"The style of pen and ink is unique and really interesting."
Gu Tongxiang left a Chinese painting of rich peonies with beautiful brushwork on his personal homepage of Ma Shi Gallery.
Anna looked carefully.
The peonies are bright red, with golden stamens and bright green branches and leaves.
Anna knows that plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos, chrysanthemums and peonies are all plant images with special meanings in oriental art and culture.
Traditional oriental painters pay a lot of attention to painting peonies well.
Different from common herbs and flowers.
Peony is a woody plant.
Therefore, the branches of the writing should be very powerful, full and round, and contain changes in ups and downs.
Mr. Gu Tongxiang’s writing and ink are extremely elegant.
His overall painting is a traditional oriental brush painting, but the color principle of oil paint matching is revealed between the veins of the brush. This feeling seems to be like
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Miss Elena thought for a moment and opened the buyer's recommendation section of the oil painting magazine on her tablet's browser.
She entered the database and clicked on the search box with her fingertips.
Oil Painting Magazine is known as the essential tool guide for anyone working in the art field around the world.
The monthly membership fee of 75 euros is, to be honest, not cheap at all.
It is also very expensive for Europeans with high income and high welfare.
Kelian Gu Weijing’s family has such a frugal family environment. I don’t want to be a member of popular TV series like Netflix and HBO, so I download and watch pirated versions online.
Gu’s Book Gallery is determined to spend a sum of money to subscribe to oil paintings.
That’s because its functions are so powerful and professional.
Covering almost all aspects of any art business field.
The magazine has extremely rich and complete functions, and has in-depth cooperation with several famous art databases such as art and artrice.
In addition to checking the magazine’s recommended star rating for major painters in the art world, the buyer recommendation column can also cover the transaction results of more than 90 regular auctions in the world.
It contains historical transaction records of hundreds of thousands of artworks, price fluctuation curves, and electronic albums with high image quality.
Based on the memory of the artwork in her mind, Anna entered the text "gieecastigiourkey2017" on the keyboard and clicked search.
The webpage was immediately directed to a transaction record of the 2017 Poly Auction.
"Sure enough, the painting methods of these two paintings give people the feeling of coming from the same origin."
Anna nodded.
Five years ago, Poly Auction auctioned a Qing Dynasty court painting of a turkey by Giuseppe Gastilion with Castiglione’s real name annotated.
This painting was sold in a small auction house in New York very early in the last century.One shot.
The transaction price at that time was only tens of thousands of dollars.
Later, with the art market's pursuit of Castiglione's painting style, and the accurate identification of the origin of this painting was found in the archives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Palace.
In the past few years, it has been auctioned for a sky-high price of about 12 million US dollars, which has attracted a lot of attention in the art market. Oil painting magazines also wrote special review articles.
From a technical perspective.
This court painter's accuracy in brushwork and inkling, and the elongation of his meanings, are not comparable to those of his Eastern contemporaries Tang Dai, Leng Mei, and Ding Guanpeng. In terms of his realistic attainments and gorgeous colors, he is even surpassed by the Baroque style.
But Castiglione’s name is becoming more and more popular at auctions.
His unique painting style plays an indispensable role in it.
I didn’t expect that there would be a second oriental painter taking this retro art route in the world.
Anna firmly remembered the name Gu Tongxiang.
"Well, no wonder Mashi Gallery has taken a fancy to this old man. In today's homogeneous oil painting market, this painting style can easily leave an impression on collectors at a glance. And it will sell more than anything else. The eccentric art schools such as Dadaism on white paper can better reflect the true skill of the painter."
Anna nodded in approval and frowned slightly.
But in detail
Excluding the advantages of novel painting methods.
As for the writing quality of this picture of rich peonies, according to Miss Elena’s evaluation standards, it is only considered to be passing.
This is because after all, I come from a small place like Myanmar, which is far away from art trends.
It is not easy to draw such a painting. Anna was embarrassed to say some more venomous comments, so she gave Gu Tongxiang a passing grade in her heart.
Start from the perspective of the structure of pen and ink lines.
The quality of this peony drawing is far from the level of a sketch of Detective Cat Sister that is rigorous enough to be printed in a textbook.
“However, this painting method does not pay much attention to the level of sketching.”
Miss Elena is not sure whether it is possible for this old Burmese gentleman to be that The detective cat connected to himself.
Look at this situation.
The greater probability may be that Detective Cat Sister is not on this list at all
Elliot thoughtfully attached a picture of the gallery homepage to every document she compiled. Jump link.
