Chapter 1361： The pre-life of famous paintings

After a moment of stunned, Alfons muttered to himself:

"Yeah! Why didn't we think of Corot? How stupid! After he returned from Rome, he painted many landscapes in the Fontainebleau forest near Barbizon.

The award-winning painting "The Shoals of Fontainebleau" in 1833 is the best example, and his relationship with the representative painters of the Barbizon school has always been good! "

Ye Tian looked at Alfons who was full of regret, then said with a light smile:

"Don't feel regretful, Alfons, it's not just you, most people can't identify the true author of this oil on canvas, and they will probably make the same judgment as you.

There is no other reason, because the content of this oil on canvas is different from most of Corot's landscape paintings. Most of Corot's landscape paintings are silver-gray tones.

Strictly speaking, the tone appears to be a bit monotonous, with a sense of similarity, especially some of the reminiscence landscape paintings, which he recreated after returning to the studio based on the sketches at the time.

Some of these paintings are far apart in time, even the artist Corot, it is difficult to retain the experience of the scene, the charm of the related works will inevitably be affected!

This "Forest of Fontainebleau" oil painting on canvas is different. Its tone is fresh and bright, which is obviously different from Corot's usual silver-gray tone, and it was created on site by Corot.

In view of the above two points, this "Forest of Fontainebleau" is particularly precious. Why can I identify this painting and be sure it is the work of the artist Corot?

Because I saw a painting that was very similar to it at the New York Gallery, which also painted the Forest of Fontainebleau, but the season is different and the location of the scene is slightly different.

However, the tones of the two paintings are almost the same, they are both fresh and lively tones. More importantly, there is Corot's signature on the oil painting on canvas. There is no doubt about this! "

Hearing this, Alfons no longer had any questions in his heart.

At this time, he was very sure that this "Forest of Fontainebleau", which he sold for 18,000 euros, was indeed the work of the master artist Corot, and it was a top-of-the-range artwork!

When he thought of this, Alfonston felt a burst of colic in his heart, his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted with distress, his intestines were blue with regret!

This is not over yet, there is actually a good guy next to him who sprinkled salt on the wound, making him even more unhappy, and even more annoying, this person is still his clerk!

"Mr. Steven, you just said that this oil painting is particularly precious. Can you tell everyone what is the market value of this "Forest of Fontainebleau"? It must be an incredible price, right?"

An antique shop clerk asked aloud, with an expectant tone, without seeing his boss's distressed look.

The other people in the antique shop all wanted to know the answer to this question. They all looked at Ye Tian, ​​waiting for his answer.

Ye Tian glanced around the scene, then revealed the answer with a light smile.

"Although this is a painting created in the late 1920s and early 1930s, it is a work of Corot's early career, but because of its particularity, its value is extraordinary!

Based on my knowledge of the master artist Corot and the current market conditions of antique art, I valued this "Forest of Fontainebleau" 30 million euros, which is only low, not high,..."

Before the words were over, the pan was fried again at the scene, and everyone hugged their heads and exclaimed.

"Oh my God! 35 million euros! I heard that right? The valuation is too exaggerated, too crazy, it's incredible!"

"The ordinary oil painting bought for 18,000 euros turned into a top-level artwork worth 35 million euros in an instant. Who can help me figure out how many times this has turned up? My brain is down! "

While exclaiming wildly, the eyes of everyone on the scene looking at the "Forest of Fontainebleau" suddenly became extremely hot, and they were about to burn!

Looking at Ye Tian's eyes, he was full of envy, even jealousy!

Amidst the exclamation, Alfons' voice came out, and it was extremely painful to hear.

"Okay, stop talking, Steven, if you keep talking, I will really have a heart burst and die. If there is a regret medicine in this world, it would be great! I must go bankrupt and buy some food!

Let’s talk about the surrealist painting. After getting the painting, a few friends and I carefully identified it and agreed that it was an imitation of Picasso’s painting and its value was average. What do you think? "

Following Alfons's words, the exclamation in the antique shop stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at the surrealist painting, and everyone was full of expectations.

Ye Tian walked a few steps to the left, before arriving at the oil painting, he pointed to the oil painting with a smile and said:

"Alfons, I know why you think this is a painting imitating Picasso. You must think that this oil painting imitates Picasso's famous masterpiece, "Guernica".

From the composition and painting techniques of this oil painting, the realistic symbolism, the sad atmosphere created by the three colors of black, white and gray, the tragic colors rendered are very similar to "Guernica".

In these respects, you think that this is a copy of Guernica, which is normal. Not only you, but I believe most experts will come to the same conclusion.

