The Book of Appreciation

The old woman came out with a smile, looked at the people carefully, and said:

"Young people, are you an international student? It's not far from the University of Finance and Economics. It's really a good idea to buy a house here."

Wen Lan smiled and said:

"Then do you always know how much his house will sell for?"

The old woman smiled and shook her head,

"No, no, old Brechko's house has never been heard of for sale. He said he would come back when he left! However, there are two houses on this street that are eager to sell. If you want to If you want, I can contact them for you, those two houses have just been renovated, and they look much more beautiful than this one."

Wen Lan blinked her eyes and said nothing. She couldn't tell this enthusiastic old lady that they came here for this house, right?

The green snake smiled and said softly:

"Grandma, you know, we don't have enough money, and this house looks like the most dilapidated house in this area, so..."

The old woman looked stunned, she nodded and said:

"How about I show you the two houses first. If you think the price is not right, I'll try to see if I can contact Brechko. What do you think?"

Wu Di smiled wryly, well, if Zhang Luo runs away, the lie will be exposed, but it is enough for two people to visit the house, and he will stay here to see if he can learn from those paintings. see something.

Neither Wen Lan nor Meng Yao had ever seen a German residence, so they followed the old lady with Yanhuang and Green Snake, and Sparrow stayed with Wu Di.

"Sparrow, go around the neighborhood and see if there is any real estate company or the like. Maybe this house will be listed for sale there."

The sparrow smiled and said:

"Fifth brother, don't worry, we'll talk about it after they finish watching."

Wu Di frowned, well, the most he stayed here was to just stare at him in a daze, could it be possible to see through his clairvoyance?

Leaning against the back wall of the house opposite Brechko's, Wu Di lit a cigarette and fell into thought.

Did Brechko even know about the existence of these paintings?If they knew it and kept it sealed up like this, then the origin of these paintings would be very suspicious.But if you don't know, then who hid these paintings?After so many years, don't you have any intention to take it out?

He looked into it again, stared at a box, and tried his best to identify the author of the oil painting on the top. Perhaps, if he figured out the author of these paintings, he could guess their origin.

This... seems to be the work of Picasso?After just two glances, Wu Di came to the conclusion that yes, this is Picasso's work.Although this picture seems to have never been seen in the materials, he is very familiar with the inscription, because it can be seen in almost every material about European and American oil paintings.

Huge torrent of spiritual energy, the first opening is Picasso... He couldn't help but whistle softly, if this box is full of such things, if he can't buy a house, he will kill and organize people It's worth it to grab one!

Trying to control the plane of sight, he saw the signature of the second oil painting, and decided, if he can't buy a house, he should be ready to grab it!

In the third picture, in almost the same position, he saw the familiar signature again... My God, are you really going to let me organize a robbery?He slapped himself hard on the thigh, girl, what author do you think it's okay?Well now, see, satisfied?But if these paintings don't reach his hands in the end, wouldn't he have to toss and turn thinking about them every day?

***, anyway, it's already like this, then read on, if you really dare to have a whole box of old man Bi's, even if I can't buy a house, I really dare to rob you!

It wasn't until I saw the sixth one that the signature became another person's.This signature is very scribbled, and he probably has never seen it before in his memory, but it can be put together with Picasso's, no matter how bad it is, it should not be far behind.

In the second box, Wu Di struggled with the signature as soon as it came up, because he remembered that he had definitely seen this font, but he couldn't remember it clearly... There is no way, let's try to spell it, although the writing is so sloppy ...

La... Fei... Er?Raphael?Wu Di was taken aback, he carefully looked at the signature again, yes, it was Raphael!This is actually the work of Raphael, who together with Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo is known as the "Three Masters of Renaissance Art"!This is actually the oil painting of Raphael, who died suddenly of a high fever at the age of 37, and not many works have been handed down!

Oops, if you don't get it now, you will really kill yourself...

Raphael has more than one work, and the second one is also his!Below are two early representatives of the Baroque school, the first Baroque painter in Europe, Rubens Peter?Paul?Rubens, below, he didn't recognize...