Anna jumped to the official website of Mashi Gallery with the thought that there would be no harm in doing anything.
Looked through it.
She did not find any additional information worth noting about "Gu Tongxiang".
The gallery will not post on its homepage what kind of contracts it has signed with its agent painters.
At this time, she neither had any hope that Gu Tongxiang was a detective cat, nor could she regard him as a detective cat.The old gentleman, like the first two, completely ruled out the possibility.
Anna makes an unexpected discovery.
This peony painting is for sale on the official website of Ma Shi Gallery.
Similar to the limited-time online auction on eBay, the highest bidder wins with a base price of 500 euros.
There are less than 75 hours left before the auction ends.
Thirteen hours ago someone had already bid 850 euros.
If you don’t look at anything else,
for less than a thousand euros, you can buy a work by an artist represented by a first-tier gallery like Max.
This itself has a certain appeal.
Anna thought for a moment.
She is a member of the official website of Ma Shi Gallery.
After logging in with her account and password at the top of the page, the girl casually filled in 5,200 euros, clicked on the quote, and then returned the IAD in her hand to her secretary.
"Keep an eye on this painting for me. I want to buy this painting. If it's less than 20,000 euros, you don't have to ask me. Just bid."
She ordered.
"Okay."
Elliot took a look at the online auction page and saw only two or three bid records.
She stuck out her tongue helplessly, "For this unknown little painter, even if some people want to bid under the deadline, your 5,200 euros is enough to scare them away from any desire to bid. Even 1,200 euros is enough."
The female secretary shrugged.
“In fact, if it really sells for more than 3,000 euros, there is a high probability that it will only be the gunmen hired by the gallery themselves to raise the price.”
Unless it is a particularly large-sized work.
The recommended reference amount for the market transaction price given by oil painting magazines to "one-star" painters is usually no more than 2,000 euros.
Given the length of this painting, the price quoted by Miss Elena is already ridiculously high.
"This painting is not bad. It is worth the money. If it is not worth it now, it will be worth it in the future."
Anna does not care whether she spends one or two thousand euros less or more. .
Even though this Mr. Gu Tongxiang has nothing to do with Detective Cat. She was still willing to buy the painting for collection.
My ability to use a pen is indeed not very strong, but my flaws do not hide my strengths.
If she is still the editor of the visual arts section of the magazine.
The peony picture alone shows the painter's ability to control the collision of Eastern and Western artistic styles in a smooth and smooth manner.
Anna is willing to give a rating of two to two and a half stars.
She has always believed stubbornly.
The market price should be determined by artistic value.
Instead of using market prices to measure the value of art, as many art speculators like to do.
In the eyes of Miss Elena, this picture of rich peonies is better than the pictures soaked in formalin.A swordfish specimen is more in line with the original meaning of the word "art".
The painting itself is certainly not worth that much now.
Anna regarded these several thousand euros as early investment. It is used to reward this old gentleman and encourage him to continue to persevere in his creation.
Loss
Anna didn’t think she had anything to lose by giving some money to an old man who was trying hard to explore painting techniques.
It doesn’t matter if you can’t become famous.
And just keep drawing.
This old gentleman’s works should have considerable potential for appreciation in the future.
Critics with excellent artistic accomplishment believe even more in the artistic value of their works than the painters they admire.
When Picasso was just a slightly famous Spanish boy on the streets of France, a young couple was extremely optimistic about his future and believed that this painting method had the potential to change the world.
And allocated a large proportion of their personal savings to purchase Picasso's works of art.
The young couple's financial status at that time could only be considered middle-class at best, but they spent thousands of francs to buy dozens of Picasso's works.
When these paintings were ready to be sold around the turn of the millennium, the market price had exceeded US$200 million.
A return on investment of nearly 10,000 times.
Buying a work by the “right” painter means there is such a huge room for appreciation.
Anna did not think about selling paintings.
While she loves the detective cat sister Wujiwu, she is also simply willing to encourage this old painter with innovative painting styles.
Historical records from the Renaissance to the present have proven one thing time and time again.
There are only a few artists who can be favored by the Irina family, and the prices of their works will not increase in value in the future.
Elena’s family has a huge collection with countless famous paintings.
Like the oil princes of the Middle East, there are many works that have spent millions or tens of millions of euros on the auction market.
But only a small part.
Over the past few hundred years, the Elena family has acted as patrons, investors, and protectors of painters from various schools of painting, and the painters have given away a large number of their works to express their respect.
