Back in the office, Lan Tianyu closed the door and couldn't wait to take out "The First Step" and appreciate it carefully.

The whole oil painting shows a scene of the countryside in spring, with a scene of cultivated land in the countryside in the background. Above are farmhouses, and in the distance there is a clear blue sky, peaceful and distant. On the right, a peasant woman supports her little daughter and helps her toddler. On the left, the girl's peasant father squats on the ground, his hands outstretched, encouraging her to move forward, as if to catch her at any moment.

The whole picture gives people a beautiful feeling of harmony, warmth and love, showing a peaceful and quiet pastoral scene, which can easily evoke the beauty in the human nature of the connoisseur.

The work is in the Van Gogh style, with a vivid use of blue, yellow and green. These highly bright and natural colors give you a sense of active vitality.

The artist makes the thick black lines on the frames of the people and objects in the painting add a sense of reality to the picture. In addition, the artist paints trees, shrubs, and crops with curved and swirling brushstrokes. This should be a common technique used in Van Gogh's mature paintings, and it also adds a vibrant atmosphere to the painting. The whole rural scene makes people feel the happy life of the peasants, ordinary but dynamic and full of family affection.

The whole picture transitions from Miller's harmony, warmth, and love to Van Gogh's strength, courage, and colorful colors. Although "The First Step" is a copy of Millet's painting of the same name, Van Gogh followed his own special techniques in the study and copying, integrated his bright colors and painting style, created his unique personal style, and gave the picture a new meaning. He changed the gray and low color of Miller's paintings, and boldly used the bright colors of nature: blue, yellow, and green, revealing a real exuberant vitality and making people feel his strong call for life.

The more I appreciate the blue sky and rain, the more I feel that this painting is like an original Van Gogh. He knows that his appreciation of oil painting is only average, and he may not be able to see the subtle difference between high-quality imitation works and real works. But he knew that the judgment of the altar would never be wrong, and the "First Step" showed a purple glow, which could only be the original work of Van Gogh, and could not be an imitation, even if it was an imitation of the same master.

The size of the work is 72cmx91cm, which is almost the same as the original one in the Met's collection.

Blue Sky Rain also found Van Gogh's signature in the lower right corner: Vincent90. This is the biggest difference from the original Metropolis, anyone who sees it will only think that this is a flaw deliberately left by a high imitator, in order to show the difference from the real thing.

After seeing this signature, Lan Tianyu was even more sure that this was Van Gogh's handwriting. As for the appearance of the two imitations of "The First Step", it is likely that he was not satisfied with the first work he copied, so he copied the second work. And according to the signature on this work, Lan Tianyu believes that the work in his hand may be the one that Van Gogh is most satisfied with.

In May 1889, Van Gogh, who had his ears cut off, was protested by the inhabitants of Arles and voluntarily went to Saint-Rémy, 25 kilometers from Arles, to be treated at the St. Paul psychiatric hospital. Van Gogh seemed to have gained some peace of mind in the midst of a mentally ill person, and he wrote to his sister: "Although there are some very serious patients here, my usual fear and fear of mental illness has been greatly reduced. ”

Perhaps it was this peace of mind and peace that allowed Van Gogh's paintings to advance by leaps and bounds, and his unique style quickly formed. In just about a year here, 148 works were produced, such as "Starry Night".

However, the price of this miracle is the **** of a soul. This period, from May 3, 1889 to May 16, 1890, was the most important period of Saint-Rémy in the history of his artistic life. Among them, he copied twenty-one paintings by Jean-François Millet, and "The First Step" is among them.

It is very common to copy a work because you are not satisfied with the work you copied for the first time, and you copy it a second time. If this work can be compared with the original work in the Met, it should not be difficult to judge the final conclusion.

Thinking that this may be Van Gogh's authentic work, one of the most important top works of art in the history of Western painting, Lan Tianyu's mood is so excited that he can't calm down.

This work is so important that once it is revealed, it is shocking news that can cause a sensation in the whole world.

"What the hell should I do?" Lan Tianyu was happily entangled in his heart.

Will you keep it for yourself, or will you auction it off someday in the future? Lan Tianyu was a little hesitant.

According to Lan Tianyu's heart, he is absolutely reluctant to auction this world's top famous painting. This grade of the world's top artwork is hard to come by, once missed, it is impossible to have it again, and he very much wants to keep "The First Step" as his first collection.

Van Gogh's work, every time it appears at auction, will be a staggering sky-high price.

In 1987, "Sunflowers" fetched a whopping $39.5 million and "Iris" sold for $53.9 million. Van Gogh's work is now increasingly sought after, and "Self-Portrait Without a Beard" sold for $71.5 million in New York this year.

The artistic achievement of "The First Step" is much higher than that of "Self-Portrait Without a Beard", and if it were to be auctioned, it should be able to fetch more than $100 million.

It is precisely because of the preciousness of this work that if it is auctioned one day in the future, it will definitely be able to greatly enhance the popularity of ancient rhyme in the country and even the world. He has just taken over Gu Yun, and if he wants to start the popularity of Gu Yun and let the auction house develop rapidly, the auction of "The First Step" will be a shortcut.

After much deliberation, Lan Tianyu still decided to secretly collect this work for the time being, as for whether it will be auctioned in the future? It depends on the situation at the time. Perhaps he will sacrifice more and better top-notch artworks, and even if he wants to make a name for himself, he does not necessarily need to auction "The First Step".

Touching the frame with both hands, a purple light in front of him made Lan Tianyu look forward to it, if all the aura and treasure of this painting are absorbed, the light of the altar will definitely change greatly.

Controlling the altar, he began to absorb the aura and treasure of this work. It took five minutes to absorb it all.

Lan Tianyu put his consciousness back into the altar, only to see that the entire altar was emitting a thick white light, not only the light had spread all over the altar, but also it was relatively bright, which was a great improvement compared to before.

Absorbing the aura and treasure of this work, the light on the altar increased by nearly ten times, and for such a harvest, Lan Tianyu was overjoyed