Almighty painter

Chapter 898 Miss Elena Doesn’t Care (Part )

Many people present were searching the faces around them with inquiring eyes, and they were suspicious of each other's reactions.

They want to know.

What does Miss Elena think of this humorous story told by Liu Ziming.

They really want to know -

If Miss Tripp were alive, what would she think of Rembrandt, and what would she think of the difference between "Portrait of Maria Tripp" and "Night Watch"...

How does the art director of Oil Painting magazine weigh the two different Rembrandts in his mind?

"The Rembrandt who painted 'Portrait of Maria Tripp' is the second Rubens in art history, an echo of the Baroque era in history. The Rembrandt who painted 'The Night Watch' is the first Rembrandt in art history, and he created his own artistic era."

“To the second Rubens, and to the first Rembrandt.”

Liu Ziming gently raised the glass in his hand, then put it to his mouth and drank the clean soda water whose bubbles were almost dissipating in the cold flame.

“To the second Rubens, and to the first Rembrandt.”

The people gathered on the deck also raised their drinks, echoed the gesture, and raised their glasses to salute.

The man took off the birthday crown on his head and handed it to the female guest on his left.

He walked alone to a chair with his back to the projection screen and sat down. He picked up a piece of fried shrimp chips on the picnic table and put it in his mouth.

From a narrator to a spectator.

Liu Ziming had time to observe the reactions of every guest around him.

Many people heard the meaning of his words, and the response was neither cold nor enthusiastic.

Someone shook his head helplessly.

Someone nodded gently at him.

Some people also smiled bitterly.

It took the Kingdom of the Netherlands nearly 100 years to embrace their child prodigy painter again. For some things, just because you say a painting is more meaningful doesn't mean it is more meaningful.

Even if you are Liu Ziming.

Say.

That's Rembrandt.

Rembrandt's achievements have been repeatedly demonstrated in art history.

And Gu Weijing? He is far from being the Rembrandt of 1640.

Rembrandt was 34 years old that year. He was successful and wealthy. He was the richest and most valuable artist in Amsterdam, Western Europe, Northern Europe, Paris, Florence and Venice.

He might not even be the Rembrandt of 1624.

Rembrandt went to university at the age of fourteen, and studied under the art master Peart Lastman at the age of seventeen. By the age of 20, he had already mastered many painting techniques such as oil painting, sketching and printmaking. He had his own ideas and excellent works, and was a versatile talent in the European painting world.

Rembrandt in 1624 was about the same age as Gu Weijing is now.

At around 20 years old, Rembrandt was already a famous new art star. He was preparing to open his own studio, which would forever change the position of Dutch painters in art history.

Whether or not his early work resembled Rubens.

At that time, he was already a darling of the critics.

Critics can at least proudly say that they not only have Jan van Eyck, the legendary inventor of oil painting, but also that as the 200th anniversary of the end of the Middle Ages approaches, their young painters are pushing oil painting as a whole to the next artistic peak.

At this moment, Gu Weijing's fame may be comparable to that of Rembrandt, who also has similar fame.

The two people's stories are very similar.

And completely different.

The sources of their fame are different, and their meanings are also different.

One comes from oneself, the other comes from others.

Two Rembrandts, all Rembrandts.

The Portrait of Maria Tripp, which delighted the critics, and The Night Watch, which puzzled them, were both paintings by Rembrandt.

It is probably true that Carroll's "Old Church in a Thunderstorm" is "Portrait of Maria Tripp".

Is Gu Weijing's work The Night Watch? Is he even qualified to use such a comparison and associate himself with Rembrandt?

According to many people present.

This is it——

There is still more to say!
Considering that Liu Ziming praises him so much, Gu Weijing can at most be regarded as the Rembrandt of 1617.

The talented painter sponsored by Huygens.

Huygens had so many children in his lifetime, but only one became a great scientist.

Huygens probably admired many painters throughout his life.

after all.

Only one became Rembrandt.

