There are a total of three paintings in the black painting tube.
The moment Gu Weijing touched the inside of the painting tube with his hand, he frowned.
There is a problem with the way these paintings are preserved. They are rolled inward, and there is no filler in the middle of the scroll tube.
"A very low-level mistake."
A thought immediately came to Gu Weijing's mind.
Oil painting is a three-dimensional art, and paint is not a simple two-dimensional plane.
It has volume and thickness.
If you touch the paper of a painting with your own hands, you will feel very intuitively that the surface of the painting is as uneven as rough particle board.
This is the trace left by the painter's brush on the canvas.
The paint solidifies layer by layer on the surface of the canvas, forming the unique luster and texture of oil painting.
These pigments are relatively fragile.
So after the painting is finished, it is also very important to store it properly.
Generally, in order to prevent the paint on the surface of the oil painting from weathering and drying, a layer of varnish is sprayed on the surface of the canvas, and then fixed in a dark place with a frame.
If you really don’t like the picture frame taking up space, rolling it up in a picture tube and storing it is not a bad idea.
Just for better preservation, so that the paint will not squeeze each other, even if you want to use a painting tube to store it, one of the most basic principles is that the direction of rolling the oil painting should be such that the side with the paint is facing outward. You cannot fold the picture inward like the painting tube in Gu Weijing's hand.
Normally, a thicker paper tube should be placed in the center of the painting tube to prevent the painting from being accidentally squashed.
These are basic common sense for preserving oil paintings. They are not complicated or technically difficult.
You can’t go wrong with snacks.
There are only two possibilities for these three paintings being treated so hastily.
Either the person who handled these works was an outsider, or he felt that these three paintings were not worthy of attention and were regarded as ordinary garbage.
Or both.
Gu Weijing's heart went cold at that time. He knew that if it were a fine oil painting, he would never be treated like this.
He still patiently unfolded the three dirty canvases in front of him.
These oil paintings look like they were once furnishings and decorations in the hotel rooms of great writers.
The first painting at the top looked brighter. Gu Weijing just glanced at it and lost interest.
No wonder the people who handled these paintings behaved very rashly.
This is indeed not a good piece of work.
In fact, this is not an oil painting at all, but a print.
Modern oil paints are dense pastes, and printed matter is a layer of colored dots attached to the surface of cotton cloth or plastic paste.
As long as you look at it casually in the side light, it will be very clear. It is easy to know whether the painting is authentic or fake.
This is normal.Looking at the labels on the booth, Gu Weijing shouldn't have had too many expectations.
Most of the art displays in hotels around the world are this kind of thing.
Prints are not half as expensive as hand-painted oil paintings, and more than 70% of tourists simply do not have the ability to distinguish the difference between the two.
"I really dare to brag about the fine old paintings of the 20th century."
Gu Weijing complained speechlessly.
The second painting is also the same work with no surprises, and then the third painting, still the same dirty, still the same
Wait a minute
Gu Weijing, who was already overwhelmed with disappointment, realized something was wrong the moment he got the drawing paper.
My eyes have not yet fallen on the drawing paper, but my sense of touch has already fed the information back to my mind.
The feeling of this canvas is obviously different from the previous two.
The first two paintings are paintings, no, they are printed on cotton cloth.
The advantage of using cotton cloth as the base material for oil paintings is that it is cheap.
The disadvantages are everything except cheapness.
Cotton is too smooth and inelastic and will be eroded by acidic pigments.
And this canvas is soft and elastic to the touch.
The cloth base material has a unique texture style, and you can feel the vertical and horizontal weaving of plant fibers.
This is a pure linen canvas.
This is a rare thing, especially for old paintings.
Even in the contemporary era when the textile industry is highly developed, a roll of natural rain-dew linen canvas known as the "Queen of Fibers" costs hundreds of dollars.
Many painting students cannot afford high-end pure linen canvas, and will use cotton cloth or semi-linen blended cloth instead.
The price of a pure linen canvas is several times that of cotton, which is not a small expense for a painter. The earlier the painter, the more so.
Gu Weijing perked up,
He lowered his head and looked at the canvas carefully.
This is a look.
He was stunned again.
Gu Weijing never expected that he would see such an unusual work.
This is a dark-toned oil painting.
Since its birth, Impressionism has appeared on the stage of art with the attitude of overthrowing classicism and romanticism.
It opposes any works with religious mythological themes and the gray-brown color of the pictures.
This painting clearly uses impressionist techniques, but the theme goes in the opposite direction.
What the artist depicts is the old church in a thunderstorm.
The whole painting uses a lot of dark light spots, and the picture is not well preserved and is dirty.
