sure that the painting was by Cézanne?But he has been studying painting for [-] years, not only saw it earlier than him, but also took more than one look at it, and he is still indifferent?

"8000 million euros? It shouldn't be that much, right? But 5000 million euros should be a fair price."

Shui Tianfeng hesitated for a moment and said:

"Do you know Paul Cézanne's The Card Players, one of Paul Cézanne's most beloved works?"

"You know, Cézanne has painted 5 pieces of "The Card Players". Except for one that is in the private collection of the Greek ship magnate George Amy Blix, the other 4 pieces are all collected in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Waiting for the world's major museums, what happened?"

"I heard that someone recently asked to buy the painting of Ship King in private. Do you know the asking price?"

"It is said that his collection is considered to be the "darkest" one in the series of Cézanne's "Card Players". I remember Gary Tintero, the curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, once commented, "This painting is omitted. After the unnecessary elements in the previous pictures, it presents the most fundamental appearance. ". Over the past few decades, there have been constant buyers of that painting. What? Has it finally exceeded [-] million this time?"

"More than [-] million? This should be the price a few years ago. I heard that the buyer this time is the royal family of Qatar, and the asking price is as high as [-] million pounds! But the ship king still hasn't agreed to sell it!"

"5000 million? Or pounds? How is this possible..."

"This news has basically been confirmed. It is said that the royal family of Qatar has put down their words. If the ship king wants to sell it, you can contact them directly, and the price can be negotiated. If the painting just now is really a work of Cézanne, hehe, 8000 million pounds may not be sold, 8000 million euros should be no problem, right?"

There was no smile in Shui Tianfeng's hehe. He said so many words, but he still couldn't get rid of his nervousness. 8000 million euros, what is this concept?This number has exceeded the limit of his imagination, because he remembers a sentence, a sentence that one of his best friends once told him, if there are 800 million RMB, based on his current level, he can easily find someone Make him popular as a well-known domestic second-tier emerging painter!

800 million yuan, 8000 million euros... He shook his head sadly. The five crystallizations of his painstaking efforts can be sold for [-] euros, which is enough for him to return to China. It's humiliating.

"Let's go, I think it's no problem for you to be a second-rate in China. Why did you come here to suffer?"

Wu Di was in a good mood, he had such a huge gain in his first shot, it could be regarded as the luck brought to him by this young man, if it didn't bother him, he wouldn't mind giving him a hand.

"It's hard to find a market for my style of painting in China. My teacher and fellow apprentices look down on me! I didn't expect it to be more difficult to mix abroad, but I will not give up this path! Thank you, I can buy it once. These are my five works. I am going back to China, if there is fate, I think we will meet again."

Shui Tianfeng's expression was full of gloom and confusion at the beginning, but gradually, with the high pitch of his tone, his spirits also lifted up, and in the end, he seemed to have got rid of all negative emotions.

Wu Di nodded secretly, took out a business card and handed it to him.

"I will return to China in about half a month. If you need help with anything, you can call me at any time." (To be continued.)