Gu Weijing was originally in his room to deal with the news on the order on Fiverr, but after Uncle Sakai came to the door, he was called out by his grandfather.

"You painted both of these paintings?"

Uncle Sakai's impression of Gu Weijing has always been good.

At this time, he asked straight to the point.

Gu Weijing had nothing to hide at all, and nodded.

"You're the master of Miss Translator's mouth, sorry ......"

"Oh! The eye is great, that dirty work, even Katsuko didn't pay attention to it at the time, but you can see it. ”

Uncle Sakai is quite free-spirited.

He moved his gaze to the two paintings in the shade side by side at the door, "He is a good seedling to learn painting, and it seems to be very suitable for impressionism." ”

He is a true connoisseur, and he can naturally judge from the dryness of the paint, and the time before and after the creation of the two paintings is no more than a month.

The second painting is almost a radical improvement from the realistic oil painting.

Maybe Gu Weijing himself is better at copying,

But with this sense of control over the brush and the harmony of the shape, the two paintings are not on the same horizontal line at all.

The improvement is really huge.

"Perhaps...... He learned something from that painting as he copied it. ”

Uncle Sakai thought to himself.

A lot of painters have moments like this.

Especially in the thirties, after the age of forty, the artistic style enters the mature period.

With the practice and accumulation of the past, the paintings gradually showed their personal style. As long as you have an occasional understanding, you will quickly and dramatically improve compared to before.

Although Gu Weijing is a little younger.

However, there is no shortage of geniuses in the art industry.

Compared to Titian, who was in his twenties, he had become a top painter in the whole of Florence.

The level of the painting isn't too incredible.

"I don't know how long it will last."

Uncle Sakai once again quietly raised Gu Weijing's evaluation a few points in his heart.

Although it is difficult to become a talent in the art industry,

But with such good painting skills at a young age, he has the capital to succeed.

Of course

It's just the cost.

But since Gu Weijing can be favored by Professor Lin Tao, there is no shortage of nobles who lead the way.

As long as he does this a few more times in the next ten years, and his luck is not too bad, there is no reason why he should not become a very successful painter.

"Can you take out the original work you bought and let me enjoy it?"

After a few polite sentences, Uncle Sakai immediately put forward the main purpose of his trip.

That day in the night market of calligraphy and painting, it was too dark, he just glanced at it in a hurry, and intuitively felt that the old church looked good.

If it's an ordinary painting, if you miss it, you miss it.

Professor Sakai himself was a great connoisseur of oil painting, especially in Toei, where the Impressionists had a large collection, and he had never seen any kind of good painting.

Not to mention anything else, even the treasures that Monet himself did not circulate in the market, and he personally got his hands on them at the invitation of a private collector, and there are no ten paintings, but there are still five or six.

However, there was something really different about that painting.

The Impressionists are sometimes referred to as the Sunshine School, which focuses on the hazy effect of light and air mixing in the sunlight.

Impressionism in dark tones is like a flame engulfed in cold ice crystals, where colors and emotions must be delicately balanced.

It's not that you can't draw,

Just if you're not careful, the picture will be dirty.

It's rare to draw so well.

It's a pity if you miss such a painting.

Even if you can't buy it, Uncle Sakai thinks it's good to enjoy it.

Therefore, before leaving Yangon, he made a special trip to inquire about the buyer's address and made an extra trip.

At first, he was a little curious to meet the young man with vicious eyes.

Second, Uncle Sakai really wanted to take a closer look at the bottom of the painting.

Gu Weijing turned around and took out the "Old Church on a Thunderstorm Day" from the studio.

A good painting is not afraid of being appreciated by others.

From a utilitarian point of view, in terms of the market value of an unknown painter, he himself is an unknown boy who says 10,000 words about how good this painting is, and it is not as good as Professor Sakai Issei's casual comments.

Professor Sakai took the frame with both hands and looked at the light to observe the details of the painting.

"Hmm...... A very good impressionist painting, very good. ”

He accentuated his tone slightly, raising an eyebrow.

Now the whole painting has been cleaned up.

Uncle Sakai immediately judged that although the painting skills of this painting may not be called one of the top of the Impressionists, it has already entered the threshold of quasi-first-class.

In a general art museum, it is definitely a very good collection.

He stepped back slightly, observing the overall impression of the painting from a distance, and the reason why Impressionism is called Impressionism is that it needs to be seen from a distance to see the feeling of this fusion of color dots.