Many traces of weathering and drying of the paint destroyed the original harmony of the painting.
It looks like it was fished out of the soil.
Gu Weijing’s first impression when he took this painting into his hands was a strong sense of dissonance.
It is completely different from any Impressionist work I have come across before.
When I first came into contact with this work, at first glance, it looked like some clumsy unknown painter, who was far-fetched and forced to use Impressionist techniques to create mismatched creations.
But in the next second, when Gu Weijing appreciated the painting from beginning to end, he realized that he was wrong.
Because the light and shadow of this painting gave him a familiar feeling.
Obviously one of the two paintings has bright colors, and the other has gloomy light and shadow, but the temperament of this painting reminded him of the dance at the Pancake Mill that he had just seen before.
This is a kind of sixth sense.
It is hard to explain, but it is real.
He has always had this feeling, ever since that day when he admired the painting "The Ball at the Pancake Mill" and when he saw the dreamy Paris brought about by the painting.
When Gu Weijing looked at other Impressionist works on the calligraphy and painting auction, he felt a sense of dullness.
Those who are lucky enough to have seen the delicacies of the gods, even if the fragrance lingers only for a moment between their lips and teeth, will find it difficult to be intoxicated by the delicacies of the mortal world.
And this painting actually gave Gu Weijing a similar feeling to the dance at the Pancake Mill.
Although the themes are very different, the painter's wanton expression of emotions and the condensed and unbroken brushwork are very similar.
On the surface, the subject matter and the color combination used in this work look completely un-Impressionistic.
But ordinary people look at appearance,
Experts look at connotation.
Since appreciating Renoir's famous paintings handed down from generation to generation, Gu Weijing has somewhat understood the connotation of Impressionism.
"The so-called Impressionism is nothing more than the pursuit of inner emotions and pure visual enjoyment. We do not depict gods, we just record sunlight and air. We do not follow dogma, because beautiful things will remain, And the pain will eventually pass away."
At this time, Gu Weijing remembered the confession of the loyal and powerful French man.
As for the pursuit of inner emotions and pure visual enjoyment
Although the painting in front of you depicts a church, it is by no means a rigid and dogmatic religious preaching painting of the medieval church. .
Although it is a thunderstorm in the sky, the colors are dark but not depressing.
Those messy and boring dots of different colors on the picture that you see from close up, when combined together, the picture changes magically.
The originally loose points converge into light, color and form, giving people a beautiful impression.
Especially the dimly lit candlelight in the window in the church, which seems to dispel the flames of darkness and even bring substantial warmth to people.
Such a painting,
such asIf it’s not Impressionism, then what is it
I really found a treasure
Gu Weijing judged that this was definitely the best Impressionist oil painting he had seen today. .
Even if it looks dirty and unobtrusive.
But it is still good enough to instantly kill the previous picture of the mountain in the snow that was surrounded by people.
The only question is how good it is
Gu Weijing stood leaning against the booth, and then activated the calligraphy and painting appraisal technique.
Ding
The vague illusion appeared in Gu Weijing's mind again.
An invisible pen began to draw rapidly on the light screen in his mind.
The roof of the church, the stained glass windows, the shining candlelight
When the last stroke on the picture fell, a melodious church bell rang. In the wind and rain, the sound of hymns drifted across time and space, coming from a hundred years ago, and reflected in Gu Weijing's heart.
"Young man, you have a nosebleed, are you okay?"
Gu Weijing noticed someone tapping his shoulder.
He finally recovered from his trance.
A middle-aged man next to him holding a thermos cup kindly handed over a roll of paper, and then looked at Gu Weijing with eyes full of sympathy for his weak body at such a young age.
Gu Weijing couldn't care less about the stinging pain in his mind.
He first pushed the oil painting in front of him forward to prevent his nosebleed from dripping onto the painting paper.
Then he took the toilet paper handed over by the uncle and blocked his nose.
Fortunately, I didn’t faint this time.
He was glad in his heart.
"Young man, you don't know how to do it. In the calligraphy and painting industry, the important thing is that you would rather eat a bite of fairy peaches than a basket of rotten peaches."
The man with the thermos cup stretched out his head, curious He glanced at the dirty canvas in front of Gu Weijing.
The uncle suddenly lost interest and shook his head disdainfully, "This kind of junk, no matter how low the price is, if you buy it back and you can't sell it, you will just throw away the goods in your hands."
Gu Weijing looked with a complex expression as he watched the thermos cup man strolling to one side with a master-like step.
He lowered his head,
The detailed information of the painting has appeared on the virtual panel.
