"Ms. Foster, have you stayed in China for a long time?" Tangning asked what she was most concerned about.
Hannah nodded and replied: "Well, I traveled to China for nearly a year last year. It is really the most beautiful country I have ever seen. Mr. Tangning, if you have time, I recommend you to go there!"
"Well, actually I have also been to China, but I didn't stay there as long as you did. I only stayed in Shanghai for a month!" Tang Ning explained.
"Oh, Shanghai is also a very beautiful city, but it is still too Westernized. You should still go to the inland cities to have a look. That is the real China!" Hannah recommended.
"I will definitely go there when I have time. By the way, which provinces have you visited?" Tangning asked curiously.
Hannah thought for a moment and then replied: "I went to Zhili, Huguang, and Guangdong and Guangxi!"
"What about Shaanxi?" Tang Ning asked.
Hannah shook her head and replied: "I have never been to Shaanxi and Gansu! Mr. Tangning, do you want to go?"
"Actually, a friend of mine wanted to find a place in Shaanxi, but couldn't find it, so I thought that if Miss Foster had been there, I could provide her with some clues!" Tangning then told the astrologer Rachel's
I told her everything.
Hannah sighed: "Oh, that's what happened. Miss Lively's experience is really bizarre!" Then she guessed: "Does it mean that all astrologers have to have some experience that others don't have?"
"Haha, maybe!" Tang Ning agreed with a smile.
At this time, Hannah suddenly thought of a question, so she asked: "Mr. Tangning, since you have also been to China, why didn't you paint works with Chinese elements?"
Tang Ning thought to herself, what I want to draw is the China before I traveled, not the current China, but on the surface, she still said perfunctorily: "Actually, for this reason, Miss Foster, you just said that the Shanghai I went to was too Westernized.
So there aren’t many Chinese elements that can be painted!”
Hannah suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot!"
While the two were chatting, Heidi happened to come back, so Tangning helped introduce her. Heidi signed her autograph without refusing. After chatting for a while, Hannah said goodbye and left.
After Hannah left, Tangning reflected on it and felt that what she said actually made sense. He should paint two works with Chinese elements, otherwise it would be inconsistent with his persona of liking Chinese culture. As for what to paint, he had also thought about it.
Well, let's just use Rembrandt's routine to draw Peking Opera, such as a scene from "Shiro Visits His Mother" or "The Suo Lin Bag". The costumes in it alone are enough to surprise these New Orleans old hats.
Facts have proved that Tangning's idea is correct. When he brought his first Peking Opera oil painting "Farewell My Concubine" to the gallery, Sterling was shocked at the time: "Tony, you, what you are painting is
What? Beauty and the Beast?"
"What is Beauty and the Beast? This is Farewell My Concubine! There is a very famous story in China. The overlord here is a man from the last years of the Qin Dynasty in China." Then, Tangning roughly told the story of "Farewell My Concubine"
once.
After hearing this, Sterling couldn't help but exclaimed: "MYGOD! I didn't expect that there is such a tragic and touching story behind this painting!"
But then he returned to his businessman nature: "Tony, just with this story, you can double the selling price of this painting! But you have to help me write this story!"
Seeing Sterling's businessmanlike face, Tangning couldn't help but want to tease him, so she pretended to be surprised and said, "Who said I was going to sell this painting?"
"No, I won't sell it, then why do you bring this painting to me?" Sterling asked in confusion.
Tang Ning explained: "Didn't you say last time that no one bought my hyper-realistic paintings, so I want you to see if there is a market for this Peking Opera oil painting with Chinese elements, but that doesn't mean I want to sell it.
Him!"
But Sterling was so smart, he reacted instantly, and begged with a grimace: "Oh Tony, stop joking with me, this painting must stay with me, I promise to sell you a good one"
Price! Oh no, I know Tony you are not short of money, but don’t you want everyone’s recognition? This painting of yours may even be able to truly create a painting genre. It’s such a waste to keep it in your studio!”
Tangning was still very satisfied with Sterling's attitude, so she "reluctantly" agreed, "Okay then!"
Seeing that Tangning agreed, Sterling heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time he pressed forward and asked, "Tony, can you draw a few more paintings of this type? I remember you know a lot of Chinese legends!"
Although Tang Ning did have this idea, she still wanted to give Sterling a try, so she waved her hand and said, "You also know how lazy I am. Occasionally I will draw one or two paintings when I am interested, so I won't do it in the short term.
Count on me!"
"Then what if someone offers a high price, ah, uh, a beautiful woman asks you to do a painting?" Sterling targeted Tangning's weakness and attacked.
As expected, Tangning immediately hesitated: "It depends on what kind of beauty she is!"
"Well, you'll know in two days!" Sterling replied pretending to be mysterious, but in fact, firstly, he didn't have such a beautiful woman on hand, so he had to find it according to Tangning's preferences; secondly, he also
We have to see if this painting "Farewell My Concubine" will sell for as high a price as he predicted.
After returning home from the gallery, before Tangning sat down for a cup of coffee, Heidi asked him, "Tony, where is the painting "Farewell My Concubine" you just painted?"
"I sent it to Sterling Gallery!" Tangning replied casually while asking Marlene to make coffee for herself.
"Sent to the gallery? Are you short of money now?" Heidi asked puzzledly.
"There is no shortage of money, but I want to see if this painting method will be recognized by the market and the public!" Tang Ning explained.
"Oh, then you can paint another painting and send it to the gallery. Why do you have to send that painting "Farewell My Concubine"?" Heidi said with some displeasure.
"Why, you like that painting "Farewell My Concubine" very much?" Tangning asked curiously.
Heidi nodded and replied: "Yes, what a tragic and touching love story, and Tony, you draw so well!"
"You said you liked it earlier, then just wait for me and I'll go to the gallery to get it back!" Tangning stood up and said.
PS: Recommend the book "Catching a Knife", a rare pure martial arts, not the kind of infinite flow that travels through the ages, the ages, and the ages. Well, the only drawback is that the number of words is a bit short, but it seems to have made a comeback recently!