The next day.

Tower Bridge Park.

In the misty drizzle, a young painter in his thirties sat behind an easel, staring at the blank canvas with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

His plaid coat is stained with paint, and he has a paintbrush in the middle of his person, and a pencil diagonally behind his ear, as if he is ready to create.

This man is Pete Cornelius Mondrian,

i.e. Pierre Mondrian.

Mondrian took a deep breath,

Tower Bridge Park is a great place for a spring stroll, with flower beds and meadows exuding the scent of spring.

It's a pity that industrial pollution makes the river smell faint.

At this moment, a bell rang behind him.

Mondrian turned around,

I saw a young man riding a bicycle towards him and greeted him in English with a big tongue: "Pete, haven't started writing yet?" ”

Just listen to the accent and know it's Russian.

Mondrian nodded,

"Hmm. Vasily, why are you here? ”

Vasily Kandinsky,

If the junior high school art class was not occupied by the main subject teacher, most people would have heard Kandinsky's name in their dazed sleep or desertion.

He is the theoretical and practical founder of modern abstract art.

The gold content of this "founder" is even higher than that of the "founder" of Lu Shi, just look at his writings.

On the Spirit of Art,

On the Question of Form,

"Point, Line to Surface",

"On the Concrete Art",

……

These essays are the apocalypse of modern abstract art.

Of course, Kandinsky in 1901 did not have such a theoretical level,

He hadn't even developed his own style of painting.

On the contrary, Mondrian is already a little enlightened,

At the moment, his lack of visibility into the canvas is the best proof of this.

"I decided to go more, if possible, to North Africa," Kandinsky said. ”

Historically, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1900 and became a professional painter, but it was not until 1903 that he began to travel to Europe and North Africa, where he studied the development of modern art movements in various countries.

The line of the world has undoubtedly changed again.

Mondrian was confused,

"You're going to North Africa? So what are you doing in London? ”

Kandinsky spread his hands and said: "I told you before, I want to meet that magical Lu~ I can let a painter like Monet illustrate, and even deliberately adjust the painting style, there must be something outstanding." ”

This is actually the reason why Mondrian came to London.

Previously, the two had been to Paris and tried to visit Monet.

But Monet didn't bother to bother with it at all,

It is indeed impossible for a great painter who has achieved fame to see a little-known minion, otherwise it will be too unrecognizable.

Who would have thought that when the two came to London and couldn't see the landing,

Lu Shi's card in London was bigger than Monet's card in Paris.

Kandinsky sighed,

"Alas......"

He reached out and pulled out a piece of paper from Mondrian's folder, ready to lay it under his buttocks.

As a result, Mondrian snatched it,

"What are you doing? This is the Mirror! ”

Kandinsky looked at the ground, which was wet from the rain, and said, "You're going to let me sit down like this?" ”

Mondrian complained: "You can not sit. Or rather......"

He stood up, walked to the bicycle next to Kandinsky, pressed the seat with both hands, twisted back and forth, and unexpectedly removed the seat of the bicycle.

"You can sit on this."

Kandinsky's head is full of black lines,

"What the hell are you...... Lao Tzu's rented bicycle, hey! ”

He was so angry that he pushed Mondrian away and sat down on the other man's round stool.

Mondrian didn't panic at all, and sat in the saddle of the bicycle.

The two stared wide-eyed.

After a while, Kandinsky said, "Pete, have you decided?" Should you go to the College of Arts and Crafts and Recreation, or to the Royal College of Art? ”

The average person will definitely choose the latter,

But Mondrian is different, he is now eager to meet Lu, maybe he can be "enlightened" like Monet.

"Academy of Arts and Crafts," he said. I've heard that the college has plans to merge into the University of London Alliance, and Lu is a visiting professor at London Economics and Political Science at another school in the University of London Alliance, so I might be able to meet him. ”

If Lu Shi was present, he would have felt a lot of pressure to hear that the highly regarded painters of later generations had to rack their brains to see him.

Kandinsky shook his head speechlessly,

"Didn't you work at the National Academy of Arts in Amsterdam before? Is it really appropriate to go to the Academy of Arts and Crafts? ”

In other words, this kind of school choice is a reversal,

Only when I went to the Royal Academy of Art did I meet the experience of "people go to high places".

Mondrian shrugged,

"The Academy of Arts and Crafts is good. I had only been here for a few days before I got a job. ”

Kandinsky had heard about it a long time ago,

"Comics, ......"

Mondrian smiled and whispered, "I'm in those comics...... Hey...... I was approached by a noble lady who didn't know much about the art of painting but was full of feminist thoughts, so I was free to experiment with various styles when I was painting. ”

Kandinsky's mind sketched the image of a stupid big sister with a lot of money.

He was curious: "Feminist thoughts? ”

Mondrian replied: "You know Jane Eyre~"

"Understood~"

Kandinsky shook his head and whispered: "It's not just a woman's rights, it's also a woman who likes to be brave and pursue love...... Forehead...... What are you blinking for? ”

He noticed that Mondrian was blinking frantically behind him, and subconsciously turned his head.

A man and a woman were walking in front of him......

And a cat.

