Chapter 092 Young people are terrifying! (Please recommend votes!)

"Xiao He, do you feel strange?" Zheng Lao said with a smile, "I have a Western painting hanging in the collection room. I feel a little out of place. It is inconsistent with the decorations around me, but it is only temporary. I will withdraw that thing sooner or later. To be honest, I don't like to collect foreign things."

He Qing shook his head gently and said, "No more, there is nothing strange. I feel that it is very distinctive and unique. Mr. Zheng, that painting must have a great background, right?"

Mr. Zheng replied: "It's just an ordinary Western ancient painting, which has a history of almost two hundred years. It's an oil painting, which I brought back from Britain this time."

"Do you have taken the photo or received it?" He Qing said, "Old Zheng, maybe you have found a missed one. The painting looks good, maybe it is a famous painting."

Mr. Zheng shook his head and said, "What famous paintings are you? A friend paid me a debt. He owed me a sum of money, but he couldn't pay it off on time, so he used the things to mortgage it. I originally didn't want it, but I didn't like to collect oil paintings. Besides, it was just a fake and it didn't have much value."

"Fake?" He Qing said in surprise, "Old Zheng, why is that painting a fake?"

When he saw the ancient Western painting covered with a red "treasure light" at first glance, He Qing's first reaction was that the painting had an extraordinary origin and perhaps a valuable world-famous painting. But after Mr. Deng explained for a while, he realized that it was just a fake.

But he could understand that when he saw the inspiration, it could only prove that the thing was an antique that had been around for a certain period of time, but he could not identify its advantages and disadvantages at once.

"Yes, it's a fake." Mr. Zheng replied, "It is said to be a later imitation of the famous French painter Corot. No one admits that it is a genuine product. My foreign friend once took it to an auction company. The people in the auction company laughed at him and said that he was crazy about money. That was not a work of Corot. It was just a mess and could not be a good place."

"Oh, that's right?" He Qing nodded, his pupils shrank slightly, as if he had thought of something.

While the two of them were casually talking, they had already walked not far in front of the old Western oil painting, and He Qing took a closer look.

I saw that the painting depicts a woodcutter busy chopping wood in the forest, with bright colors and a strong atmosphere of life, which is obviously a realistic work.

Although He Qing's appreciation of oil paintings was only superficial, he could not see any mistakes in the imitation in front of him. In his eyes, the painting was no different from some famous paintings in the history of foreign paintings.

He Qing liked history when he was in school. He was not only familiar with the history of China for 5,000 years, but also had some research on foreign history. As for the famous French painter Corot, who Mr. Zheng mentioned, he still had a little impression and knew that there was a name for this person in the history of painting.

"Isn't it the original work of Corro?" He Qing said in a panic.

As my mind turned, the chaotic red light had gathered in front of his eyes and shot into his eyes.

In an instant, he saw the ins and outs of the "The Woodman in the Forest" like a quick look...

"wrong!"

Suddenly, He Qing whispered, and at this moment he looked confused, as if he could see something unusual.

"Xiao He, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong with this painting?" Seeing that He Qing stared at the painting with a strange look, Old Zheng couldn't help but muttered to himself.

He Qing came to his senses and looked at Mr. Zheng and said, "Old Zheng, this painting does not look like Corro's works."

"It wasn't originally." Old Zheng smiled.

He Qing had a solemn expression and said, "No! I didn't mean that! I mean, this painting should not be regarded as a work by Corot from the beginning, because the styles between the two are very different."

"Oh? How do you say this?" After hearing He Qing's explanation, Old Zheng immediately cheered up. He wanted to know the other party's true opinion.

He Qing replied seriously: "This painting has no signature, only the specific age marked, so it does not mean that the painting must be Corro. If the author is imitating Corro, then he should deliberately leave Corro's name, but there is no trace on it. Mr. Zheng, I suspect that the origin of this painting is not simple."

"Are you saying that this "The Woodman in the Forest" is not an imitation of Corro's "The Woodman", but has another origin?" Mr. Zheng asked.