Old Church in the Rain
Drawing Techniques V7 Master Level 1
Oil Painting Techniques V8 Master Level 2
Emotionally felt
“The second-level master’s evaluation is even higher than Ms. Tangning’s Hundred Flowers painting. Even the sketching techniques have reached the level of a master. Who is the author of this painting? He can have such superb painting skills. It shouldn’t be forgotten in history.”
“And why is that church so familiar?”
I just saw the illuminated church in the illusion. In the candlelit church, he suddenly felt that this scene seemed a bit familiar.
Gu Weijing once saw similarA similar scene is the Lucky Orphanage that I visit every weekend.
When he first saw this painting, he thought the scene in the painting looked familiar.
It’s just that it’s too common for oil paintings to use churches as themes. Impressionism does not pay as much attention to depicting the details as in photos as pure realism, but focuses more on using passionate brushwork to express inner subjective feelings.
Although the main building structure of Good Luck Orphanage has not changed, many of the original small furnishings and decorations on the exterior have long since disappeared.
This made Gu Weijing unable to react for a while.
Thinking carefully at this time,
The photo in the oil painting is basically the same as the general structure of the orphanage in my impression.
The biggest difference is the two Madonna statues at the door of the building in the oil painting.
This is something that the Good Luck Orphanage does not have in reality.
In other words, it’s not that there are none, but that the two original statues of the Virgin Mary at the entrance of the orphanage have long been lost in the turmoil of history.
Gu Weijing vaguely remembered that the director of the Good Luck Orphanage mentioned the history of the orphanage to him.
This used to be a church almshouse called "St. Mother Teresa's Church". Originally, there were two statues of the Virgin Mary at the door of the courtyard.
However, with the beginning of the Anglo-Burmese War in the 1890s, church forces and nuns withdrew. One of the two Madonna statues was damaged by shelling during the war, and the other was moved into the courtyard by volunteers.
That is, the statue that Gu Weijing saw hanging with the bronze plaque "You should love your neighbor as you love yourself".
"Count the time"
Gu Weijing's heart skipped a beat.
If the subject of this painting is really the Good Luck Orphanage.
That would be interesting.
He may have really found a big fish.
This means that the painting was not created in the 20th century, but in the 19th century, or even before the 1890s to be precise.
Half a century earlier and half a century later,
This has completely different meanings for Impressionist works.
In the painting industry, the first batch of people who braved the pressure of public opinion and the ridicule of art critics to establish their own schools and go their own way were the real masters.
The second batch is the warriors.
The third and fourth batches can only be craftsmen.
Whenever a painting trend emerges and its market value is gradually recognized, a group of followers will immediately appear to seize the market.
Impressionism is the foundational school of modern art, and many painters followed suit.
If it was the twentieth century, there were many painters who imitated the Impressionist style.
But in the second half of the 19th century, Impressionism was still the work of a niche circle.
The vast majority of painters who worked in the Impressionist style in the 19th century, except for a few unlucky onesEveryone has left their name in the history of art.
The prices of the two are simply not the same.
This painting is a masterpiece both in terms of technique and emotion.
Is the author of this painting one of those few unlucky people?
Gu Weijing carefully checked the paper of the oil painting. Many painters would sign their official works. Add a name, or a special mark of your own.
Of course, there are many exceptions.
For example, the artist signed his signature on the frame, or it was a practice work and there was no signature at all.
Gu Weijing originally did not have high expectations for whether he could find a mark to identify the artist. After all, no matter how unprofessional the second-hand dealers who dealt with it before were, they could not leave a work signed by a famous artist alone.
Unexpectedly,
He actually found the identity information of the painter of this painting.
On the back of the drawing paper, the artist signed his name Ra Carroll in black ink that was completely consistent with the main tone of the painting.
"It's a female painter"
Gu Weijing's confusion immediately found the answer.
Why is this painter unable to leave her name in history despite her superb skills?
Because she is a woman.
Historically, the social status of female painters has been very low for a long time. It was almost after World War II that a large number of female artists became famous.
In history, many daughters, sisters or wives of painters actually had superb painting skills, but only a handful of them left their names in history.
And the stories of these painters are often accompanied by tragic elements such as being raped by teachers or patrons.
Gu Weijing firmly remembered the name of the painter and planned to check if he could find relevant information later.
If he can verify the origin and provenance of this oil painting, the value of this painting may be doubled.
Even if you can't find it, you will definitely respect a painter with such superb painting skills.
Gu Weijing took out his bidding card and filled in the amount of US$2,500 in the bidding box on the side.
This is all the cash I have.
Although the package price of this set of sundries was only one hundred and fifty US dollars, if he had the opportunity to pick up such a treasure, he would have missed it because he wanted to take advantage of it.
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