The man is an Asian face, but he is not short, and he is handsome.

Moreover, he wears a very delicate trench coat, and the lines on the clothes are very delicate, and it is expensive to look at.

The other lady is very young and full of girlishness,

Her outfits were even more gorgeous.

But this man and woman are not the most eye-catching,

Even more eye-catching are cats,

The cat was as fat as a piglet, wearing a sack as a pet raincoat, and the neck was tied to a leash but it didn't struggle at all.

The other end of the rope was held in the man's hand.

Kandinsky muttered: "The man is so well dressed, he should be a foreign student in the Qing Dynasty, they are rich~"

Mondrian gave him a blank look, and said word by word from his lips: "You have read all those newspapers in vain?" That's Lu, Professor Lu Shilu! The other lady was Miss Margarita, who commissioned the comics. ”

Kandinsky: !!

Margarita is not a stupid big sister, forget it,

Lu Shi is so young!?

It's not that Kandinsky hasn't seen Lu Shi's photos in the newspaper, and even knows that Lu Shi is not old.

It's just that when he thinks of a writer with equal works, he can't help but feel that he has taken on the role of a respectable, calm and reliable middle-aged image.

Lu Shi also noticed the two of them,

He asked Margarita, "Your Highness, is that Mr. Mondrian?" ”

Margarita shook her head,

"Another. The one sitting on the saddle of the bike. ”

Lu Shi: "......"

As a pioneer of geometric abstraction, even sitting in a chair is full of performance art.

Mondrian was also aware of the embarrassment,

He quickly got up,

"Professor Lu, Miss Margarita."

Lu Shi let go of the cat walking rope in his hand and shook hands with the other party.

As a result, my generation "meow~", ran to the easel, jumped up and pressed a few wet paw prints on it with his paws.

Lu Shi is embarrassed,

"Mr. Mondrian, forgive me."

Mondrian waved his hand and smiled at us,

"It's better than I do."

My generation: "Meow~"

The little one paced triumphantly.

Lu Shi picked it up and put it on the edge of the flowerbed next to it, and then turned to Kandinsky,

"Who is this?"

Kandinsky introduced himself: "My name is Vasily Kandinsky, and I am a recent graduate. Professor Lu, I came to London to visit you, but I have no way, so I am ready to give up. Didn't expect ......"

He thinks he's so lucky,

There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.

And Lu Shi also felt that he was so lucky,

Kandinsky and Mondrian, both of whom are famous in the history of art, can achieve financial freedom by buying one of their paintings and keeping them in modern times.

Lu Shi was curious: "Mr. Kandinsky, why do you want to visit me?" ”

Kandinsky chuckled,

"Professor Lu can influence Mr. Monet's creative style, and of course we painters want to meet you."

Influence style?

Lu Shi was a little confused when he heard it,

After reacting for a long time, he suddenly said, "Oh oh...... I just asked Mr. Monet to help me draw the illustration of "The Village Teacher", which is nothing. ”

God's "nothing"!

You know, Monet became estranged from the other painters of the Impressionists after 1880, and built a small garden in Giverny himself, and lived in it to create in his own style.

Being able to invite him out of the mountain, and even change his style to draw illustrations, is a very outrageous thing in itself.

Moreover, it is rumored that Monet sent a painting of "Water Lilies" to Lu Shi,

If that's the case, it's even more outrageous.

Kandinsky coughed lightly,

"Professor Lu, are you really ...... It's really ......."

I don't know how to rate it.

Mondrian glared at his companion, then asked, "Professor Lu, are you here to see me?" So what's going on? ”

As he spoke, he shook the "Mirror" and laid it on the ground,

"You may be seated...... Oh no......"

Mondrian dragged Kandinsky up and asked Margarita to sit on a small round stool and a bicycle seat on land.

He himself sat in the newspaper.

Kandinsky: "......"

I want to curse people.

Lu Shi didn't notice the subtlety of the atmosphere at the scene, and said to Mondrian: "I listen to the princess...... Ahem...... I heard Miss Margarita say, you're the artist for the Jane Eyre comics? ”

Mondrian nodded,

"Yes."

Lu Shi took out the comic, pointed to one of the pages and asked, "What did you think when you created this part of the ghosts?" ”

Mondrian leaned over and looked at it, and his heart was half cold,

He secretly said that Lu was nothing more than that.

He said: "Professor Lu did not know that this is a genre called 'expressionism,' which is more advanced than impressionism. ”

Speaking of this, Mondrian felt that his words were a little stiff, and hurriedly said: "It's normal that Professor Lu hasn't heard of it, this genre has just appeared this year, and it has made bold innovations in many aspects such as discipline, technique, line, and color. ”

Lu Shi fell into deep thought,

"It only appeared this year......"

Mondrian cautiously asked, "Professor Lu, do you think it's bad?" ”

Lu Shi shook his head,

"No, I think it's good."

Mondrian:???

Kandinsky: ???

Both were stunned.

Lu Shi continued: "I can see that expressionism focuses on expressing inner emotions and ignores the imitation of the form of the depicted object, so it is somewhat distorted and abstract. But it's a great way to express fear. ”

Mondrian and Kandinsky looked at each other,

"That's a great point!" ×2

Unison.

