Spencer's paintings do fetch a good price, but they are far from being a true grandmaster, so there is not much information about him on the Internet, that is, he was born in Luton, went to study in London, and lived near the Whitechapel Art Gallery in the East End, where he also made his career.

In addition to these simple biographies, what is about Spencer is more about the price of his works in recent decades, and as for his appearance, temperament, whether he is married, whether he has children, there is no online at all.

Therefore, we can only return to the most primitive way of searching for people - to find them on the spot.

Spencer died a year before World War II, before the Germans bombed the East End. Fortunately, this is still a place where young artists gather, and perhaps these young people also dream that the Spencer miracle will happen to them.

That's why we chose Qiao Wei's house as the first stop to investigate Spencer.

Early the next morning after arriving in London, Qiao Wei took Shu Xin and me to set off, inquiring about Spencer while traveling. Perhaps because it was a little uneasy for Craig that we were likely to deal with an evil wizard next, he asked Qiao Wei to keep us informed of where we we'd been. Qiao Wei felt that his father was a little too sensitive, but he still agreed.

We spent the morning in the Whitechapel district.

For a person who can only speak half-baked English, I don't have first-hand information at all, and everything depends on Qiao Wei and Shu Xin to help me translate, so I simply take a back seat and let them find someone to talk to, while I just enjoy the foreign street scene, and then let Shu Xin tell me what he found.

There are a lot of people here who know Spencer, and there are really many people who dream of selling their paintings for a high price like Spencer, in exchange for a carefree life. Most of these people knew only Spencer as a person, they knew that he had succeeded, and that he had the foresight to commit suicide before the outbreak of World War II, but that was all they knew.

Of course, we didn't completely turn to nothing, because we got a very important piece of information, and that is a legend about Spencer's famous work.

On the first day of Spencer's exhibition, an aristocrat bought a painting called "Early Morning" for £50,000. 50,000 pounds is a sky-high price for an unknown young man, and even now it is definitely not a small amount, and it is precisely because of the good start that the selling price of Spencer's other paintings has also risen.

So there are many people who think that the painting "Early Morning" is Spencer's famous work, but there are also people who oppose it. Those who objected felt that the painting was too realistic, different from the style of Spencer's Fauvism. Because of this, this "Early Morning" also has all kinds of interesting rumors.

Although the name "Early Morning" is given, the character in the painting is a very beautiful girl.

It is said that Spencer had been making portraits for money while he was in London, and this beautiful young girl was one of Spencer's guests. Spencer fell in love with the girl at first sight, but he did not dare to confess it because of his humble status, so he could only pour his deep love into the painting.

It is said that as long as you appreciate "Early Morning" with your heart, you can experience Spencer's mood from the painting, experience the intense aiqing of his youth, and feel the heartache and suffering that he clearly has feelings but dare not express, so this "Early Morning" is also called "sweet heartbreak".

Some people say that Spencer eventually captured the heart of the girl in the painting, and they often had secret trysts at night, but unfortunately in the end, the girl married a noble child because of the interests of the family, and failed to marry Spencer. On the eve of the girl's marriage, she returned the painting "Early Morning" to Spencer, because as long as the painting was still with her, she would feel heartache.

I don't know if the British like to have a sadistic tragic ending, but it is rumored that at Spencer's solo exhibition a few years later, the person who paid a lot of money for this painting was the girl's husband. He found out about the affair between the girl and Spencer, so he used this way to humiliate Spencer, and Spencer hanged himself because of this incident.

As the saying goes, there's a reason for what happens, so we set our sights on Spencer's famous work Early Morning, and easily found the painting, as it's now quietly on display in the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Unfortunately, I looked at it for 10 minutes before the painting, but I never experienced any heartbreak or heartbreak.

We asked at the museum that the painting "Early Morning" would be here. Twenty years ago, the museum said that a wealthy young businessman named Gerrard donated the painting unconditionally, supposedly to fulfill his great-grandmother's wishes.

Twenty years ago, a young wealthy businessman, and a great-grandmother, these three points are easily strung together into a complete timeline.