He Qing nodded and said, "Yes. The collector of this painting mistakenly saw it. He mistakenly thought it was Corro's work, so he took it out in the name of Corro for auction, and it was considered a fake. In this way, when everyone looked at this painting, they regarded it as Corro's imitation, but no one thought that his author had another famous painter who had nothing to do with Corro."

"It makes sense!" After listening to He Qing's analysis, Mr. Zheng nodded heavily and said, "Your suspicion is reasonable. This is indeed the case. My friend initially regarded this "The Woodcutter" as the original work of Corot, so he went all the way. Xiao He, according to you, this painting may have been written by another famous artist? Who is this person? It seems that you know very well about foreign artworks. It's good. The more you know, the better!"

He Qing shook his head and said modestly: "Old Zheng, you have been awarded for the award. I just understand a little bit. I had a friend who studied painting before. I spent a while in his studio, so I had a brief study of the history of the development of world oil painting."

He could only explain this way. Before exploring the mystery of the painting, he was a completely out of the way. He never thought about this, but now he had already seen the "born" of the painting and knew its extraordinary origin.

"Xiao He, putting aside all other people's opinions, who do you think this painting belongs to? Which painter's work?" Mr. Zheng asked, his curiosity became stronger and stronger. He Qing's question instantly made the Western oil painting he was not optimistic about became mysterious. He just wanted to figure it out earlier.

He Qing said: "Mr. Zheng, do you have any books about art? It introduces various schools of painting."

He didn't answer the question, and Mr. Zheng replied: "Yes. Do you want to see it now?"

He Qing nodded and replied: "Well, look at it, maybe we can find the answer from that."

"Come with me." Old Zheng said, and then he took He Qing back to the outside of the study, which is the place where the books were collected.

Not long after, Mr. Zheng found a large book, which was the one He Qing was looking for.

The two of them flipped through the desk. After a few checks, He Qing quickly found important information.

"Old Zheng, look, I think that "The Woodcutter in the Field" is the work of this painter." He Qing pointed to a portrait of a character in the book and said.

"This is Miller!" Zheng said in surprise, "Miller is the most loved painter in the history of modern French painting! His "Self-Gathering" is very famous, and there are illustrations of this painting in history books! As far as I know, Miller's works have always been an important object for collections in museums and collections such as the Louvre Museum in France. Many years ago, his early works could be sold at a high price of nearly one million francs. Now if his authentic works are taken, they will definitely be sold at a sky-high price, right? Xiao He, you said... this painting is Miller's original work?!"

"Well, yes!" He Qing nodded vigorously and said without any ambiguity, "Old Zheng, Miller is a genius in the history of painting, but he was poor in his early years and could only rely on hard painting to make a living. His life in his later years improved, but it was not very glorious. His paintings were inexpensive at the time and were easy to buy, so it was leaked in large quantities, only after his death, his works began to attract attention. In my opinion, this painting was Miller's earlier work, but its style was mature at this time. The Woodcutter was painted in 1855, and Miller had a slight influence in the painting world from more than six years, so it could not be Miller's imitation. The key point is to look at the style of painting, "Self-Self-Shepherd" and "The Shepherd". Is the style very similar? And there is obviously a difference with Corro's. If it is a imitation, it can only be Miller's!"

While he was talking, he looked through the illustrations of Miller's works. Mr. Zheng kept nodding after reading it and said with a smile: "The analysis is very insightful! Xiao He, I think you are right. That painting may be Miller's original work, but it has been buried!"

As he said that, he looked up and down at He Qing, as if he had a new understanding of the other party.

As the saying goes, "A scholar treats each other with admiration for three days," but after less than an hour of time together, Mr. Zheng looked at He Qing with admiration.

"Xiao He, you are amazing!" Old Zheng exclaimed, "I didn't notice the unusualness of the painting at all, and you could see it all at once. What a deep eye! The younger generation is terrifying, and the younger generation is terrifying..."

He was surprised and looked very excited!

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