Chapter 66 Renoir
Henry and Paul found the hotel owner, and under the money offensive, they bought the painting for $1,000.
Because the painting was purchased wholesale from a second-hand store, although the boss was a little surprised, he didn't think much about it and didn't even ask which painting it was.
US$1,000 is really a lot, considering that the total price he paid for these paintings was only US$300.
Those who can open a shop and do business have their own merits.
The boss knew that the environment of his hotel was not very good, but he was not willing to spend money to renovate it, so he went to a second-hand store to buy paintings and hang them in the corridors and rooms. , the whole hotel has an elegant artistic atmosphere, and the grade has been upgraded invisibly.
Seeing that Henry is willing to spend a lot of money to buy a second-hand painting, the boss is thinking about whether to go to a second-hand store to buy a batch of paintings and put them in the hotel. Maybe the guests who stay here will buy them as souvenirs when they leave.
Isn’t this just one more way to make money?
Back in the room, Henry first reported the good news to Lin Yuan that the painting already belonged to them.
Later, Henry asked again: "Brother Lin, whose work is this?"
"It's not confirmed yet. This should be the author's signature. You can take a look." Lin Yuan pointed to the signature place and said.
Henry and Paul were slightly stunned. They thought Lin Yuan had already recognized the origin of this painting.
Qiao Yufan knew that he couldn't help, so he moved to the side and gave up his position.
Paul took a closer look and felt a little dizzy. Are these messy threads really a signature?
Henry was a little confused when he saw it.
"Can you see what it is?" Qiao Yufan asked.
Henry smiled bitterly and said: "I have no clue at all. This signature is more abstract than an abstract painting!"
No wonder Lin Yuan said he was not sure.
"Get out of the way and look at me!" At this time, the old uncle said.
Huo Qingtong remembered that the old uncle just glanced at him, touched the back of his head, and then went aside to play with his mobile phone. Could it be...
"Uncle, please tell us who signed this." Huo Qingtong asked.
The old uncle didn't respond to Huo Qingtong. He calmly clicked on the signature with his mobile phone and took a photo.
"You continue to study and I will tell you later." After the old uncle finished speaking, he fiddled with his mobile phone.
At this time, Huo Qingtong and others were stunned.
Lin Yuan couldn't help but want to roll his eyes.
Needless to say, the old uncle went to find foreign aid.
After a while, my uncle's cell phone rang.
The old uncle answered the phone and heard a familiar voice. It was Uncle De.
"What the hell are you posting? Is this funny..."
It turned out that the old uncle did not explain clearly the cause and effect. He just sent the signed photo to Uncle De and asked him to help identify it.
"Uncle De, I was negligent. I didn't explain clearly. Let's get down to business first..." The old uncle wanted to give in.
But Uncle De didn't listen at all. The loud and powerful voice didn't stop for a full minute.
This made Li Qiu Shui and the others very depressed. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. It was very hard to endure.
"Say it." Uncle De took a sip of water to moisten his throat.
"This is the signature on the painting..."
Before he finished speaking, Uncle De interrupted: "Forget it, just give the phone to Xiaoyuan."
Uncle De was too lazy to pay attention to the old uncle, who couldn't explain clearly.
After being embarrassed in front of the juniors one after another, the old uncle flashed a slightly embarrassed look and handed the phone to Lin Yuan.
After Lin Yuan greeted Uncle De, he told Uncle De the ins and outs of the matter and his speculations.
Uncle De asked Lin Yuan to take a photo of the entire painting and a close-up of the signature area.
Not long after, Uncle De called back: "It should be a good painting, but I can't tell who signed it. Go find Ryan and have a look!" Lin Yuan thanked Uncle De before hanging up the phone.
"Uncle, Uncle De suggested giving it to Ryan for help."
"Oh! How could I forget this foreign devil? He is an expert in this field!" The old uncle patted his forehead hard.
The voice was not quiet, and it startled everyone again.
Everyone got to know my uncle better.
The old uncle called Ryan.
Ryan: "Good evening, Mr. Lin! What can I do for you?"
"Foreign devils..."
The old uncle only said three words when he suddenly felt something was wrong. When asking for help, he had to be polite. Before Ryan could react, he quickly switched to English.
"Mr Ryan..." the old uncle said with a smile on his face.
The old uncle hung up the phone and sent the photo.
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Five minutes later, Ryan called to tell him that it was a signature of Renoir.
At the same time, Ryan informed that this signature is difficult to identify, and even professionals may not be able to tell that it is Renoir's signature. He was also lucky. When he was looking for historical materials, he saw such a signature and was impressed by it.
Renoir's full name is Pierre-Auguste Renoir, he was an important Impressionist painter.
He is optimistic and simple by nature, loves life and nature, and has an extremely keen artistic sensibility for the beauty of people and nature.
Most of Renoir's lifetime works depict young women, especially their naked bodies, in bright and loud warm tones. He used special traditional techniques to lovingly describe the soft and elastic skin and plump bodies of young women.
Although he also painted many outdoor landscape paintings and works on girls and children, the children in his paintings are innocent and childish, and the girls he painted can convey a calm and elegant mood.
However, nudity and women's images dominated his life's works.
His human body paintings are different from the hypocrisy and artificiality pursued by painters of the previous school.
Renoir's female bodies are filled with a kind of joy and youthful vitality. Each of them is like Eve in the Paradise of Eden who has never tasted the forbidden fruit. They are leisurely and charming.
Ryan knew that Renoir only split from the Impressionist movement in the mid-1980s and turned to using his more rigorous and formal painting techniques in portraits and portraits, especially portraits of women.
This painting is a typical Impressionist work that records real life, and is in line with the style of Renoir's early works.
Of course, this is just Ryan's guess, and a final conclusion cannot be drawn until he conducts an appraisal.
Finally, he asked Chen Shiquan if he wanted to take action, he could contact their auction house.
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By now, it was getting late, so everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.
Lin Yuan had no dreams all night.
Others were somewhat unable to sleep and rolled around in bed until almost dawn, then fell asleep for a while.
After getting up, everyone ate a sandwich for breakfast.
Before departure, Lin Yuan asked Qiao Yufan: "How are you going to go back?"
The three Liuzi looked at each other: "We have asked for leave from the school, and we want to continue going out with Brother Lin to see more."
If you miss one or two classes in college, you can make them up later. But if I miss the opportunity to hold Lin Yuan's thigh this time, I won't have to make up for it later!
It doesn't matter to Lin Yuan, just come if you want!
As they walked, they left Carmel along the 17-mile coastal scenic route.
The scenery along the way is picturesque, with blue sea and sky, white sandy rocks, squirrels, seabirds and seals everywhere, as well as pines and cypresses on the cliffs. Everywhere is unforgettable.
Vehicles are driving on the road.
Henry suddenly said: "Brother Lin, there is a branch road ahead that leads to Hearst Castle."
(End of chapter)