I think that many people present, when they raised their glasses with him and said "Cheers to the second Rubens and the first Rembrandt", actually had extremely strange emotions in their hearts, right?
It can't be said to be full of contempt.

Just quite subtle.

Liu Ziming chewed the shrimp chips in his mouth expressionlessly, savoring the aroma of the shrimp paste forced out by the high-temperature oil, and his mood was also quite subtle.

He observed Gu Weijing carefully.

A good humorous story is never just humor, nor is it just "one laugh".

A smile is an unintentional expression and release of emotion.

Throughout the history of human painting, works that record "smiles" are extremely rare, less than one in ten in the entire field of portraiture. If we put this number in the category of classical art, perhaps one in ten would become one in a hundred or even one in a thousand.

Smiling is both difficult to maintain and difficult to control.

It is often born and disappears in a fleeting moment, making it difficult to capture accurately.

Early European conservatives believed that the purpose of lips was to cover teeth, and that showing teeth in public was considered indecent for everyone. For a truly noble lady, this behavior was even more inelegant and even promiscuous.

This moment.

She lost the ability to precisely control her body, she abandoned the elegance of a lady and succumbed to desire.

No matter how barbaric, backward, cruel and ruthless the rules at that time were.

But even if she was a truly cold-blooded person, she would still smile.

There are times like this when you tense yourself up and believe in your heart that you won't laugh.

But for no reason, you still laughed out loud.

Laugh out loud or smile bitterly.

It may be full of warmth, or it may be full of mockery, anyway, people laugh out loud like this.

Unintentional smiles and tears are the things that require no reason, no complicated art theories to support them, and no prior practice.

All people are born knowing how to laugh.

As.

All people cry when they are born.

It does not require any empiricism as a foundation, but is born from natural body intuition. Liu Ziming calls this kind of body intuition the "decisive moment" of sensibility.

It is worth a thousand words.

Liu Ziming firmly believes that everyone will express something in such a story. Emotion is the best mirror, reflecting their attitude towards Gu Weijing's works and their attitude towards Gu Weijing as a person.

So - what about Gu Weijing himself?

Did he hear the rich connotations in the story told by Liu Ziming?
Does he have enough sensitivity to capture his own image in Rembrandt's story?
The other person was sitting on the other side of the circle formed by the crowd, with the flickering projected bonfire that looked like an art installation between him and Liu Ziming.

When he was standing in the middle just now, looking from the light to the darkness, he couldn't see Gu Weijing's expression clearly. He could only see two swaying bonfires reflected in the other's eyes.

After sitting down.

Liu Ziming could see half of Gu Weijing's profile.

He still had no expression, very calm... or perhaps very pure. The light cast a thin but dense layer of light on his figure, as if a layer of gauze was pulled out from the air and draped over his shoulders.

The man studied it for a moment.

Shake your head regretfully.

He saw nothing.

Liu Ziming did not have any excitement that could be compared to Rembrandt, nor did he feel resentful because of the subtle emotions of the people around him or because he felt that he was being slighted.

He is like a little child.

Wearing a bathrobe, sitting on a beach chair, silently looking at the stars in this starless and moonless night.

What intense emotions can you see in a person looking at the stars?
A Van Gogh-style starry sky?
probably.

Regrettably.

Liu Ziming discovered that Gu Weijing was not a very, very intense person like Vincent Van Gogh.

As a storyteller.

Even Liu Ziming himself was not sure whether Gu Weijing was a person like Rembrandt.

If Van Gogh had appeared at such a banquet, he would either have made an impassioned speech or... perhaps even shown disdain to everyone present.

I think they are all vulgar people who cannot understand me.

Rembrandt?
He would surely enjoy such an occasion. He would laugh and clink glasses with the people around him.

Like a fish in water.

Liu Ziming knew that Rembrandt probably didn't dislike painting portraits for princes, nobles, and wealthy businessmen, and he didn't dislike his own success. Rembrandt enjoyed being the son of a miller, but being admired by critics. He liked to go to high-class occasions and decorated his home with all kinds of ivory, textiles, and Turkish handmade carpets.

