"What?! This painting is a work by Van Gogh?!" Lin Haitao was shocked when he heard He Qing's words.
Tian Tian was also very surprised. She looked at He Qing in disbelief and said doubtfully: "The name on the signature of this painting clearly belongs to another painter. How can it be Van Gogh's last work?"
He Qing smiled and said meaningfully: "Although the inscription on this painting is the name of the French artist Paul Cézanne, it is not his work and has no direct relationship with him. It is Ding Ding.
The legacy of the famous painter Van Gogh."
"Why?" Lin Haitao said doubtfully, "Why is Van Gogh's painting inscribed with Paul Cézanne's name instead of his own? Could it be that it was added by later generations?"
He Qing nodded and said: "Haitao, you guessed it right. The name Paul Cézanne mentioned above was indeed added deliberately by later generations."
Lin Haitao said: "Isn't it right? How could someone remove Van Gogh's name from the painting and replace it with someone else's name? The painter you mentioned, Paul Cézanne, although he is a great French artist, is an oil painter.
Master, but now, his fame is far less than that of Van Gogh, right? The authentic painting he handed down is definitely not as valuable as Van Gogh's, so how could someone deliberately change the names of the two to make this painting easy to trade?
Lord, put it in the name of Paul Cézanne? Isn’t this a useless effort that will only bring you a disadvantage? Is there any special reason?”
He Qing smiled and said: "You are right again, Haitao. In the world of modern painting and art, Van Gogh is indeed famous. There are only a handful of painters who can be equal to him. As for the auction price of his works and his popularity, it is even more
Few people can compare with it. But you should know that before he became famous, Van Gogh was just an unknown person. During his lifetime, he was even more neglected and impoverished. Although he made a living by selling paintings at that time, he never sold any paintings in his life.
There are several paintings produced. There seems to be only one recorded, called "Red Vineyard". Other than that, there are no records. Although precise statistics cannot be made, it seems that not many have been sold. From here we can see
However, when he was alive, his works were not popular and could not be sold for much money.
"As for Paul Cézanne, who is titled on this painting, he was from the same period as Van Gogh. At that time, he was much more famous than Van Gogh, and the works he had were also very valuable. Although their reputations are very different, they are not on the same level.
are painters, but they belong to the same school of painters, that is, Post-Impressionism, so there are similarities in the styles of their paintings. Some people who don’t know much about painting art can hardly tell the difference. It is easy to confuse their paintings. After all,
They both like to paint still lifes and landscapes."
"You mean this painting was painted by a different artist before Van Gogh became famous?" Lin Haitao asked.
He Qing nodded solemnly and said: "Yes. You still thought of it. This painting was indeed manipulated before Van Gogh became famous. The person who did the manipulation thought that Paul was more famous than Van Gogh and could be sold as inferior.
A good price, but unexpectedly, decades later, Van Gogh became popular, and his works repeatedly set sky-high price records at auctions. But at this time, this painting turned out to be a fake, a fake imitating Paul's work, and no one could contact him.
Van Gogh. I didn’t expect it to be his original painting! Haha, that man was self-defeating. If he hadn’t died and had known that Van Gogh had suffered a fire and that he had lost a treasure painting worth hundreds of millions, he would have definitely regretted it.”
"That's right!" Lin Haitao nodded vigorously, "If that were the case, that person would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood. However, the famous Van Gogh's paintings were treated as fakes at a low price, and you can't find them back even if you want to. Brother Qing,
How do you know about this? Are you so sure that this is Van Gogh's work after he changed his name? So you know so much about foreign oil paintings?"
Tian Tian chatted: "Even if this is the case, it is probably difficult to get people's approval, because the painting has been damaged, and the most important place where the inscription has been changed has been changed. Now it is difficult to be convincing and prove that it is a Sanskrit painting."
Gao’s work.”
He Qing glanced at the two of them, smiled slightly and said: "It seems that there is a situation that you can't see. Although I don't have a thorough research on foreign oil paintings, I have a little understanding. The key is that I have evidence to prove that this is
Van Gogh’s works. Everything must be based on facts and only with evidence can it be convincing.”
"What evidence?" Lin Haitao asked quickly, his face full of curiosity.
Tian Tian stared at the painting in confusion and said: "The signature is gone, what evidence is there? You are a master of antique appraisal, and you are well-known in the country. Everyone believes in your appraisal. If you say that the antique is genuine, then no one
I dare say it is a fake, but this is abroad, and it can only be recognized by experts in the relevant field, otherwise it may be difficult to identify it as a work by Van Gogh."
He Qing nodded and said: "You are right, it requires expert identification. Not many people here know me at all, let alone in the painting and art world, but I have evidence in hand, and it doesn't matter if they don't approve it."
"Brother Qing, don't worry, tell us quickly. Tell us where the evidence is. How can we be sure that this is the original work of Van Gogh?" Lin Haitao asked impatiently, wanting to know the answer.
He Qing shook his head and said: "I will slowly reveal the mystery to you, but I have to take the painting out of the frame first."
Lin Haitao said: "It's easy, just open it."
He Qing nodded and said: "Well, this is relatively simple."
As he spoke, he moved his hands and carefully took the painting out of the frame.
"Then what?" Lin Haitao asked. Both he and Tian Tian looked at He Qing curiously, waiting for his answer to see how he could prove that it was an authentic work by Van Gogh.
Just from the painting, there was nothing unusual, enough to prove this problem, at least Lin Haitao and Tian Tian couldn't tell what was going on.
He Qing did not answer Lin Haitao directly, but called Tian Tian and said: "Tian Tian, go and close the door. No matter who calls the door, you won't be allowed in."
The ward that Lin Haitao lives in is a high-end VIP ward. It is a room where one person lives alone, so it is very private. If anything happens, there is no fear of someone eavesdropping.
"Okay." Tian Tian agreed immediately, then stood up and walked over to close the door.
At this time, He Qing placed the painting on the table and took out a small bottle from the small bag he carried with him. He didn't know what was in the bottle.
Then I saw him pouring some liquid from the bottle and smearing it carefully on the lower right corner, where the painting was signed.
After a while, a miracle happened. With He Qing's gentle rubbing, a small piece of paper was torn off from that part. On the piece of paper was Paul Cézanne's signature.
But now it has been uncovered by He Qing.
At the same time, Lin Haitao and Tian Tian's eyes couldn't help but widen, because they suddenly discovered that there was a new signature, and the name was undoubtedly Van Gogh. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!