Chapter 512： Sisters paintings

What surprised Ye Tian was an oil painting hanging in the lounge.

This is a landscape oil painting on canvas. The size is not big, about 40*50. It is installed in a rustic-style frame and hung quietly on the wall on the north side of the lounge.

Consistent with the style of the picture frame, what the painter shows in this painting is a quiet, beautiful, and vibrant pastoral scene, which is the purest rustic flavor!

The background of the screen is a riverside jungle, and a fruit goose girl is sitting on the grass by the river, about to take a bath.

She stretched her left foot into the river, seeming to be testing the temperature of the river water, cautiously, with her hands supporting the grass behind her, her right leg arched, her head hanging down, her eyes staring at the river with a very focused expression.

Under the painter's delicate brushwork, the girl's body is shown plump and firm, youthful and fit, and the dense jungle by the river sets off the beautiful curves of the girl's body.

In the distance of the river is a flock of white geese, fluttering their wings, or singing, or swimming happily in the clear water, which adds a lot of vitality and movement to the picture.

With realistic skills and keen observation, the painter depicts the light and shadow of the jungle, and highlights the girl’s body with light and shadow effects, making the picture appear unified and harmonious.

"It's so beautiful! Andrew can enjoy life so much"

While admiring this oil painting, Ye Tian couldn't help but admire secretly, his eyes were a bit of envy.

Outside of busy work, when the body and mind are exhausted, it is definitely a very pleasant thing to be able to appreciate such a beautiful and vibrant painting if you look up.

It seems that Andrew is not just a guy who is keen on luxury goods and greedy for enjoyment, but also has a good artistic taste! It couldn't be more appropriate to hang this oil painting in the lounge!

As for whose work this landscape oil painting is and what its name is, Ye Tian already knew it at first glance at this oil painting!

This is one of the masterpieces of Jean François Millet, an outstanding French realist painter in the nineteenth century. It is a well-known top art piece.

Jean François Miller is good at portraying rural themes. His works focus on portraying the labor and life of farmers, with a strong flavor of rural life.

He never fictionalizes pictures and scenes. Every painting is from a French peasant who cultivates, grazes, works, and lives. Every painting is a portrayal of real life.

Because of this, he also got the nickname of a ‘farmer painter’.

Miller has a very high status in the history of French painting. He is one of the important members of the Barbizon school. He has lived in Barbizon for 27 years, longer than any other painter, and understands who Barbizon is better. Both profound and appropriate!

In addition, he is also the painter most loved by the people in the history of modern French painting. His simple and cordial artistic language is especially loved by French farmers.

He created many outstanding works throughout his life, such as the famous paintings that are well-known to the French people.

This one in the lounge is also one of his masterpieces!

On this painting, Ye Tian did not find the artist's signature, but he was extremely sure of his judgment.

The reason is simple. In his eyes, this oil painting radiates a dazzling red light. Judging from the intensity of the light, Ye Tian instantly determined the creation time of this oil painting.

This oil painting was created in the early 1960s, no doubt!

The more than a dozen layers of fascinating halos on the paintings aptly illustrate its value. This is a top-level work of art from a master, with extraordinary artistic value!

Of course, the market value of this oil painting is also extraordinary. If it is sent to auction, it will be very easy to sell for several million dollars.

If you meet a collector who is looking right, it is not impossible to sell for tens of millions of dollars or even higher!

In addition, there is another important reason that makes Ye Tian sure of his judgment.

He knows this landscape oil painting, has seen it in many art books and catalogs, and knows that this oil painting is in the museum.

This oil painting is housed in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. It is a very important collection. In the art gallery's official introduction, you can often see pictures of this oil painting.

I haven't heard that this top oil painting was stolen, so why did it appear in Boston and in Andrew's lounge?

The reason is simple, this is the sister painting of the Walters Art Museum.

When Miller created this oil painting back then, he must have painted two at once, with the same theme and the same content, and most of them are exactly the same! Like a cloned painting.

Of course, they cannot be exactly the same. After all, they are subjectively created artworks, not true clones!

In some local details of the painting, the two paintings are still somewhat different! Unless you have a good understanding of these two oil paintings and after careful study, it is difficult to find these differences.

But these differences are very obvious in Ye Tian's eyes. Under his perspective ability, all the secrets no longer exist. Almost at the first glance, he can see the difference between the two oil paintings!

It is not uncommon to create several identical oil paintings with the same theme.

Paul Cézanne is like this. He has painted the San Viktor mountain in his hometown for more than 20 years. There are many similar paintings, but it does not affect the artistic value and market value of these paintings!

Not to mention the modern Andy Warhol, who is purely an art dealer, directly using silk-screen printing technology to copy, how does it make sense?

