Subtitle of this chapter: Don't worry, Master Yuan also wants to mix modern art.

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Wednesday, August 10, 1921 at noon.

Champ de Mars, Paris, France.

"It's amazing!"

Our Master Yuan stood in front of the Eiffel Tower and looked around and couldn't help but sigh with heartfelt emotion.

Miss Morman beside him also excitedly said, "Yes, yes, boss." Finally La Tour Eiffel (French: Eiffel Tower)! It's really amazing......"

"Aisi, I'm not talking about that." Yuan Yanqian shook his head and said, "I mean you can't see black ...... here." That's amazing. ”

Yuan Hongjian also came here in "Future", but at that time, this place was full of unspeakable people peddling models of the Eiffel Tower. They have made a good scenic spot into a miasma.

I knew that I came to the flower capital of the world, but I didn't know that I thought I was in Algeria.

Of course, as a Serisian, he is embarrassed to say one more thing, there will be too many Seris tourists here in the future.

I know that I came to the flower capital of the world, but I don't know that I thought I was in a domestic scenic spot.

Regardless, the 1921 Eiffel Tower is still a great place to visit, not the kind of attraction that squeezes out a stinky sweat just to "visit" and take photos, which is one of the benefits of traveling.

"Alright, you guys go up and play. I still have something to ......."

There is no need for Yuan Yanqian to "visit here", according to the trend of improving his reputation, wherever he goes in a few years, it will be a famous spot

He has more important people to visit than the Eiffel Tower.

So he took a bouquet of flowers and a vase of '82 (1882) Lafite to the Saint-Germain district, not far from the Eiffel Tower, well, the famous Left Bank of the Seine.

Master Yuan's destination is Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs. No. 70, the owner of this room is ......

"Good afternoon, you're Mrs. Dorothy Shakespeare-Pound, aren't you? Is Mr. Ezra Pound at home? ”

The great Imagist poet moved from London to Paris with his wife in January of this year, where rents were actually quite cheap in 1921.

Pound would live here until 1924, and then he went to Italy, where he met his idol, the Hanged Man.

Among the guests who visited during this period was the Romanian writer Tristan Tzara, the founder of the Dadaist movement.

Pioneer of Pop Art, French painter Fernand Léger.

An important figure in the history of modern Western art, one of the originators of conceptual art, a painter, director, actor, writer, art critic and theorist who was born in France and later naturalized in the United States, as well as an excellent chess player, Henri Robert Marcel Duchamp.

This gentleman is definitely worth introducing. It can be said that Western modern art, especially after the Second World War, mainly followed the trajectory of Duchamp's thought. He played an extremely important role in the development of modern art in the United States.

Therefore, when it comes to Western modern art, Duchamp is a name that cannot be jumped over.

One of his most famous works of art is called "Spring", which is actually a men's urinal.

By the way, the "Mona Lisa" with a goatee is also by Duchamp.

Now you know why he is so groundbreaking.

As soon as I hear what Dadaism, what pop art, and what conceptual art, I know that the people who come are all petty bourgeois Wenqing - pay attention, it's not the murder of Matt Wenqing who calls himself Wenqing when he sees my big cat, but the object of worship of Wenqing who wants to have some surprise.

Of course, the most famous of them all are Ernest Hemingway and Harried Richardson Hemingway (Hemingway's first wife).

Of course, now there is more of our Master Yuan.

"Yes, he's at home. Sir, are you ...... Are you Neo Yuan?! ”

Our Master Yuan has been very photographed lately, and it is only natural that French newspapers across the English Channel from the UK will also publish his photo. So Madame Pound recognized the handsome Seris at once.

He smiled and said, "It's me, ma'am." This is my gift. ”

"Mr. Yuan, thank you for the gift. Come ......on, please come in," Madame Pound graciously accepted the flowers and the 82-year-old Lafite, and led him warmly into the apartment, "Ezra, who do you see coming?" ”

"Whether Mr. Yuan Yanqian is a modernist artist in the true sense of the word is still controversial to this day. He does have some modernist artwork.

For example, he cast a toilet bowl out of gold and named it "The Throne". It is still housed in the lobby of the SCP building on Fifth Avenue in New York. And it is an exaggeration that this work of art can be used, if anyone dares to 'use' it in front of everyone.

But judging from his witty personality, it should be mostly a joke.

Marcel-Duchamp praised Mr. Yuan's "creative activities" and said that his creations were truly modern art.

However, when it comes to modern art, Mr. Yuan is indeed a generous funder and an enthusiastic collector, and at least under his push, the price of modern art has been rising.

So in any case, he played an extremely important role in the development of Western modernism......"

——Excerpt from "A Brief History of Western Modern Art"

The two of them had a good chat this afternoon.

Pound was a fanatical lover of Seris's classical literature, especially Tang poetry, and was simply ecstatic to see a living Seris writer.

As for Master Yuan, he also took great pains to translate a few poems of "Solemn Zen General" for his own compulsion, which was highly praised by the great poet Pound.

Later, some of Pound's friends also came here, and Yuan Yanqian also showed off his "thinking" about modern art in front of them, and immediately made these modern artists confidants.

In the evening, Yuan Yanqian politely declined Pang De's invitation and did not stay to have dinner with them, but returned to the fourth district where the Tianren Shipping Office was located.

"Comrade Zhuang, it's been a long time. This time, thanks to you, I was able to pick them up. ”

"Second master, this is nothing. But you are really ......" The master of the solemn Zen family now respects and admires him, "He is more daring than us!" ”

Master Yuan said calmly on the surface and proudly inside: "Xiaozhuang, I have already told you what Lin Dengwan is, what kind of big news is the bombing of Wall Street?" If it weren't for the fact that President Harding and I were still friends, I would have blown up the White House a long time ago......"

He changed his words and said, "By the way, do I want the guests you invited to come?" ”

"Second master, he's already here."

"Okay, I'll go meet him......"

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Murong will finish the book on the 10th of this month, and this broken book happened to be released on this day last year.

By the way, the release date of the third volume will not be later than the 15th of this month, and I have already finished the first chapter.