musicians of old

Chapter 157 The Loser's Salon (4K [-]-in-[-])

"I paid the rent!"

"Your auction house must take full responsibility!"

"Compensation and apology according to the highest standard!!"

The painters who were the loudest on the steps stood on tiptoes, spit spattered on the faces of the media reporters and the director of the auction house.

"Sir, do you think the responsibility for this incident lies in..." a reporter said.

"Academics are chasing us! Ah!! They have come here!!" A young man screamed nervously, grabbed the reporter's shoulder and shook violently, causing him to turn pale with fright .

"This is how artists are. If you don't take a rest first, there is nothing to interview..." The staff next to him hurriedly pulled him away.

"What's the matter?"

"Someone burned their painting, I heard it was a policeman."

"The problem of low artistic level is now under the jurisdiction of the Police and Security Bureau?"

There are more and more onlookers nearby.

A reporter took the lead in giving up communicating with those painters whose emotions had fallen into extremes. He focused on the dozen or so painters who were sitting on the steps and seemed a little calmer.

"Mr. Claude, what are your plans for the future?" The reporter chose the painter who seemed to be the leader.

Sitting on the steps, with his legs stretched out and his head bowed, the painter Claude had a somewhat hollow tone: "You are murdering, this is murdering art... Wait, we will combine all the hints of being unsuccessful at the Salon Liu painter, sue Uvransel's police department to the imperial court."

Hearing such a powerful speech, the reporter's eyes lit up, and he quickly signaled to the assistant: "Remember, they are implying that the painters murdered Uvransel's police department..."

"Mr. Marley, are you satisfied with the compensation intention negotiated so far?" Another reporter was also interviewing.

The painter Marais has a full beard, holding several bundles of canvas rolls across his thighs with both hands-this seems to be a work he has not had time to hang.

He answered irrelevant questions here, muttering to himself, and before he said a sentence, he would first grin and sneer mechanically: "Hehe, my painting is not popular, so it's true that it can't be sold, hehe, just forget it if you say the auction house doesn't like it." , what do you mean by burning them?"

"Sir, we didn't burn the painting." A brown-clothed gentleman with the appearance of an auction house executive, who was dealing with the hysterical painters, couldn't help but turn around and correct him.

"Hehe, you ordered others to burn my paintings." The bearded Marley kept his head down, muttering incessantly.

"...That's not the case, we are also victims, sir." The gentleman in brown looked helpless.

"Hehe, you call the police to come over and burn my paintings..."

"Sir, we really don't know him."

"Hehe, you are the one who called the police to burn the paintings..."

"I called the police to put out the fire after it started burning, not to ask the police to burn the painting, sir.

"Hehe, the police are dispatched so quickly."

"..."

"Mr. Marley, what kind of compensation are they going to offer for the burned painting?" A gentle male voice sounded.

The bearded man sitting on the steps lowered his head and ignored him.

"How many of your exhibits were involved in the fire?"

"Are you all painting hints?"

"At the end of last year, I led the collection of Mr. Claude's "Parliament in the Fog", which cost 265 pounds, and a small scene of yours cost 117 pounds."

When Fanning tried to get the sentence, Marley finally looked up, and Clovid, who was next to him, turned around.

"May I take a look at the painting you're holding?" Fanning asked again.

The bearded man tilted his head to the lower side, looked at the contents of the rolled up canvas, then pulled out a roll, and slowly unfolded it.

"The Concert After Lunch?" Fanning mentally read the title in the corner.

There are layers of dark trees in the forest. On the grass, there are fruit baskets, flowers and music scores on the white cloth. Two formally dressed gentlemen are playing the violin. A naked lady is sitting opposite her holding a guitar. In the distance is a winding In the creek, there is also a lady with her clothes off, standing in the stream and holding her hair.

The two little girls tilted their heads in doubt, and Joan leaned close to her best friend's ear and whispered: "Xilan, although this painting is very beautiful, how do I feel...then..."

Sheeran also quietly asked: "Is it because the painting has a human body?"

"Yes and no." Joan's face rubbed against Sheeran's hair, "Body painting is very common in the original style or in the past, and many religious scenes will also be involved, but I can't tell what it feels like... "

Fan Ning took a few steps back, squinted his eyes, stretched out his fingers, and slowly sketched three nested, staggered up and down, irregular triangles from near to far, and from large to small.

Then he moved a few steps back and forth obliquely, changing the relative position of the sun, himself and the painting, and continued squinting at the painting.