Perhaps because of this, Andrew dared to hang this painting majestic in the lounge, to enjoy the beautiful pastoral scenery alone, and experience the charm of top art works!

Even if someone inquires or doubts the value of this top oil painting, Andrew has perfect excuses to explain and prevaricate!

He would say that this is an old copy, and it is really at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore!

Hearing this explanation, I am afraid that no one will have any more doubts about this oil painting, and no one will have covetous hearts about this oil painting.

In their view, this is just a copy, what value can it have?

But how did they know that what they saw was a top-level artwork with extraordinary artistic value and a market value of tens of millions of dollars!

Although Ye Tian is very sure that this is one of Miller's masterpieces, he does not know where the oil painting came from, which collector or the stolen collection of the museum.

Because this top oil painting is not on the list of stolen artworks, there is no news about this oil painting in the art market.

Obviously, this oil painting has never been known to people!

This painting may have always been the private collection of a certain family or collector, even if it was stolen, it did not attract any attention.

It may even be an artwork lost during the war. Numerous precious artworks were lost in Europe during World War I and World War II, and many of them were in the sea. Since then, there has been no news.

Is it possible that it is Andrew's private collection and not a stolen artwork?

This thought only flickered in Ye Tian's mind, and he immediately denied it!

If it is a legal, sunny art collection, then this top oil painting should be hung in Andrew's house, not in the company's lounge.

Artwork worth tens of millions of dollars! Who has such a big heart? Dare to hang such an invaluable treasure in the company, even if he has a perfect cover-up excuse, it is impossible! Even more reluctant!

Unless there is a problem with the origin of this oil painting, the effort and emotion of myself and my family have not been devoted, and it did not cost much, so it will be hung here.

So why didn't Andrew send this top oil painting to the auction house?

You know, this piece is not on the list of stolen art works. As long as it is sent to the auction house and passed the appraisal, it will definitely make a lot of money.

Of course there are reasons why Andrew didn't do this, which is easy to understand!

This guy has never been short of money, as can be seen from his extravagant life, plus he likes this oil painting, naturally he will stay and appreciate it for himself.

There is another reason, he does not want to attract the attention of the outside world! Lest you get into trouble!

This includes not only professionals in the field of antique art collection, but also the FBI art crime team, as well as the most brutal US Internal Revenue Service!

Seeing this top oil painting, Ye Tian suddenly strengthened his judgment.

Andrew this guy is most likely an international art thief, and the head of an art theft gang.

Even if not, he is inextricably linked with international art thieves.

His shipping agency is basically a cover, used to cover people's eyes, and it is also the perfect channel for smuggling stolen antiques and artworks!

While operating a legitimate shipping agency business, he can use this company to secretly ship stolen antique artworks from all over the world to the United States.

Then look for opportunities to sell them on the black market of art, and earn a fortune to maintain their luxurious life and accumulate large amounts of wealth!

Judging by his kinship with the deputy curator of the Gardner Museum, this guy is probably one of the robbers who ransacked the Gardner Museum.

If the judgment is correct, then the 13 top art pieces stolen by the Gardner Museum are probably still in their hands at this time.

What we need to do now is to find another robber and find the whereabouts of the stolen artworks!

As long as you have conclusive evidence, you can sit down and negotiate with the FBI art crime team, the Gardner Museum, and other museums and collectors, slaughter them severely and make a fortune!

The harvest day is not far away! So close!

After admiring the famous paintings in the lounge for a while, Ye Tian shifted his gaze and began to explore the rest.

Except for this one, there are no other antique artworks in the lounge, and there is no hidden secret room. No need to look at The next room is the reference room, there is nothing surprising to find.

Soon, Ye Tian looked through all the rooms facing the street in this villa, and never found any heavyweight antique artwork again, which was no different from other shipping agencies.

While talking, he had already walked to the front of the villa.

When he got here, Ye Tian stopped immediately, pretending to admire the villa, turned around and began to see through from the front, so that he could see a larger area, more content, and more comprehensive!

But unfortunately, there is still nothing to discover.

The office area does not have any secrets that he is interested in. There is an old vault in the basement, which has been transformed into a wine cellar by Andrew, which contains some high-quality wine, whiskey, brandy and so on.

This was not Ye Tian's goal, his sight passed!

Then he continued to move forward, walked to the other side of the villa, and looked through the villa again from the other side.

Still no harvest, no other antique artworks.

After that, Ye Tian retracted his gaze and ended the perspective.

You can leave now!

With a bright smile on his face, Ye Tian strolled forward and left Liverpool Street contentedly.

The next goal, Andrew's brother.

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