Then he dressed himself and his wife, the mayor's daughter, at home as the imaginary royal couple from India.

Whatever the reaction is, it's artistic, not silence like this.

Liu Ziming still hopes that he can get some more dazzling, scorching, "fiery" positive feedback.

If he was as passionate as Van Gogh, Liu Ziming would be there to help.

If he was as happy as Rembrandt, Liu Ziming would give him the stage and let him perform freely.

This is a great opportunity to show yourself and express yourself to the critics, and it should be cherished.

If Edward Yang were there.

Social salons, humorous stories, the presence of Miss Elena, the support of Liu Ziming... If you, Brother Yang, had these conditions and this stage, the old cowboy would have been like a spinning top with his bag on his back, spinning "BiuBiuBiuBiu" on the spot, leaving an afterimage.

Today, this ship can change its name on the spot and call it Yang Dekang Talk Show.

but……

Gu Weijing showed a natural, perhaps shy discomfort.

What should Liu Ziming do? Liu Ziming couldn't push Gu Weijing to show off himself. Old Yang would do this, but Liu Ziming would not do it.

"Just look at him quietly!"

Gu Tongxiang said that he didn't want to be that annoying elder, and if Gu Weijing didn't make any requests, he would do nothing and just watch quietly.

That's good.

Liu Ziming didn't want to be an annoying elder, but Gu Weijing's expression of being completely without any spark of anger made him feel a little uneasy.

Gu Tongxiang said.

Gu Weijing is a young lion.

Emotionally, Liu Ziming was willing to believe this. He had seen this scene in the painting "Human Noise". He felt that the painting was a miracle of courage, like a proud conqueror facing death, a person who was powerful enough to defeat death with a strong gaze.

He was burning brilliantly in that painting.

Fire is shining.

On the other hand.

Sometimes, he found it hard to believe that such... let him use the word "brilliant" to describe it, such a brilliant work really came from the hands of this silent young man.

Liu Ziming would think so.

He may have placed too much expectation on it.

He is clearly still a child who has not grown up.

Gu Weijing.

There is no need for him to understand, comprehend, or consider so many things, nor is there any need for him to forge himself into a blazing fire.

Liu Ziming pondered for a moment.

He suddenly laughed.

A playful laugh, a laugh full of bitterness and mockery, because he saw Anna Elena.

When Liu Ziming was telling the story about Rembrandt by the campfire just now, his emotions were extremely complicated.

He is conflicted.

Half of him hoped that this satirical story could hurt Miss Elena and show her dissatisfaction. The other half of him hoped that the editor of Oil Painting magazine could face this story with a tolerant and profound attitude and reflect on his own behavior.

in other words.

Liu Ziming felt uncomfortable with the behavior of Oil Painting. He also felt that if Miss Elena could change her mind and give Gu Weijing a page again, it would be good for the young painter.

The first Biennale in his life was a perfect ending.

A gold trophy.

A personal art interview from Oil Painting magazine.

At such an age, he has gained all the things that countless painters dream of throughout their lives... It is really a lucky thing, and he is really like Rembrandt when he was around 20 years old.

Throughout the history of modern art, only a handful of people have received such an honor.

Liu Ziming himself doesn't have any.

But by chance.

Liu Ziming was very familiar with one of these lucky guys, and he had just perfunctorily rejected the other party's request to attend the salon.

That was naturally Tang Ning.

therefore.

Liu Ziming raised his glass and said, "Cheers to both the second Rubens and the first Rembrandt."

Respecting both the second Rubens and the first Rembrandt?

Respect Carol.

Also respect Gu as a scripture.

He used this story to express his mild dissatisfaction with Oil Painting magazine.

But when he was searching for Miss Elena, he found that she was not among the crowd. The woman was sitting at a long dining table about ten meters away, eating a strawberry casually.

(End of this chapter)