Chapter 462： Masterpiece

"It's really beautiful and fascinating! Although I haven't seen the author's signature, I'm sure that this painter is definitely not a general, maybe he is a very famous artist.

Is this the work of that artist? When was it created? What is the value? Betty, do you know? If you understand, let me tell you about it. I look forward to knowing the answer! "

Logan said excitedly, his eyes full of expectation.

This kid still has a certain appreciation ability and some understanding of art. After all, he is a student of MIT's Department of Architecture and must have taken relevant art courses.

Especially the waterfront architecture in Venice, Italy, he must be very familiar with it. It is a classic architecture that every architecture student must study.

Not only was he curious, but Evelyn was also so.

She also looks forward to knowing the answer, and wants to know the value of the oil painting in front of her. Is it higher or lower than the value of the 1947 white horse red wine?

Unlike them, Matthew had a thoughtful expression, and his eyes flashed with excitement from time to time.

Obviously, he is guessing the author of this oil painting and also guessing the value of this oil painting.

Betty shrugged and said with a little regret:

"Sorry, Logan, I don't know the answer. Like you, I also like this oil painting very much, and I want to know who the author is.

Steven didn't tell me the answer. He said that when he talked about Boston, he would announce the answer. To give everyone a surprise, now he can let Steven reveal the answer! "

After speaking, Betty turned to look at her boyfriend, expecting him to reveal the answer.

Logan and Evelyn were the same, both looking at Ye Tian with anticipation in their eyes.

Ye Tian smiled softly, then smiled and said:

"Well, I will reveal the answer, this is..."

At this moment, Matthew suddenly interrupted Ye Tian, ​​took the conversation and said:

"Steven, don't announce the answer, let me guess, okay? I know a little bit about art, and I know a little bit of appraisal knowledge. Now that I have this opportunity, I don't want to miss it!"

Matthew said with brows flying brightly, his eyes were extremely bright, straight shining!

Obviously, the old man was in great interest and wanted to show off his skills and show his artistic skills.

Ye Tian stopped the conversation, smiled and nodded, agreed to Matthew's request, and then looked at Lao Zhang pole with interest.

I don't know how good this old man is? Can you guess the answer? interesting!

Betty and Logan both looked over in surprise when they heard what their father said.

I never heard that Dad will appreciate art! What is this moth going out? Don't make a fool of yourself! Steven is a well-known art appraiser, and he has never seen it before!

Only Evelyn looked at her husband with a smile and looked confident.

The living room became quiet, and everyone was waiting for Matthew's appraisal conclusion.

Matthew picked up the oil painting on the coffee table, held it in his hand, and began to perform visual identification. He looked at it very carefully and seriously, and looked like an expert in identification!

Seeing his performance, Ye Tian couldn't help his eyes brighten, maybe this old man really has two brushes! Let's look at his appraisal results, it is worth looking forward to!

Betty and Logan stared roundly, looking at Matthew incredulously.

Is this still his father? Why did you suddenly become an expert? Still decent! Don't pretend it?

Two or three minutes later, Matthew put down the oil painting before he could do it, and raised his head to look at everyone.

Then, he began to talk about the appraisal conclusions he had drawn, very excited, and with a bit of confidence.

"Judging from the slightly old frame and the condition of the canvas, this oil painting should have a long history, at least 50 years or more. Am I right? Steven"

The old man was obviously not quite confident yet, so he began to solicit opinions on the first article.

The target of the inquiry is of course Ye Tian. He is an art appraisal expert at the scene, and he is a very good one!

"Yes, Mr. Walter, on this point, your identification is very correct. The history of this oil painting is indeed more than 50 years!"

Ye Tian smiled and nodded, and gave an affirmative answer, but didn't reveal more.

"Awesome! I know that although I haven't appraised an artwork in more than 20 years, my eyesight is still there, and it hasn't completely degraded and disappeared!"

Matthew threw a fist and cheered, as happy as a child.

Actually let Dad guess right!

No artwork has been appraised in twenty years! What the **** is this again? Had Dad used to be an art appraisal expert? Do not make jokes!

Betty and Logan's eyes were about to fly out, looking at their father in shock, how can they not believe what they just heard! It's not real!

Only Evelyn remained as usual, seeming to take everything for granted, and not to be surprised.

And the look she looked at Matthew was more gentle, a bit reminiscent of the past!

After calming down a bit, Matthew began to talk about his appraisal conclusion. This time he was obviously more confident.

"This painting seems to be a landscape oil painting of the French Barbizon School. From the picture, the brush is light, natural and vivid, beautiful and fresh, and it is a very realistic painting technique.

The characters and sceneries in the paintings are all lifelike, giving people an immersive feeling, full of poetry, and what it shows is the most authentic and simple beauty of nature!

Based on the landscape depicted in this painting, the painting techniques, and my speculation of the school, I think this might be the work of Charles François Dobini of the Barbizon school.