Other than that, most of the rest are people like Anna in front of her. When she finds a work that shines in her eyes, she takes out a stroke and it is a drop in the bucket in her heart. It is rich enough in the eyes of the painter. I was so happy that I bought the other party's painting with the money.
In their family collection, there is a flower in a stone by the stylist Paul Klee, which is now estimated to be at least 3 million euros.
When her family purchased this painting at a "high" price in 1903, they only spent less than 200 Austrian crowns and a dinner.
It is said.
Paul KleeWhile holding the croissant in my mouth and pouring coffee into my mouth, I almost burst into tears of gratitude.
The Ileana family has obtained the art they like, and this money can become the motivation for the young painters to persist on the road of art.
It is a very win-win investment.
"Gu Tongxiang"
Anna is still trying to figure out the name in her mind.
The deep voice of Sir Brown, the current chairman of the oil painting committee, interrupted her random thoughts.
"Ladies and gentlemen."
Sir Brown clapped his hands.
“It’s almost time. We are all familiar faces, so there is no need to introduce each other too much. Unfortunately, our old friend Mr. Signac, because this week the European Union Cultural Agency and the Spanish Culture There was a ministerial meeting to be held by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Education, and he could not get away, so he was absent from the meeting."
Chairman Brown nodded to the young lawyer sitting at the end of the long table, "Fortunately, Dear Mr. Signac has also sent an agent to execute his equity."
"All the remaining important shareholders of the Oil Painting Magazine are here. No need to say more polite words. The most outstanding and outstanding talents in the field, it is an honor to work with you. But before we start, there is one thing I want to explain."
He has silver hair and is dressed in a crisp slim suit. Chairman Brown, who looked like a hereditary peer in the House of Lords, stood up and looked around.
He cleared his voice slightly.
“Everyone knows that we are a magazine that is in an important period of transformation.”
“I believe that the vast majority of people sitting around me have enough courage. He is responsible for his own decisions and is willing to show his determination to work together to bring oil painting into a more brilliant and glorious new era."
Sir's eyes ignored the two girls opposite him and glanced at him. At the bottom of the seats, there are figures of famous experts and scholars.
"Based on this. I hope that no matter what the outcome is, all shareholder resolutions, meeting logs and everyone's voting signatures at this meeting will be released to the public. And as part of the magazine's development plan, it will be sent to everyone "This is our first proposal today"
The chairman held out his index finger. .
There is already a clerk typing quickly in front of the laptop, recording every word the chairman said in a document.
The room fell into a brief silence.
The men were silent for a moment and exchanged meaningful looks with each other.
Oil Painting Magazine is not a listed company. Together, they, the shareholders, own 100% of it.
It has no obligation to release corporate financial reports or development plans to the public.
And thisThe proposal did not appear on the shareholder meeting diary at all.
Strictly speaking, this kind of sudden attack without greeting is even suspected of violating the relevant provisions of the "Company Law".
But no one pointed this out.
We are all smart people.
Sir Brown is really a thoughtful old fox.
The suggestion he made now that he hopes to distribute the content of today's shareholders' meeting to every magazine audience is very shrewd.
What could be a more clear demonstration of the magazine’s determination to make changes than a document signed and endorsed by so many top experts?
At the same time,
This also means that after the resolution of the shareholders' meeting is announced to the public, everyone is on the same warship in the eyes of the public media.
Everyone signed their name on the resolution to kick out the Elena family.
They have made a very clear cut now and there will be no room for maneuver in the future.
Don’t sign
Oh, if you don’t sign, then the young girl across the long table may not be the only one who tries to get kicked out of the management.
The Lu family is right-leaning, and the Liu family is left-leaning.
Either choose the new force represented by Kruger Brothers Bank, or choose to get out with Miss Irina.
There is no room for those who sit on the fence to play both sides.
If you make money, you will get rich together.
If there is any problem in the future and everyone capsizes together, don't even think about kicking Sir Brown out to take the blame.
However,
With so many artistic giants standing side by side, how can there be any possibility that the ship will really capsize
" I agree with Sir Brown's proposal. Everyone, since we all have the same belief before coming here, if we want to take a big step forward, we should not be afraid of anything. I believe that in the near future, today’s shareholders’ meeting will shape a new wealth myth.”
Mr. Al-Khelaifi from the United States raised his hand, “It will be like Philadelphia in the art world. Like the declaration, it has become a milestone in the magazine's liberation from the rule of the Elena family. Each of us will be proud to sign it."
