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Chapter 693 Who took away Zao Wou-ki's painting

"So I can't make up my mind, it's just a feeling!" Cai Chihuang took another sip of his wine.

Yu Yao tilted his head, looked at Cai Chihuang and said, "I used to think that you are the kind of person who 'lives among a hundred flowers and never touches your body'. When you encounter this kind of distress, you should make a clean break."

"Actually, without this kind of distress, maybe a quarrel can make a clean break. With this kind of distress, I focused on her more, and ended up getting deeper and deeper." Cai Chihuang looked at Yu Yao, " The old man told me that I can ask you for advice if I can't make a decision; but you don't seem to be able to help with this matter. "

"I'm sure I can't help you now, but...but I won't see you in the future. Besides, how long have you guys recovered, and you can't reach the point where you can talk about marriage, right?"

"You mean nothing more than letting me drag you?"

"Maybe it won't take long."

"You seem to know something."

"If I know, I'll tell you." Yu Yao really didn't know either.He just thought of the person who took away the firewood kiln.If Xia Zhu is one of them, then the purpose of getting close to him may be the same as getting close to him.

However, there is no basis for this, or even clues.At least, you have to wait for more information to get more information when you take over Taizhan; moreover, you may not be able to get any information when you take over Taizhan.

"Okay. But speaking out, I seem to feel better."

Let's stop drinking and go back to the hotel.

The next morning was the calligraphy and painting session, Yu Yao and Shen Ge went, but Chi Huang didn't go, Xu Shi still fell asleep in the room, because he drank much more than Yu Yao.

Zhong Yu and Xian Dan also did not go.Zhong Yu is indeed not very interested, but the main reason for not going is because of Xian Dan. After all, Xian Dan is still a child. He went for two days and saw the most interesting porcelain, so he felt bored and wanted to go shopping in Hong Kong Island. Zhong Yu Yu went with him and bought him something by the way.A large part of Zhong Yu's dedication to Xian Dan was due to Zhong Qiansu.

Yu Yao went because he was very interested in a painting by Wu Bin, a painter of the Ming Dynasty.

This is a hanging scroll of a Buddha statue, and it was also one of the hot spots of the calligraphy and painting auction that day.Quite a number of people are very enthusiastic about the collections related to sacred immortals and Buddhas. From a superficial level, they all want to pray to gods and Buddhas to bless themselves.

Yu Yao is not this kind of person, what he is interested in is Wu Bin.

Wu Bin was a painter in the late Ming Dynasty. In terms of conventional titles, he was not comparable to the four Ming masters, but titles, especially conventional titles, sometimes did not reflect strength.

Wu Bin's name is actually not small, it's just that laymen know relatively little about it.

It is no exaggeration to say that Wu Bin is a master of traditional Chinese painting.His works are mainly landscapes and Buddha statues; in his later years, he painted the most Buddha statues and his brushwork became more proficient.The Buddha statue has a strange shape and is self-contained.

And Wu Bin is not an ordinary painter, he is a court painter.In the Ming Dynasty, there was no system of painting academy. The so-called court painters were generally affiliated to the ministries and provinces.During the Wanli period, Wu Bin was summoned by Zhu Yijun, the emperor of Wanli, and was taught by Zhongshu Sheren and the head of the Ministry of Industry to enshrine him in the inner court.

Many of Wu Bin's paintings are now included in major museums.And those living among the people also fetched high prices.Ten years ago, his work "Eighteen Yingzhen Picture Scrolls" once sold for a high price of 1.69 million.Yingzhen roughly means arhat; eighteen yingzhen means eighteen arhats.

Of course, the price of calligraphy and painting is not simply due to the author himself. This is just a basis and a lower limit. How high the upper limit can be depends on the subject matter and scale, whether it is a proud work and how well it is performed. There are many other factors. .For example, Qi Baishi's works are also worth hundreds of millions or hundreds of thousands.

Yu Yao saw this hanging scroll of Buddha statue at the preview, and there was nothing wrong with it.The painting started at 800 million yuan, and finally sold for more than 6000 million yuan.

This is not the highest price of the calligraphy and painting auction that day.The highest price was not an ancient Huaxia painting, but a modern work, or an oil painting.

Moreover, this oil painting has no title yet, so it is marked as "Untitled".

"Untitled" sold for 700 million.

This is a work by Zao Wou-Ki.

Strictly speaking, Zao Wou-Ki is not Chinese, or he is Chinese and French.He died less than ten years ago. He was born in Yanjing in 1921. He studied painting in Hangzhou when he was young, and later went to many European countries. He became a French citizen in the 60s.The dual background makes his paintings have both the spirit of the East and the imagery of the West; some oil paintings have no painting title or are titled with digital dates.

Before his death, Zao Wou-ki was known as the most expensive Chinese artist in the world, and his works sold for tens of millions, with the highest reaching over 4.5 million.

Zao Wou-ki not only has high artistic achievements, but also has close relationships with many great artists.

When he was a teenager, he studied painting at the Hangzhou Academy of Art. At that time, the person in charge of the art academy was the famous Lin Fengmian. There were also famous artists such as Pan Tianshou and Wu Dayu who mentored Zao Wou-ki.Zao Wou-ki and Zhang Daqian are also good friends.

After Zao Wou-ki arrived in France, he had his own studio in the southern gallery, which was adjacent to the studio of an 80-year-old man.Although this old man is very old, he is still addicted to painting, so addicted that he rarely sees his own children.

However, this old man had a good relationship with Zao Wou-Ki. Sometimes when he couldn’t see Zao Wou-Ki in the gallery, he would ask other people, “Is that short Chinese man here?”

This 80-year-old man is named Picasso.

Someone once commented on Zao Wou-ki, saying that his artistic achievements are not inferior to those of Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong, and his contribution to Western art exchanges also surpassed that of Zhang Daqian.

Yu Yaoyu is not an expert in oil painting, but Zao Wou-ki's "Untitled" has aroused his great attention, because the person who took it away was actually Xie Hanwen.

Yu Yao had never seen Xie Hanwen before, but he had seen pictures and related videos of Xie Hanwen. Because of Xie Zhihao, he had searched and watched them.

This painting was taken by Xie Hanwen himself. He is older than what Yu Yao saw in the pictures and videos. However, compared to ordinary seventy-year-olds, he still looks younger.

Yu Yao didn't see Xie Zhihao, and the person next to Xie Hanwen was a calm middle-aged man in his 50s, who should be a driver or an assistant, obviously it couldn't be Xie Zhiying.

After winning the bid, Xie Hanwen left quickly without staying for a moment.

In the calligraphy and painting field in the morning, there were not many things, but there were many high-quality goods. While looking at them, Yu Yao also calculated the price trend.

After the auction ended, Yu Yao received a call from Cai Chihuang: "Have you gone to the auction site?"

"Just finished, you still want me to treat you to lunch?"

"Why don't you call me? Didn't you agree last night?"

"Are you ready? I can't remember."

"Forget it, let me ask you, who took away Zao Wou-ki's oil paintings?"

(End of this chapter)