"What is he doing?" Seeing that the scroll was unfolded, several reporters had noticed Fan Ning, and they were puzzled by his actions.

"Look at the compositional relationship, and the color perception under different light intensities." There are more painters with strange colors in their eyes.

After finishing the gesture, Fan Ning stepped forward, gently grabbed a corner of the canvas, and folded it from the back to the front. A crimson Hoffmann letter shaped like an "R" came into view.

"You are a connoisseur... a collector? An art critic? What do you call you? You are not from an auction house, are you?"

Although Fan Ning didn't say a word, it was these actions that made the painter Marais stand up from the steps at this moment, and asked a series of short sentences.

Fan Ning slowly commented: "If you want to draw a human body, you must use translucent paint to paint layer by layer Skin, to create a classical and soft sense of light...You put the human body and a gentleman in the scene of life at the same time, and the academics will definitely find it rude."

"You think so too?" the bearded man asked out loud.

"I have seen solid and stable multiple compositions, strong and pleasant light and shadow effects, leisurely and fluid emotional pictures, and an attempt to break through the traditional narrative context." Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Art pursues rigorous techniques and freedom. There is a consistent logic, but there is no standard format and space...I am Carolne Van Ning. Music is my main profession, it is a pleasure to meet you.”

In fact, before talking to Marley, Fanning had already learned about the basic situation from other staff.

The twice-yearly Salon Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Tiolein has just ended. This time, the number of submissions reached a new high. However, due to various reasons such as venue and aesthetics, only a quarter of the more than 4500 works were selected. They are A group of painters among the more than 3000 unselected works.

These academic artists decide what constitutes good art. They have mastered almost all the valuable awards awarded to artists, as well as the most authoritative channels to expose and sell their paintings... Young artists very much hope to be favored by the academy, and a The most direct and basic criterion for the success or failure of a work is whether it can be selected for the salon exhibitions of several imperial academy of fine arts.

Over the past few hundred years, the salon exhibition system has developed very maturely in Tiolein.Its evaluation system is formulated by officials appointed by the government. The members of its exhibition evaluation committee are academic artists. The primary reading that readers must refer to.

It is up to them to decide which paintings are eliminated and which ones are selected, and whether the selected paintings are hung at eye-level where they are easier to see, or high up near the ceiling.

The red "R"-shaped letter means that this work has been rejected after submission, which will directly affect the market price of the work, so it is called "the kiss of death" by painters and collectors.

About half of this group of artists are painters, sculptors, and printmakers, or they have made some innovations in the academic style. After losing the election, they spontaneously organized and came to Uvran Searle raised some funds and rented the venue of Prudence Auction House, thinking of proving himself, and at the same time accumulating some appreciators or selling some works-the flow of fine arts here is far less than that of academic salon exhibitions, but in It is also one of the best among the private platforms in this city.

The name "Unselected Salon" has the meaning of self-deprecation and disobedience to authority.

I just didn't expect that the painting was burned on the first day of the exhibition.

After Fan Ning expressed his position and introduced himself, some people whispered beside him.

"I seem to have heard of this name... By the way, he should be a young composer who is just emerging from Uvransel."

"Composer? Isn't he a collector?...Then why is he so knowledgeable? He even knew the first reference to 'Kiss of Death'?"

After shaking hands with several painters who came up, Fan Ning asked, "Are you interested in holding an exhibition at the Turner Art Museum?"

"Turner Art Museum?..." Many of the painters felt familiar, and began to search their memories, "I seem to have heard this name a few years ago, but then it disappeared..." That Claude suddenly recalled, eyes Yiliang said, "Could it be that you are."

"Vincent Van Ning was my father."

"I know Vincent!" The bearded painter Marais suddenly became excited, "I have copied his "On the Airflow and Warmth of the Field" written in 894 three times, no less than ten times..."

Claude said: "I am deeply impressed by works such as "West of the Sun", "A Glimpse of the Remaining Wall", "The Tree of the Broken Window", "The River of Silver Mirror", "Twilight and Wall on the Top of the Mountain", "Dense Fog on the Winter Dock". Center is considered to be the first character to create hints, but it is a pity that the creation is relatively low, otherwise the popularity will not be limited to this, and for some reason, the number of new works has decreased even less in the past ten years. In recent years, I have heard of Turner Art The museum seems to have encountered problems in its operation, but it is a pity that it was the best folk gallery in the city..."