This fat old man with the spirit of North American adventure, He was originally Sir Brown's biggest supporter among the shareholders of the magazine.
He was the first to agree with the chairman’s proposal.
The fat old man turned his head and looked at Anna across the table, shrugged and spread his hands, "I'm sorry, beautiful Miss Elena. We all know that this is not a personal grudge."
"If If you change your mind and stand among us, I will kneel down and kiss the back of your hand." Al-Khelaifi made a rather funny facial expression.
Under his leadership.
Shareholders began to raise their hands one after another.
It was originally something I had thought about before attending the meeting, and now there is nothing to hesitate about.
In the end, even Professor Sakurai and the lawyer representing the Signac shareholder raised their hands.
"12 votes in favor of the proposal and 1 vote against, then that's it"
Sir Brown achieved the result he wanted.
All shareholders except the heiress of the Elena family have remained consistent with their own will.
This is a good start for clearing the imprint of the Irina family.
He could imagine how embarrassed Miss Elena was when the share decision was announced.
Just when the chairman was about to announce the passage of the first resolution.
"Mr. Brown, please stop." Anna finally spoke.
"Miss Elena, I understand that you have different opinions now, but the proportion of shareholders who agree with the resolution has exceeded two-thirds, I'm afraid"
Sir Brown Binbin He sneered inwardly as he answered politely.
Little girl,
It’s useless if you are unhappy now, the general trend is behind me.
"No, I mean you counted the wrong votes."
Anna smiled and shook her head.
"I think your suggestion is very good. When the drama reaches its climax, a painter is really needed to paint the expressions of each leading actor on the stage vividly. This way, we can look back on this past event in the future. Only then can the audience repeatedly experience the good, evil, loyalty and villainy of each character."
Miss Irina also raised her hands in a smile.
“So it should be 13 votes in favor and 0 votes against.”
“Huh, it’s not clear whether it was the Philadelphia Declaration or the mob’s carnival to kill Socrates. ”
Elliot sniffed viciously and said bitterly to the lady, “If every pottery tablet that agreed to execute Socrates was engraved with the name of the instigator. People who commit such sins as iron will be cast aside by history for a long time."
The old people on the other side were silent again.
Only the sound of the cold wind in early spring came from the window.
"Well, in the adult world, everyone will stubbornly insist that they are right. This is not a debate competition, and there is no point in arguing with words. We still use the equity we hold to speak for ourselves. "Okay."
Sir Brown knocked on the table hard, easing the embarrassing atmosphere in the room.
"Well, time is precious, let us get straight to the point. Each of you has in front of you an agreement regarding the acquisition of magazine shares by Kruger Brothers Bank. You must have read it carefully, the Austrian State The government has approved the bank's acquisition proposal. Now it is time for everyone to express whether they are willing to accept a new major shareholder to join us."
"170 million euros, 35 million.4 shares. Although many of you will reduce your shareholdings as a result. But this capital injection also means that the brand value of Oil Painting Magazine has reached a full 500 million euros. ”
Austria’s company law stipulates that the sale of shares to external parties requires the approval of more than half of the shareholders.
Sir Brown waved his arms, making no secret of his desire to facilitate The determination of this acquisition “I don’t need to remind you what a generous offer this is. ”
Five hundred million euros.
Everyone’s breathing became heavier.
Everyone knows that if the oil painting magazine is put on the scale of money, It's definitely more than the conservative valuation of 100 million euros.
But it's a direct five-fold increase.
At the very least, the shareholders here are millionaires. Five hundred million euros is still a number that makes their hearts beat faster.
“Before everyone votes, I want to say something. ”
At this moment, Miss Elena suddenly supported the table and moved the wheelchair backward.
As everyone looked at her in astonishment, she asked her secretary Elliot to push her. Go to the opposite side of the long table.
“Sir Brown, you are the Beidou in the field of Egyptian studies. Although my aunt had some ideological differences with you back then, she has always admired your academic contributions. "
Anna actually stretched out a hand and shook hands with Sir Brown who was confused.
"Professor Sakurai, I read your book on Asian Art when I was in high school. The article on the comparative analysis of color science in the works of Pissarro and Seurat. You can get the sponsorship bonus from the Rockefeller Foundation, and you really deserve it."
"Mr. Al-Khelaifi"
Miss Irina didn't seem to read the indifferent atmosphere around those people at all.
She actually started to say hello to them one after another out of curiosity. Please remember to bookmark the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft