Chapter Eighty-Nine: A Chance Encounter in the Orangery

The preparation for a concert is much more and less than much, at least it is not much for Jin Haoyu, the content he is responsible for is only the macro control of a few stages of Girls' Generation, and the overall artistic effect is naturally responsible for others, after all, Li Xiuman dared to come early, and he is much more concerned about this concert in Paris for the first time than Jin Haoyu.

Artists have to wait for rehearsals back and forth, he doesn't need to keep an eye on it, it's rare to have a free trip, of course he has to take time to take a good vacation for himself.

When it comes to Paris, it has to be mentioned that it is a city of romance, a city of art, and the high-end luxury brands everywhere attract the attention of women, but they do not arouse the slightest interest in him, and he is more interested in the art here than those who are.

Walking along the Champs-Élysées and passing through the vast and magnificent Place de la Concorde, Jin Haoyu did not look at the golden-domed Egyptian Obelisk and came directly to the Tuileries Garden in the east.

The Jardin des Tuileries was once the private property of Empress Medici, and later the Tuileries Palace was built here, sandwiched between the Place de la Concorde and the Louvre.

However, Kim Ho-woo did not come here to go to the Louvre or enjoy the beautiful scenery of the park, but because in the corner of the park sits a small art museum, the Musée de l'Orangerie.

Compared with the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay on the other side of the river, this museum can be said to be small and small, and the collection is not rich, but it is Jin Haoyu's favorite art museum in Paris, because it exhibits a large number of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, and among them is Jin Haoyu's favorite French impressionist painter Monet's huge group of paintings in his later years - "Water Lilies".

After buying a ticket for only 10 euros, he climbed the stairs to the exhibition hall that he visited every time he came to Paris.

Originally, Kim Haoyu wanted to bring Kim Tae-yeon to visit here, but the other party still had a rehearsal schedule. So I had to come alone, and I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

After all, Kim Taeyeon is still very interested in painting, and he will draw and play when he has nothing to do, and he has also taught each other to draw, so this is a great place to go on a date in his heart.

However, he is also a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and he still has a clear balance between dating and work. Since the other party didn't have time, he had to come alone, and it was not too late to go somewhere else when he had time, after all, no matter where they were, the two of them were together was the most important thing, just like the sweet time on the plane when they came.

As soon as you enter the exhibition hall, the first thing that catches your eye is an oval space of nearly 100 square meters, surrounded by curved walls inlaid with huge oil paintings more than three meters high along the walls.

Kim Ho-woo came to a long chair in the center of the space and sat down quietly to admire these magnificent masterpieces that combined all the skills of the Impressionist master Claude Monet in his later years, and not only here. There are also two halls of the same size that still hang this group picture "Water Lilies".

"Water Lilies" was painted by Monet to record the pond full of water lilies in the Giverny estate in his later years, and he painted it for 12 years, from the age of 74 to his death at the age of 86, and the last period of his life was devoted to this group of huge paintings.

Jin Haoyu sat on the bench in a daze, looking at the oil painting in front of him in a daze, as if he had fallen into that colorful world, no matter how many people came and went in front of him, he still remained unmoved. It's like a wood carving.

The hall is full of visitors, but few of them make a loud noise. Even talking to each other lowered their voices.

However, Jin Haoyu, who was in a trance, suddenly felt that his shoulder was slapped hard, and he suddenly subconsciously screamed.

As soon as his mouth made a sound, he was covered by a white and tender little hand, and Jin Haoyu, who had reflected, also raised his hand to cover his mouth, and in an instant, Jin Haoyu, who was a step slower, pressed the other party's hand on his mouth.

He stared at the person in front of him in surprise who shouldn't have been here, and forgot to let go for a moment.

"What are you doing? Don't let go yet! ”

The girl saw the eyes of the other visitors in the exhibition hall and was attracted by the movement of the two. Hurriedly said dissatisfiedly.

"Oh..."

Jin Haoyu, who came back to his senses, hurriedly let go of his hand, still looking at the other party in some surprise.

"There's saliva, it's dirty!"

The woman rubbed her hand on Kim Haoyu's clothes a few times before taking it back.

Jin Haoyu couldn't help but blushed a little embarrassedly when he heard this, smelling the good smell that still lingered on the other party's hand at the end of his nose, he subconsciously licked his lips.

"You. Why are you here?! ”

"Why can't I be here? I'm not allowed to visit the art museum? You didn't drive it here. The girl frowned when she heard this, and whispered dissatisfiedly.

"I mean, aren't you supposed to be in rehearsal? How did it end up here? Kim Haoyu looked at Jessica puzzled and asked.

"Oh, something went wrong with the stage and needed to be adjusted, so the rehearsal was cancelled at short notice. I saw that it was okay to come out and take the opportunity to go shopping. ”

"I see..."

Kim Ho-woo thought with such an expression, since this is the case, wouldn't Kim Taeyeon also be free? He subconsciously reached for the phone in his pocket.

"I didn't expect you to be here, so let's go shopping together."

"Huh? Yes?? ”

"What? You don't want to? ”

"Ahh No, that's... All right. ”

Jin Haoyu looked at the other party's slightly dissatisfied puffed up bun face, smiled wryly, and let go of the mobile phone in his pocket.

Can't you call Kim Taeyeon over now and the three of them go shopping together, it's better to go to Taeyeon after accompanying her to walk around here and then go to Taeyeon, Kim Ho-woo made a silent decision in his heart.

The two of them got up and walked to the hall inside. Silently all the way, the two of them just walked and stopped looking at the shocking paintings around them, and neither of them took the initiative to speak.

"I heard Xiujing say that you know a lot about art, tell me about it."

Seeing that this elm pimple didn't open her mouth for a long time, Jessica couldn't help it and took the initiative to provoke the topic.

"You're interested in this too?"

Jin Haoyu looked at Jessica, who was dressed fashionably beside him, and asked curiously, he had never heard that the other party would be interested in oil painting before. In his opinion, even if the other party has time, he should be the type to go to Galeries Lafayette to go shopping. Instead of running to the art museum to see oil paintings, this is the behavior of literary and artistic young women.

Hearing this, Jessica immediately rolled her eyes and glared at Jin Haoyu dissatisfied, and said, "Art is all connected, have you forgotten that I studied design in college before?" I also know whether painting is good or not, but I don't know much about art history. ”

Jin Haoyu scratched his head in embarrassment, laughed dryly twice and replied, "I really forgot." Well, it's Monet's painting, Impressionism, you know. ”

"Of course I know... I just don't know much about the specific life of Monet. ”

"Oh, speaking of Monet, he..."

Jessica looked at the man next to her and talked eloquently, and unconsciously showed a sweet smile, she didn't expect that she could meet him casually, is this really the fate arranged by God?

She echoed Jin Haoyu's words from time to time, and from time to time raised some of her own doubts, and took the initiative to provoke the topic. At this moment, Kim Haoyu seemed to be a tour guide. Jessica, on the other hand, was his customer, nodding her head wistfully in response.

In fact, Jessica herself understands a lot of things, but she is willing to listen to Jin Haoyu tell herself with a serious face, smart women have to learn to pretend to be stupid, at this moment Jessica feels that she is extremely smart, otherwise she doesn't pretend to be stupid, is it just that the two of them walked all the way speechlessly and immersed themselves in their own art world?

At least she thinks it's fun now, she enjoys the process and it seems that Kim Haoyu is also enjoying the process.

In fact, Jin Haoyu really thinks this is good, after all, people have vanity. Especially in front of beautiful women, no matter which man is willing to show his successful and versatile side in front of others.

After walking through a layer of Monet's "Water Lilies" group of paintings. The two returned to the hall and went down to the ground floor to continue their tour.

The underground pavilion is dominated by relatively small impressionist paintings such as Manet, Cézanne, and Renoir, as well as some scattered works by the Post-Impressionist Gauguin, Van Gogh, and later Fauvist Matisse and Cubist Picasso.

The two stopped all the way, and whenever Jessica came across a painting she liked, she would deliberately ask Kim Haoyu for a long time, and discuss and exchange her opinions.

Kim Ho-woo was also surprised by Jessica's artistic attainments. Secretly sighing that the other party's university is not for nothing.

When she walked up to a picture of two young girls playing the piano, Jessica suddenly asked strangely, "Huh?" I think I've seen this painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ”

Jin Haoyu looked at it and smiled: "That's right, you are not mistaken, this painting is called "The Girl Who Plays the Piano", but there are some differences between this one and that one, although they are both painted by Renoir." But it's not the same painting. ”

"I see, you know quite a bit." Jessica said with a smile with admiration and appreciation in her eyes.

Jin Haoyu didn't notice the other party's eyes and continued to himself: "Renoir has a habit that he is often dissatisfied with his paintings, so he repaints a painting with the exact same composition over and over again, which is very rare among painters. As a result, there are six paintings of this exact composition that have survived in the world. ”

"So much?!" Jessica asked, surprised.

"Yes, in addition to the two you have seen, there is another one at the Musée d'Orsay across the river, and the remaining three are in private collections. But there's an interesting story behind this painting..."

"What?"

Jessica looked at Jin Haoyu with sparkling eyes and asked with great interest.

"I won't tell you~"

Kim Ho-woo suddenly smiled mischievously, turned around and left.

"Ahh Why are you like this?! ”

Jessica, who was tricked, suddenly widened her eyes unwillingly, puffed up her bun face, and stomped her feet and snorted, but she couldn't help but snort and chased after her with a sweet smile. (To be continued.) )

PS:PS:Jessica likes the Orangerie Museum,Like Renoir's "Girl Playing the Piano" is what she said on Weibo in 2013-6-24,The photo she is looking at is the painting mentioned in the article,This plot is just a stalk that the author who also likes the Orangerie Museum of Art wants to write,So maybe the art stuff is more,I hope you don't mind,Haha。