Chapter 1617: Calculation

"Later, when my grandfather died, it became a testament, and I have been working on it for several years, but I have very few paintings of Mr. Pablo that I can collect, and it took me a lot of effort to get back the painting "Woman in a Shirt". Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

When he said this, Adrien's expression was obviously very lost, he was not so obsessed with Picasso's paintings, but because it was his grandfather's last wish, it was always a pity that he could not fulfill it.

Huo Sining was standing next to her, she was just asking casually, but she didn't expect to get a big news by mistake.

What did she go to such great lengths to go to Dover to salvage the wreck?

In order to get a batch of European antiques, and then use those antiques to exchange Chinese cultural relics with this old earl.

Although she didn't catch any European antiques on this trip, she at least caught a dozen paintings.

If those paintings were really Picasso's work, then the Albert family's relationship with Mr. Pablo, and the old Albert's legacy, the Count Adrien would have tried his best to buy them back.

In this way, she has the initiative, and each of Picasso's paintings is in the market for tens of millions of pounds, and she has more than a dozen in her hands, which is definitely a big temptation.

And Huo Sining also knows very well what the status of Picasso's paintings has in the minds of these Europeans.

There is no doubt that Picasso was a true genius, and the twentieth century was his time, and he began his life's glorious journey of artistic exploration in an era of war and revolt, from Spain to the capital of the arts.

There are many foreign art masters, but genius artists like Mozart and Beethoven are a minority after all.

Mozart played the violin at a young age, Beethoven wrote lyrics and music at a very young age, but the works left by the two artists are actually very few, but Picasso is different, he was a prolific painter, and he created tens of thousands of paintings, which is an extremely large number.

But because Picasso was the only person in art history who saw his work included in the Louvre while still alive, Picasso's prestige was very great at the time.

At that time, almost everyone who owned Picasso's paintings knew that his paintings were worth a lot of money, and that they were likely to get more and more valuable.

It is precisely because of this that Picasso's paintings were rarely circulated on the market at that time, and many collectors who hoped to acquire Picasso's paintings were unsuccessful, because everyone knew that these paintings were of high value, and even auction houses rarely sold them.

This is also the reason why Adrian's grandfather was not able to fulfill his wishes when he was alive.

Picasso's works, the influence is global, not limited to Europe, his fame is famous all over the world, any auction house in the world, as long as there are Picasso's works for auction, even without the need to promote, will attract big collectors from all over the world to bid.

On the contrary, there are many cultural relics in Huaxia, after all, the 5,000-year-old civilization of China is not blown out, and these civilizations are vividly reflected in the Chinese cultural relics.

For example, the jade of the Neolithic Age, the bronzes and car tools, bronze mirrors, ancient coins and lacquerware of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the porcelain, pottery and Buddhist art of the Han and Tang dynasties, the poetry and paintings of the Song Dynasty, the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the doucai and enamel colors, etc., all present a complete historical picture of the 5,000-year history of the Chinese Kingdom.

In fact, each of these works can be rated as first-class cultural relics in the world, but because of the plundering of the Western powers, during the war of aggression against China, these magnificent cultural relics were divided by the powers.

Although China has a long history of 5,000 years, more than sixty percent of the precious cultural relics were lost overseas, and this figure calculated in millions directly led to a great reduction in the influence of Chinese cultural relics in the world.

Because in international art auctions, Chinese cultural relics and artworks can be seen almost everywhere, and these things can be seen everywhere, so the price naturally cannot go up, unlike Van Gogh Picasso's paintings, which caused a sensation as soon as they were taken out.

Of course, this comparison does not mean that the cultural antiquities of China are inferior to foreign antiques, but because of the blind arrogance of the early years of the Chinese country, the isolation of the country, which led to the lack of cultural dissemination, plus many of the cultural relics of China are biased towards freehand, pay attention to artistic conception, more profound and obscure, so it is rarely understood by foreigners, so some cultural relics in Western China, especially calligraphy and painting works, are obviously not as influential as Picasso in the world.

Although in recent years, with the joint hype of some international collectors and auctions, coupled with the increasing status of Huaxia in the world, Chinese cultural relics have gradually increased, but generally speaking, in the minds of many collectors in Europe and the United States, the status and value of Chinese cultural relics are still far from being compared with Picasso's works.

This may sound like a very aggrieved thing, Huaxia's works are definitely not worse than Picasso's works in terms of exquisiteness and connotation, but Picasso's works account for four of the ten most expensive paintings auctioned in the world, while there is none in ancient Chinese paintings.

However, for the time being, the humble status of Chinese cultural relics in the international community is something that Huo Sining is very happy to see.

Foreigners don't understand Chinese civilization, it doesn't mean that she Huo Sining doesn't understand.

Those are the treasures left by the ancestors, and foreigners can't appreciate them, but when they go to China, many people like them.

The more foreigners don't pay attention to Chinese cultural relics, the happier she is.

Because the more these artifacts seem to the Albert family, the more she can bargain in this negotiation.

This Adrien really gave her a pillow when she was sleepy, and she posted those gold coins on Weibo before, and the old earl rushed up to give her cultural relics, and now if the old earl knows that she has more than a dozen Picasso paintings in her hand, I don't know what the old man's expression will be?

Thinking of this, Huo Sining's heart was full of mischief, and he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Adrien, you want to collect Pablo Picasso's works so much, if I have his original handiwork in my hand, may I ask Mr. Earl what to exchange with me?"

Huo Sining made it clear that he wanted to extort money, but the old earl did not hear the intention of Huo Sining's words, as soon as he heard Huo Sining ask, his eyes suddenly lit up:

"Huo, if you really have Picasso's works in your hand, I have something here, you can choose, I am willing to exchange a painting with ten, no, twenty Chinese cultural relics with you!" (To be continued.) )