Kandinsky said sincerely: "Your summary can even be written directly into a paper." ”

Margarita chuckled,

"Professor Lu wrote "Serialization, Is It Really Not Suitable for Writing Long Stories? "On Narrative Trickery and Reasoning Works" are very close to academic writing. and "Guns, Germs and Steel", which is even better than the papers. ”

There was pride in her tone.

Lu Shi turned the subject back and said, "Mr. Mondrian, you must have read the original text of Jane Eyre to the fullest, right?" ”

Mondrian nodded,

"Yes. Miss Margarita gave me the plot of the comics, but I think there is some expression, so I have to look at the original specific content. For example, the devil in the picture here reads, 'The black monster with horns on its head, standing alone on a rock, overlooking a large crowd of people around the gallows.' ’”

A Dutchman can recite it directly in English,

Obviously, he did the hard work.

Lu Shi nodded,

"Now that you're familiar with the original text, it's easy to talk about what follows."

He pointed to the comics,

"Do you think that there is a connection between grids in such eight-grid creations? If so, where does that connection come from? ”

Mondrian was a little confused by the question.

"The connection," he says, "comes from Jane Eyre. Jane sees the lone rock and the broken ship in the illustration, and imagines that the two moored ships are ghosts on the sea, and the terrifying, horned black monster stands alone on the rock. ”

Lu Shi raised his hand and interrupted the other party,

Then he asked: "Then, if you don't compare the original text, just look at your comics, can you understand which ones are reality and which ones are imagination?" ”

Mondrian smiled smugly,

"Of course, because I used expressionism."

Lu Shi: "......"

He didn't even know how to complain about the other party.

Kandinsky leaned over to Mondrian and whispered, "Pitt, readers of comics don't have any professional artistic training, how do they know anything about expressionism?" They can't see it. ”

Mondrian: "Ah, this ......"

He was at a loss.

Lu Shi said: "Because comics are static and cannot draw everything, readers have to rely on their imagination to piece together what happened between each frame of comics. Therefore, a special technique is needed to integrate the 'stillness' of the comic with the undrawn 'movement' of the reader's imagination. ”

This is actually a storyboard.

It's just that there is no such word yet, and Lu Shi doesn't dare to make it up.

Mondrian was surprised,

He didn't expect that the comics he couldn't read would have such a doorway.

Moreover, it seems that this way of giving the author's imagination by relying on the picture can also be applied to the innovation of expressionism.

Mondrian muttered, "What should be done then?" Is it a realistic method of painting like the Hague School? ”

The Hague School is a group of painters in The Hague, Netherlands.

The school is considered to be a continuation and development of the Dutch realist school of painting in the 17th century, so there are many styles of realism that spit out realism.

Mondrian's enlightenment was the Hague School.

Lu Shi shook his head,

"No, no, with the technique of painting...... Forehead...... I want to figure out how to describe it. ”

He couldn't help but think about the wording,

After a while, he walked to the river, pointed to Tower Bridge in the distance and said, "Try to imagine that I have a camera in my hand and take pictures of Tower Bridge from here." What is it that catches? ”

Mondrian was puzzled,

"Uh...... Isn't it Tower Bridge? ”

Lu Shi nodded, pointed to the center of the river and continued: "Suppose there is a stationary boat there, and I stand on the boat and take a picture of the Tower Bridge, what did I photograph?" ”

Mondrian was a little agitated,

He could detect that Lu Shi was talking about something very important,

However, with his talent and experience, he didn't understand.

He replied, "It's still Tower Bridge, but it's a closer Tower Bridge." ”

Lu Shi nodded, pointed under the bridge, and asked, "I took a picture of the Tower Bridge there, what will I take?" ”

"It's the cables, the piers, the steel beams," Mondrian said. Of course, it's still Tower Bridge, but it's closer than the last time. ”

Lu Shi chuckled,

"And if I put three pictures together, what do they get?"

Mondrian wanted to answer "Tower Bridge",

But he knew full well that it could never be the right answer.

On the contrary, Kandinsky on the side opened his mouth,

"It's a moving ship."

As soon as these words came out, Mondrian immediately understood, and his eyes flashed like enlightenment,

He said, "I see! I see! ”

Although none of the three photographs captures the non-existent ship, it is not difficult to imagine that the photographer took three consecutive photographs of a ship that gradually approached the Tower Bridge, considering the change in the position of the camera relative to Tower Bridge.

Lu Shi said: "When these three photos are put together, no one will read the wrong order, right?" ”

Mondrian nodded slowly and muttered:

"Lens...... Lens ......"

Lu Shi chuckled: "Actually, there are many ways to guide readers to understand comics through lens changes. For example, the sequence of events mentioned above, and then there are the angles of observation, the relationship between things, the rhythm and the changes in emotions......"

Before the words fell, Mondrian suddenly said, "Professor Lu, please let me worship you as a teacher!" ”

Land Hours: ???

"What are you talking about? I can't draw! ”

Mondrian said, "It's okay, you can guide me in philosophy!" Please let me worship you as a teacher! ”

(End of chapter)