Wait, there is a problem. If there are too many works by Picasso, it is understandable that some of them are not recorded. However, there are only so many works by Raphael. It is impossible for these two works to have no information at all. Bar?However, Wu Di thought about all the materials about European oil paintings that he had read, but he didn't remember where there was an introduction about these two paintings. Damn it, did he read it wrong?

He shook his head, he couldn't be mistaken, the style of the painting, plus the signature, must be Raphael's!So why have you never heard of it?

He thought about it for a while, but there were no relevant information on the painting, and there were generally several situations.One is that the author collected his paintings before his reputation was revealed, and then the descendants were not in the collection circle or for other reasons, did not make a statement.Another common situation is that because the time is too long, the relevant information is lost, and the painting is also missing at the same time...

A long time is only one aspect of data loss. If the time is long and it is a peaceful era, then even if it is lost, it will not go anywhere.But will it always be an era of peace?

Wu Di took a deep breath, he should have found the origin of these paintings.

In the 30s, Hitler's Nazi Party came to power in Germany.After coming to power, the Nazis not only vigorously transformed Germany's politics and economy, but also attached great importance to the transformation of the cultural field.

Hitler opposed Impressionism and criticized and rejected modern art, so the Nazis began to attack modern art in Germany.However, although the Nazis hated modern art, they clearly understood the value of these works of art.These works of art were banned and confiscated, but sold to other countries through art dealers or auctions, and the proceeds from the sale of paintings were used to fund the fascist war.

The looting of domestic art in Germany was just a prelude, and the real catastrophe of European art came after the outbreak of World War II.This time, the Nazis not only targeted those "degenerate" arts, but also aimed more at the classical artworks they admired.To this end, Hitler also carefully organized a special force whose task was to carry out large-scale robbery of precious cultural relics, gold and silver treasures in various countries in a planned manner.

Under the influence of Hitler, Nazi leaders followed suit, looting European art into private pockets.

These oil paintings here, Wu Di suspected that some Nazi leader hid them after looting them!Well, it will be clear to find someone to ask about the history of this house.

He didn't look at the rest of the boxes, because if the things here were really looted by the Nazis back then, even if they were taken out, there would be a lot of trouble.Because Jews from all over the world have long established tracing associations to urge the return of artworks looted by the Nazis in various places.There are also many descendants of Jews who have spent many years paying high legal fees to investigate and find lost artworks.

The "Washington Principles" signed by 1998 countries in 44 provided international cooperation and legal protection for the recovery of artworks looted by the Nazis.

***, he flicked the cigarette butt out fiercely. I have been robbed of so many works of art in Huaxia back then, and I have never heard of how many of these grandchildren returned them on their own initiative. Why did I get things so hard? , to return them unconditionally?No, things must be obtained, even if you stay in the basement forever without seeing the sun, you still have to stay in China's territory!

Seeing that Wu Di was in a daze, Sparrow looked around boredly.Suddenly, he saw a middle-aged woman coming from a distance from the alley, and he couldn't help standing up straight, what time to go home?Are you off work?

The woman looked up from a distance, then suddenly quickened her pace, and walked in front of them in a short while, with a pair of big gray-blue eyes scanning up and down several times, without saying a word.

At this moment, Wu Di also noticed this woman, came for them?He couldn't help frowning, what did she want to do?Could it be that, like the red cuffs all over the streets in Beijing, she is responsible for interrogating strangers?

"Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

The woman looked at the two of them again, and finally spoke.

"Our companion went to look at the house with Mrs. Merlin of this house. We will wait for them here for a while. Excuse me, are you a resident here?"

The woman smiled. She took out a bunch of keys and said with a smile:

"I'm not a resident here, I'm the worker responsible for cleaning Mr. Brechko's room. Mrs. Merlin is a good person, you are right to look for her when you buy a house..."

Wu Di and Sparrow looked at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes. Today, they were so lucky to meet the servant who cleaned Brechko's house!

"Ms., hello, first of all, let me introduce, we are students from Huaxia, we just took a fancy to this house, but because Mrs. Merlin said that Mr. Brechko is not going to sell it, and he is not in Munich now, so we brought it. My companion went to see other houses..." (To be continued.)