"The color treatment is also very good...... It reminds me of Monet's "Rouen Cathedral". ”

Uncle Sakai made his final assessment: "It's a good painting." ”

"What is Rouen Cathedral?"

The old man Gu Tongxiang on the side asked.

Rangoon is relatively closed to art here, and he himself is not very interested in Impressionist oil paintings, so the name is relatively unfamiliar.

"Impressionism basically did not have works with religious themes, but among the works depicting architecture, the most famous of which belongs to the same category as the theme of this painting, is Monet's "Rouen Cathedral".

Katsuko Sakai found a picture of "Rouen Cathedral" on her mobile phone, handed it to Gu Tongxiang, and explained,

"Rouen Cathedral is the most majestic Gothic building in France, and Monsieur Monet has painted more than 30 works about it. They were made in the early morning, noon and evening under different rays of the sun. The background color of the sky varies from blue, yellow, to rose. This kind of subject matter of thunderstorms has never been painted even by Monsieur Monet. ”

Katsuko Sakai stared at the frame in her father's hand, then turned her head to look at the dry oil painting in the doorway.

She finally couldn't help but speak.

"It looks like there are only two colors, a white church and a dark canopy, but the colors change everywhere, how this thundercloud is drawn, this tumbling and flowing feeling, as if it is alive, it is really well painted."

Sakai Katsuko's words were said to Gu Weijing.

My father told me that the biggest drawback of her current work is that she is emotionally pale.

It's always an empty dead thing - this is Uncle Sakai's evaluation.

Katsuko Sakai could sense what her father meant, but it was easier said than done.

No matter how many different brushstrokes I tried in the studio, I didn't make much progress.

How should I express my emotions?

She had been bothered by this question for a long time.

Komatsutaro's art exhibition-winning work, "Sunrise Osaka," is the best expression of emotion among the young painters Sakai Katsuko has seen.

Whether she liked her mother's hint of marrying Komatsu Gallery or not.

Katsuko Sakai would not deny that Komatsu Taro is a good painter.

However, Komatsutaro's Austrian separatist painting style, which was influenced by his father, almost completely abandoned the expression of lines, and the wanton spread of colors on a large area, showing vague and chaotic and ambiguous emotions, which is completely different from the difficulty of Gu Weijing's copying painting.

You can see it just by looking at the theme.

"Sunrise Osaka", the topic itself is very flattering. The red sun, the light blue sky, the deep blue sea. These colors can be combined casually, and you will not digress from the topic if you draw them casually.

However, Gu Weijing's copy of "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm Night" copied the feeling of thunderclouds - that kind of dark clouds contain a trace of lightning rolling, hidden colors, giving Sakai Katsuko a completely different new feeling.

She thought that among her peers, there would be no one who could draw better than herself.

At this time, when I saw Gu Weijing's paintings, even if they were copying the works, I admired them, and I also had some desire to compete.

"How do you draw your undertones...... Is red, blue and gray mixed...... No, you don't have to tell me, give me a palette and canvas, and I want to study it myself. ”

Katsuko Sakai frowned slightly, pondering the performance of the oil painting.

Gu Tongxiang brought the paint box and color palette.

Katsuko Sakai took the painting tools, found a cushion, sat cross-legged in front of Gu Weijing's copying work, and began to experiment with color matching.

"Professor Sakai, what do you think is the market value of this painting?"

Although this question is a bit cheesy, Gu Tongxiang still wants to know how much the painting can sell for.

"Tens of thousands of dollars."

Uncle Jiujing made a rough estimate.

"If it's a market deal, collectors are actually more interested in investment prospects and the fame of the creator, and the painting itself is very good, but the artist is a little worse. It belongs to the category where the artistic value is higher than the market value, which is also something that cannot be helped. ”

Uncle Sakai thought for a moment, "If I want to sell this work, I am personally willing to pay 60,000 US dollars for it, and I can also recommend a few Japanese collector friends to you." But that's probably the price. ”

Gu Tongxiang sniffled fiercely.

US$60,000,

The per capita monthly income in Yangon is more than US$100, and US$60,000 is equivalent to 50 years of a person without food or drink.

The first painting that his grandson bought set a record for the most expensive price of a work of art that Gu's calligraphy and painting shop had handled in the past five generations.

Professor Sakai really seems to like this picture.