I can see Dobini's style, but it is not very obvious, but even if it is not Dobini's paintings, this painter must be deeply influenced by Dobini, and his painting style is very similar to Dobini!

This is just my personal appraisal conclusion, not sure, after all, I am just an art lover, not a professional, and cannot be compared with high-level appraisal experts like you.

If my appraisal is correct, this is indeed Dobini's work, then we dare not accept this gift, let alone hang it at home! This is too expensive! It will make us sleepless! "

After reading the appraisal conclusion, Matthew immediately looked at Ye Tian and waited for Ye Tian to comment to verify whether his appraisal conclusion was correct.

In his heart, the result was basically confirmed.

The painting in front of me is Dobini’s work. With Steven’s boldness, I shouldn’t send a copy or fake to Evelyn!

You know, Evelyn is likely to be his future mother-in-law! How dare this kid be sloppy?

Thinking of this, Matthew couldn't help shaking with excitement.

This is a painting by Charles Dobiny! How many art collectors dream of, but unattainable top oil paintings! Right in front of my eyes at this moment, at your fingertips! Can it be exciting!

As soon as he finished speaking, Matthew already regretted a little!

It's okay to be polite! It's so full! If Steven followed his advice and really took back this painting, wouldn't he regret his death?

If you miss this handy top oil painting, it will keep you awake at night! It is inevitable to wash away with tears every day!

Betty, Logan, and Evelyn were all stupid at this time. They looked at the oil painting on the table in disbelief, Ye Tian, ​​and Matthew!

In the eyes of the three of them, there was a look of surprise, even crazy!

Charles Francois Dobini! What a shocking name!

For anyone who has studied European art history, Dobini is a person who can't get around. If you don't know the streets, you can at least be familiar with it!

Of course, Betty and the others know Dobini's name. They have heard the name in high school and university art classes, and not once or twice!

This great **** is a famous French painter in the nineteenth century, a banner figure of the Barbizon School, and is also considered one of the important pioneers of Impressionism, and is also the winner of the French Knights Legion!

Speaking of Dobini, we must first talk about the Barbizon school.

This is a famous landscape painting school born in France in the 19th century.

Barbizon is located at the entrance of the Fontainebleau forest in Paris. The scenery is beautiful. In the 1830s and 1940s, a group of painters who were dissatisfied with the rule of the July dynasty and academic painting came to settle here and paint, forming the Barbizon school.

They not only use realistic techniques to express the appearance of nature, but are also committed to exploring the inner life of nature, and strive to express the painter's sincere feelings about nature in their works.

They used real natural landscape paintings to create, denying the false academic style of historical landscape painting, and opened the prelude to the mighty realist art movement in France in the 19th century.

The Barbizon School opposes the academic painters to paint landscape paintings indoors, and advocates going out of the studio and sketching the scenery under natural light, and then creating landscape paintings based on sketches.

Their creative experience, especially the sketching of landscapes, in order to obtain a true and fresh feeling, the artistic proposition and practice of brightening the tones of the picture, has brought important enlightenment to European and American landscape painters.

This includes the most important impressionist school in modern art history, as well as many other famous art masters, all deeply influenced by the Barbizon school.

The representative painters of the Barbizon school include Rousseau, Della Pena, Dobini, etc., these people are all famous painters in the history of Western art and Dobini is the first outsider. One of the painters who painted under these conditions is a well-deserved banner painter of the Barbizon School. His paintings are not only of extraordinary artistic value, but also of groundbreaking significance!

Dobini's pictures are mostly sunny and full of light; his compositions are mostly banners, which have a bright and open feeling and full of natural vitality.

His research on water landscape is very thorough, and he is considered to be the painter who is good at painting water in the Barbizon school.

It was his way of going deep into nature and sketching sceneries that had a great influence on later impressionist painters and directly contributed to the birth of impressionism!

Impressionist masters such as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cézanne and other famous art masters, can even be said to be a student of Dobini, and Monet was brought back to France by him from England!

In artistic practice, these young painters at that time were deeply influenced by Dobini's paintings, and then created countless top artworks, which shines in the history of Western art!

Dobini also gave firm support to these junior painters, and he himself is known as the originator of Impressionism.

In the history of French art, Dobini's status is very high, even above the famous masters of art such as Paul Cezanne and Delacroix, it has been respected and praised by countless people!

And his paintings are very high in terms of artistic value and market value. They are enthusiastically pursued by countless people and are the top art collections!

Therefore, when Betty and the others heard that the painting in front of them might be Dobini's work, they were naturally shocked, even a little bit unbelievable!

Especially Evelyn, her eyes were fixed on the oil painting on the table, and she was not willing to move away for a moment.

At this moment, she couldn't wait to go up and seal Matthew's mouth immediately. ) Download the free reader!!