But, have you ever thought about it? This may not be a parody of "Guernica", but another "Guernica", to be precise, this is the predecessor of "Guernica"! "

"Ah! A former life of "Guernica"? I heard it right? How is this possible?"

Alfons exclaimed in a gaffe, his eyes almost bursting!

Others were also shocked by Ye Tian's remarks, staring at the surrealist painting one by one, eyes full of incredible!

Ye Tian smiled softly, then said firmly:

"You heard it right, Alfons, this is the pre-life of Guernica. I am very sure about this, and there is irrefutable evidence to support it. I will point it out later.

From the beginning of 1937, Picasso accepted the commission of the Spanish Republic to create a decorative mural for the Spanish Pavilion at the Paris World Expo, to the birth of "Guernica", it took more than half a year.

During this period, there was an air raid on Guernica, Spain by the Luftwaffe. Picasso was filled with indignation and decided to use this incident as the subject of murals and make artistic creations.

This is a major historical event, and the political significance of the corresponding paintings is not trivial. Even if a great and talented artist like Picasso, he can't make art creation overnight!

Before "Guernica" was officially born, Picasso must have made many attempts. The surrealist painting in front of everyone is the result of one of Picasso's attempts.

You might say that this is just my subjective conjecture, lacking evidence to support it, and not necessarily credible! Since I have given such a positive conclusion, of course there is evidence to support it.

The evidence I mentioned is hidden in this surrealist painting, which not only bears Picasso's signature, but also the time of the Guernica bombing, which freezes history at that moment!

Picasso's signature, on the right side of the painting, under the feet of the woman who raised her hands and fell from the roof, the font is visible to the naked eye, but it is on a different level and requires a certain skill to see.

This is a trick that Picasso played. It is very rare in his work, but it fits the style of this painting. Don't forget, this is a painting that combines Cubism and Surrealism!

The time of the Guernica incident is located in the middle of the painting. A series of numbers are scattered and run through the entire painting. Like the signature, those numbers are also located on different levels,..."

Not surprisingly, the entire antique shop was once again detonated by Ye Tian's words.

After an exclamation, under the guidance of Ye Tian, ​​everyone stepped forward, admiring Picasso's swash signature and the series of numbers hidden under the black, white and gray blocks.

As the signatures and numbers appeared in everyone's eyes, the exclamations in the antique shop came and went, almost never stopped!

As for Alfons, who was the first to see Picasso's signature, stood aside like a mournful concubine, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and those who regretted wanted to jump in the Seine to commit suicide!

Next, it was the clerk in the antique shop who asked again about the market value of this surrealist painting, and again sprinkled a handful of salt on the **** wound of his boss!

Because of Picasso's ingenious and unusually concealed signature, and the series of numbers throughout the painting, this painting has a very special meaning!

Although this is only an experimental work by Picasso, Ye Tian still gave a sky-high valuation of 28 million euros, once again stunned everyone on the scene!

When everyone's mood calmed down, Ye Tian personally picked up the third oil painting and hung it gently on a display stand next to it, and began to explain this beautiful impressionist oil painting to everyone.

Before he started explaining, everyone on the scene had guessed that this must be a top-notch work of art produced by the masters of Impressionism and priceless!

In fact, as everyone expected, this small-scale oil painting on canvas is an outstanding work by the impressionist master Pissarro, and it is an oil painting created during his heyday!

In this oil painting, Ye Tian did not find Pissarro's signature, but in terms of painting technique, composition, style, etc., Ye Tian still gave a convincing explanation for everyone!

Of course, this is meant for everyone on the scene, and it is a professional explanation!

For Ye Tian himself, the moment he walked into this antique shop and saw this impressionist oil painting, he had already reached an extremely accurate identification conclusion!

Through the dazzling light radiated by this oil painting, the charming halo of nearly twenty layers , combined with the characteristics of the painting, how could he misunderstand it?

After explaining this impressionist oil painting, it is inevitable that Ye Tian gave the valuation of this oil painting again!

Pissarro is the master of Impressionism, and is the only painter who has participated in all eight impressionist group exhibitions. The artistic attainments and artistic value of his works are not inferior to any impressionist painter!

However, his paintings are not as popular as Monet, Renoir, Cézanne and other famous impressionist and post-impressionist painters in the art market. The price is relatively lower!

In view of this, Ye Tian valued this Pissarro oil painting at 15 million euros. In his opinion, this valuation is obviously low!

Even so, when he said the valuation, it caused an exclamation in the antique shop.

After hearing this estimate, Alfons' expression suddenly became more ugly, his face was dark and purple, which made people a little worried, whether he would fall to the ground and die!