For a small painter who has no story to tell, and only has the attributes of art appreciation, the price is quite generous.

It is unlikely that the auction will sell for a higher price, and even if the buyers come with the intention of making a fortune from art speculation, it is very likely that the auction will fail.

But the old man still didn't express his opinion, he turned his head to look at Gu Weijing: "This is your painting, you decide by yourself, don't have psychological pressure." ”

"I'm sorry, Professor Sakai, I don't want to sell this painting, I really like the sense of communication between this painting and me. I want to spend some time copying it. ”

"I think about it, there is a chance to copy anytime, but not everyone is willing to pay such a high price."

Uncle Sakai wasn't angry, just stared at Gu Weijing.

Gu Weijing shook his head.

He knew that Uncle Sakai had already offered a very high price, but he still didn't want to sell it.

"I'm sorry, Professor Sakai."

Uncle Sakai didn't look angry, but seemed to appreciate Gu Weijing even more, and he patted Gu Weijing on the shoulder.

"If you can't become a good painter, there is no heavenly reason, I don't think Professor Lin will give me this opportunity. But if you really don't have a good place to go after graduating from college, welcome to my studio. ”

Even if people don't want to sell,

Uncle Sakai doesn't force it.

"Katsuko, Tsunachang, let's get ready to go."

"You guys go first, I'll take a taxi back to the hotel later."

Katsuko Sakai stubbornly rejected her father's suggestion.

She now sits in front of Gu Weijing's copy, holding the palette in one hand and experimenting with new colors with the brush in the other, scribbling on the canvas on one side.

Prussian blue with rose red with a very small amount of tartrazine......

It should be the three primary colors that are mixed to create the effect of mixing this pigment......

But what's missing?

Katsuko Sakai frowned in annoyance.

"Katsuko, you need to draw more intuitively." Uncle Sakai shook his head and pointed.

"What is intuition? Five percent of the tartrazine. “

Katsuko Sakai looked at the color palette in her hand, raised her eyebrows slightly, and with a slightly confused little expression, she looked like a housewife reading the ingredient list on a line of food: "Do I put too much or too little." ”

"Miss Katsuko, can I say a word?"

Gu Weijing said softly on the side: "It's not a matter of five or four percent tartrazine, you pay too much attention to restoration, and you lack ...... Authentic. ”

Katsuko Sakai's oil painting foundation is better than Gu Weijing.

And he was amazed by his sensitivity to color.

Yesterday, he needed to activate the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique to mix the colors, and Sakai Katsuko just relied on his intuition of the color of the picture, so he adjusted it to eight or nine.

The problem is that Katsuko Sakai's color tone is too good, and the control of the pen is too precise, but it lacks variation.

Impressionism emphasizes change, and sometimes the color of each stroke changes.

Although there is only a slight change, it has lost the essence of Impressionism's wanton freedom.

Gu Weijing dared to guarantee with his head,

The original painter named Carol must have painted on a rainy night against the rolling thunderclouds.

Thinking of this, Gu Weijing suddenly realized a very important thing.

"Uncle Sakai, have you heard of this Carol painter?"

In the world of painting, his own knowledge is not comparable to that of Uncle Sakai, and perhaps the other party has heard of the origin of the mysterious female painter Carol.

"No, if I've heard of it, I'll have told you about it."

Uncle Sakai shook his head and denied, "Probably some unlucky female painter of the twentieth century, as you know, female painters will get a lot fewer opportunities, if it was a century earlier, probably even I wouldn't agree to let Katsuko learn to paint." ”

"It's not the twentieth century, it's supposed to be the nineteenth century, or even the eighties of the nineteenth century or earlier."

"What? Are you sure? Why do you say that. ”

Professor Sakai's face suddenly became serious, and he knew what it meant.

Impressionism itself is an art that was only born in the second half of the 19th century.

At that time, even Monet had just painted "Sunrise Impression".

He looked at this work with a very mature technique, and thought it was a work from the 20th century onwards.

"Most likely."

Gu Weijing said the reason for his speculation.

"That's fun, boy."

Uncle Sakai shook the fat on his chin as if he had smelled a delicious pitbull.

"I still don't know who Ms. Carol is, but it must be not easy for a female painter to create works in this era. Would you like to listen to my advice? ”

"You say?"

Gu Weijing motioned for himself to listen.

"Such a great opportunity, why don't you post an article and ask?"