In 1938, Spencer was forty years old, and the girl in the painting was estimated to be in her thirties. In 1993, it was estimated that the girl in the painting would be about 90 years old if she was still alive, and judging from the age difference, the young wealthy businessman who donated the painting was most likely the great-grandson of the girl in the painting.

Fortunately, Gerald, a wealthy businessman who donated paintings, has maintained a close relationship with the museum since he donated his paintings, and he often comes to the Whitechapel District to discover some potential newcomers, and it seems that he is happy to use his financial resources to support young people with dreams.

The museum has always had Gerald's contact information, and we followed this clue to contact Gerald himself.

Gerald's home is in West London, according to Qiao Wei, West London is the territory of the Huang family, and most of the ** people who live there are very high-status people, and this Gerald is obviously not an idle person.

The one in charge of talking to Gerald was Qiao Wei. On the phone, Qiao Wei explained to Gerald in detail the situation we were currently experiencing, and he did not shy away from mentioning wizards, evil spirits, and everything else.

Gerald offered to meet us at his home.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the three of us arrived at Gerald's house according to the address, and his home also showed me what an aristocratic mansion was. The lawn in the courtyard alone is the size of two football fields, and the house is a small modern castle. In the mansion, I also saw a pure British aristocratic butler and a real maid!

Of course, we weren't here to visit, and I didn't want to show my surprise in front of these British bigwigs.

After entering, Gerald personally greeted us at the main entrance and invited us to his parlor.

Gerald should be about forty by eye, and he looks very handsome and handsome, especially the neatly combed black hair that makes him look very distinctive. He was very well-dressed and walked and talked very personly, and while I couldn't understand what he was saying to us, I was sure he wasn't scolding me, so I responded with a polite smile and nodded at him no matter what he was saying.

After taking a seat in the living room, Qiao Wei also went straight to the point and asked about the painting "Early Morning". Shu Xin translated the novel for me on the side, so that I could know the conversation between Gerald and Qiao Wei for the first time.

Gerald's first answer confirmed my suspicion of his identity, and he told Qiao Wei that the girl in the painting "Early Morning" was his great-grandmother, but there was no aiqing story behind the painting, only Spencer's unrequited love.

Gerald showed us a picture of his great-grandmother when she was young, and although the girl in the picture was very glamorous, she was much inferior to the girl in "Early Morning".

Gerald tells us that her great-grandmother never asked Spencer to paint her portrait, and that the painting was only done by Spencer from memory.

In 1938, Gerald's great-grandparents went to Spencer's exhibition by chance. At that time, Gerald's great-grandfather thought that the painting "Early Morning" resembled Gerald's great-grandmother, so he wanted to buy it. When they met Spencer, Gerald's great-grandmother discovered that Spencer was actually a winery helper who used to bring wine to her family.

Spencer also admitted that the girl in the painting was Gerald's great-grandmother, and wanted to give the painting away for free. In the end, Gerald's great-grandfather bought the painting for a whopping 50,000 pounds, which also made Spencer a beautiful place by chance.

The aiqing story between Spencer and the girl in the painting is fake, and Spencer's suicide seems to be strange. Gerald said that a week after the exhibition, his great-grandparents had wanted to ask Spencer to paint a portrait of the family, but found Spencer's body in his home.

Gerald's great-grandparents were certain that Spencer could not have committed suicide out of jealousy or affection. They all talked to Spencer, and they felt that Spencer was a very mature and steady man, and would not do stupid things on the spur of the moment and recklessly; Another important reason is that all the paintings in Spencer's house, as well as the money from the sale of the paintings, are gone, which is obviously a murder disguised as suicide.

In the end, the police failed to find out the cause of Spencer's mysterious death, and the case could only be closed by suicide.

Gerrard's great-grandmother had planned to return the painting to the place where he had exhibited after Spencer's death, but the following year there was a war, and the flames of war soon spread to London. The Gerrard family had all taken refuge in London, and by the time they returned, East London was in ruins. The donation of the painting was delayed, and it became the last wish of Gerald's great-grandmother.