Chapter 123 Visiting the Art Exhibition (2)
The art galleries on the third and fourth floors are specially reserved to exhibit the tour artworks separately.
In addition to the art gallery, the Los Angeles Art Gallery has also set up space as a theater for speeches and performances. There are bookstores, cafes and other leisure facilities near the stairs.
Mrs. Cecilia's special exhibition is on the third floor. She has not many works, with only more than fifty works in total, accounting for only about one-sixth of the venue space in the exhibition hall. Now, except for the fine oil paintings left in recent years, some of which were hung on the walls were borrowed back from the buyer for exhibition after being sold.
Oil painting owners generally do not refuse such things. Large-scale exhibitions can increase the popularity of their works, thereby increasing the value of their collections, and using this to establish a good relationship with the painter. It will be much more convenient to buy new works in the future.
Sometimes when you encounter special needs, such as asking the painter you like to help you create family portraits and other oil paintings, the human feelings can come in handy at this time.
Cecilia's works are typical neoclassical, advocating ancient style, rationality and nature. Most of them choose serious historical themes, focusing on shaping and integrity. The characters portray realism, and colors become the second.
She is also proficient in classical landscape paintings. Her works look clear and bright, with a particularly quiet artistic conception, revealing a hazy fog and dazzling light.
The style is similar to that of Claude Lorran, one of the three major French painters in the 17th century, and is therefore unanimously praised by the Western oil painting industry. This is also the reason why her works can increase by hundreds of times in several years.
Some media once praised her as the most outstanding female oil painting creator in the late 20th century. Among the female painters in her thirties, the highest grades were much worse than her.
Han Xuan carefully watched one by one, and Anya followed him.
There are many gallery owners and private buyers next to them, including many painting artists coming from San Francisco. The two of them spoke very little: "Your mom is still young, otherwise the appreciation of the works will be much greater."
"I have to ask her to collect more value when she is old? Then I would rather these paintings be worthless."
Anya rolled her eyes at the boy and frowned and said, "Since last year, she has been reducing her creations. She would rather burn them than sell them if she didn't like them. Just ensure that the works that were circulated on the market are enough. There will be arrangements for those extra galleries, which I think are probably deposited in the bank."
"Well, it's only valuable that there are few things. Speaking of which, I have a few paintings painted by your mother at home. I wonder if I can change a large villa with a swimming pool in New York when I sell them now?" Han Xuan touched his chin, as if he was really thinking about this question.
Anya immediately became annoyed. She ignored the guests around her and slapped him in the back of the head and shouted hatefully: "You dare!"
Han Xuan smiled apologized to everyone who saw it. When they saw that it was the child making noise, they smiled politely and shook their heads, saying that it was nothing.
"Why are you so excited? Oh, that portrait, of course I won't sell it."
"This is almost the same." The girl nodded with satisfaction and said proudly.
"What are you talking about? If you are hungry, you can go there to get food. Anya, take good care of your friends."
Cecilia came over with her expression looking very happy. She was busy having social engagements and had no time to care about them. Only now did she remember that she had a daughter, holding the boy's shoulder: "So have you seen her paintings?"
"not yet."
Han Xuan looked back at the girl: "Where are they?"
"There are only a few pictures in the innermost gallery. The paintings are not very good. Don't make fun of me when you see them!" He hooked his fingers at Han Xuan and walked backwards. Anya smiled and turned around, her long hair drew half an arc in the air, and was still scattered neatly.
"Come here!"
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Holding the fresh milk pudding in his hand, Han Xuan looked at the oil paintings for a long time, holding the spoon in his hand, but forgot to eat it.
“These paintings…”
Han Xuan was so amused that there were six oil paintings in front of him, and the individual colors and structures of independent oil paintings included a variety of artistic styles.
The two creative themes are the fluorescent coast of Pisces Island. No wonder the girl said there was a surprise just now, and it turned out to be this one.
The regret of not publishing selfies by National Geographic magazine has been added. The title of the work in front of me is "My Friend", but why did I become a Brutalist image? Under the light of the fire, I thought it was a werewolf.
Another painting of "Footprints" uses neoclassical and impressionist painting techniques, and the combination has a unique charm and the color is just right to form another unique beauty.
The other four pictures use the animals from the ranch as the prototypes, and the names of the works are also their own names. Han Xuan can see that the shapes are all from the photos he sent to her in the past.
For example, Winnie is now sitting in a room full of Baroque style, lying on the sofa, crossing her legs, her face arrogantly, her nose is exaggerated, and her small eyes are almost invisible compared to her round face. She has a Marlboro cigarette in her mouth, and the smoke spreads into the room.
The Baroque style is not very compatible and the integration of other styles is quite conspicuous, so this painting is quite normal. Anya has not been in contact with oil painting for a long time, and the picture feels a bit insufficient, but in the eyes of Han Xuan, a half-baked viewer, it looks quite interesting.
The Macaw BBQ is completely cartoonized and has a Cubist style. The colors are made of the unique color combination of yellow and blue macaws. They use a lot of yellow and blue colors to form blocks, and use black lines and white lines to distinguish the boundaries. Countless small fragments form a bird-like shape.
The shape is quite abstract. I guess no one except Han Xuan can tell that it is a parrot.
The "big" shaped like a fat lying in the slightly yellow leaves is a fat ding. To be precise, it should be the "wood" character. Its thick tail is also there, the composition is white, the environment is empty and simple, the color is hazy, and it has a Japanese style. The overall contrast is relatively low and the color is bright.
The picture on the far left is painted with a Johnny Turtle and McDull. The mini donkey is full of worry and stands tremblingly on the back of the snapping turtle. The background is bright watermelon red, which is similar to the American poster in the 1960s and 1970s...
After the boy finished reading them, Anya couldn't wait to ask: "How does it look? My teacher asked me to try various creative styles and find the types I specialize in and like. But I think it's okay. I don't know what I painted, but I'm used to watching it outside, just like I never read my mother's paintings."
"Apart from this one..."
After listening to her, Han Xuan Anjing pointed to the Brutalist oil painting she drew for herself and said, "I think it's all pretty good. What do those who participated in the exhibition think? Especially the gallery owner, his vision is very damn."
"I've been with you all the time, how could I know what they think?" The girl curled her lips and complained, but she found that Han Xuan seemed to like these paintings very much. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw more than ten white round stickers sticking on the wall. She asked curiously, "What's the use for?"
"I don't know, maybe I'm interested in these paintings."
Chapter completed!