Uncle Sakai looked at the frame and suggested.

"Post an article? Are you referring to newspapers and magazines, or something like "Oil Paintings"? ”

"Fine art newspapers? Hmph, they deserve it too. ”

Uncle Sakai sneered: "Although "Oil Painting" has a lot of influence, they do not accept public submissions. And it's too wasteful for this kind of subject matter to be published in ordinary art magazines. ”

"What do you mean ......"

On the side, the old man Gu Tongxiang's pupils suddenly contracted deeply: "Professional paper journals? ”

"Yes, I found an unknown female 19th-century impressionist painter with a mature artistic style, especially since this painting still has a rare dark background. This kind of discovery could at least post an ssci, but I don't think I even try A&HCI. ”

Uncle Sakai asserted.

The Social Science Citation Index created by the SSCI Institute for Scientific Information includes 58 sub-categories related to art, philosophy, law, etc., and is a sister article to SCi, an international core journal in science and engineering.

This is the world's most authoritative journal of art professional papers, full of gold.

Liberal arts journals are different from science and engineering, and if you want to publish papers in the liberal arts, it will be very watery, but if you are professional, it will be very difficult.

In particular, some unpopular art style studies are likely to be published by a professor for more than ten years.

For a good science and engineering major, master's students may need to send several SCI papers before graduation.

According to the graduation standards of the four major art academies in Dongxia, as long as you can send an SSCI, you can definitely be regarded as an excellent graduate.

If you change to a core journal in China, you need at least three or even five papers if you want to graduate.

As for A&HCI, the full name is the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, which covers more than 70% fewer journals than SSCI, and has always been hailed as the crown jewel of art majors.

"Is it really okay to be able to send papers, and it's also A&HCI?"

In the face of $60,000 just now, Gu Tongxiang could still keep his composure, but at this moment, he heard that he might be able to send a professional paper.

The old man was not calm for a moment.

Not to mention that there have been scholars and doctors in the calligraphy and painting circle in East Asia since ancient times, and they are admired as literati painters.

Let's just say that in modern society, what kind of painter is a painter who stands at the top of the art circle?

If the art master of the founding sect is the emperor of the art country, the professional scholar artist must be a concubine or a prime minister, if not a queen.

They may not earn as much as the painters on the Forbes list of the richest people in the list, but their social status is not far behind.

There are really too many uncertainties in the path of the painter.

Three points look at yourself, and seven points look at nobles. Painting well is always the bottom line of success, but professional scholars have the ability to decide their own destiny.

An A&HCI can not only easily knock on the door of any art academy in the world, but even think about the tenure of those universities in Europe and the United States in the future, which are as precious as gold.

A painter's career is generally tied to a paintbrush.

Some painters, like pianists, will even insure their hands for fear that one day they will not be able to hold a paintbrush.

And if his grandson Gu Weijing can have an A&HCI, he doesn't dare to say anything else, he won't starve to death in this life.

Even if you can't paint, it is very possible to go to a private art museum, stay up for more than ten years, and become a curator.

"It depends."

Even if Uncle Sakai is in his current position, he can't guarantee that he can post an A&HCI, so he can only say it in an uncertain tone.

"If there is a professional guide. Probably, I'm not sure, I can try Asian Art, or Taylor Art, I saw an article on Taylor's Art a few months ago, "Ornamental and Visual Entanglement in the Basement of Anagni", the subject is just a mural...... In recent years, the field related to female artists has been a hot topic of scholarship, and an unknown early female Impressionist painter and a rare cold-toned Impressionist work are enough to arouse the interest of reviewers. ”

Unlike science, the difficulty in the research of many literary and artistic magazines is not in the research, but in the lack of research materials.

A statue possibly buried deep in the dust, a fresco from an ancient period...... After discovery, it only takes a few months to generate a large number of papers around them.

But discovering them will take more than ten or twenty years of archaeological work.

This point may be more like an astronomer at the observatory who is stargazing with a multi-billion dollar telescope, and finding the star is only the last step in publishing a paper.

Let's just put it this way, if you can find a diary that records Van Gogh's inner emotions when he paints, you can put it in for a little excerpt and you can submit it casually.

But you can't find it.

If it weren't for Gu Weijing's visit to the Good Luck Orphanage, there might be no one in the world who would have been able to discover the secret of this painting.

There seems to be something wrong with the name of this chapter.

(End of chapter)