Looks like the Turner Gallery influence is still here...

"I have invested a considerable amount of budget." Fanning said, "Its renovation and expansion project has already started. Strictly speaking, it will be the 'Turner Art Hall', a high-level comprehensive venue covering art and music, at the latest this year. It can be put into use for the last month...Since I happen to meet you in Uvransel today, I would like to make an appointment invitation..."

There was a flash of wariness in Claude's eyes, and Fan Ning keenly captured the deeper embarrassment and embarrassment.

"How is your rent or sales commission calculated?  …"

Their popularity is sluggish, and they make a living by selling paintings. Except for food, drink, housing and transportation, they spend all their money on oil painting consumables. If they are too expensive, they will not be able to make up the rent. This time, the huge accident not only ruined their most proud paintings. , I still don't know what the final outcome of the claim will be.

"There is no venue rent, and the commission can be exempted within three years." Fan Ning smiled mysteriously, "That is to say, all the turnover will fall into your own pockets..."

A group of people stared wide-eyed in surprise, Marley asked in disbelief: "Then what is your condition?"

Fan Ning explained: "After it is put into use, I can curate exhibitions for you according to the frequency of bimonthly, designate a special area, more than ten days, the number of participants is not less than 10, and each person has no less than 20 paintings on the wall. No rent is required, no commission is set, and I will be responsible for the promotion and operation... Well, the only thing that has to be paid is your paintings!"

"For every 20 pieces of works you plan to participate in, each person will give me one for collection, and I will choose which one...Of course, if I encounter an oversized or special work, I will not ask to keep it for myself, but Negotiate with you separately."

...what kind of weird collaboration is this?

The painters looked at each other, feeling that they had never heard of it. Of course, it was strange, but they still began to calculate rapidly in their hearts.

The Prudence Auction House charged 720 pounds in rent to operate the "Unselected Salon", which means that each of them paid an average of 40 pounds—actually more or less. Due to mutual assistance, the market price of the work is relatively high A few people pay more.

However, the auction house's curation time and scale are not as good as the minimum standards set by Fanning, and they also set a transaction commission of 20 points.

至于他们画作的市场价…人气相对最高的克劳维德，一幅50x60厘米规格的作品最高能卖到300磅，其他大部分人以往成交的金额都在50-100磅的区间，普鲁登斯拍卖行对于他们被烧毁画作的赔偿方案平均下来是一幅66磅。

These numbers may be very extravagant for ordinary people, but what you need to know is that the works of those romantic or authentic academic masters can sell for four-figure, five-figure or even six-figure prices!In contrast, these painters lived an extremely tight and difficult life after deducting consumables and travel costs. Many times, they kept lowering their living standards in order to buy paints, canvases, brushes, etc.

The proposal proposed by Fan Ning does not consider the issue of 0 commission, but only converts it from the absolute price. It seems that the average price of a painting of 66 pounds is more expensive than the auction house rent of 40 pounds...

But it can't be counted like this!Fanning did not charge them a penny in cash, and by default a painting was acquired with a guarantee, which meant that they did not have any pressure to pay in advance.

More importantly, Fanning showed his professionalism, as well as his understanding and appreciation for them.

This plan moved their hearts, and the two sides started more enthusiastic and speculative detailed discussions.

After getting acquainted, Fanning asked each painter a question in turn:
"Where did you buy the pigments for these burned paintings? Have you purchased any special pigments from any special channels recently?"

Everyone was a little confused by the question, but they still started to recall carefully.

They answered in turn many pigment manufacturers, distributors or related chemical companies that Fanning is familiar with.

But when asked about the tenth, among the list of brands reported by the painter named Courmier, there was a special source that caught Fanning's attention.

Because Fan Ning knew almost all the brands of first-, second- and third-tier pigment manufacturers in the Northern and Western Continents. As long as there were any brands that he was unfamiliar with, they would definitely attract his attention.

"...besides that, I had a purchase a few months ago at a small pigment factory called 'Langefni'."

"Which pigment factory is this?" Fanning asked Coumier.

"A small factory that I accidentally discovered when I went out of the city to the east of Santa Ramborg... Its production labor is carried out by relying on the 'Langefni' workhouse of the same name...Because I found it by accident, its color perception is particularly in line with my opinion of " The wonderful anticipation of "Green Night", I really wanted to share my finished product with you, but it was a pity that a piece of it was burned."

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