Almighty painter

Chapter 996 Gu Weijing's Exhibition (Part 2)
“Almost a hundred years after Van Gogh died by suicide, Dali was granted the title of ‘Marquis of Popol’ by the King of Spain, one of the highest noble titles ever awarded to a renowned artist in the entire history of European art. The two are often compared together.”

Gu Weijing asked Lao Yang.

Can't such a classic contrast be taken as clear evidence that personality determines destiny?

That self-doubting, sentimental person is dead.

The artist who believed himself to be the greatest in the world, the best painter under heaven, and who exuded an aura of self-confidence, eventually moved into a grand castle and became a marquis.

People say.

Van Gogh was a great painter who revolutionized the art world. Dali was also a great painter who similarly revolutionized the art world.

The two people had completely different fates, which was the result of their different personalities.

After thinking for a moment, Lao Yang told Gu Weijing that whether or not one's character determines their destiny depends on how you choose to view it.

Does personality influence destiny?
There is no doubt that personality will influence destiny.

However, a person's personality is often very, very complex. Not to mention bystanders, even the person themselves may not know what their personality is really like.

Personality is not something that can be directly and crudely divided into two opposing sides like electrodes, such as "yin" and "yang," where one person's personality is sunny and bright while another person's is gloomy and rainy.

Van Gogh was certainly a sentimental person, and he was often filled with self-doubt.

but.

Van Gogh believed that a person's love for painting should be as sacred as their love for reading or Rembrandt. He believed he possessed this sacredness, that he was born to pursue this profession, and that he also had an unwavering spirit.

Van Gogh's unwavering commitment to himself was perhaps no less than Dali's love for himself.

Dali also had moments of self-doubt.

He even has strong shadows from his family of origin.

Dali always told others that "being able to be Dali is the luckiest thing in the world," but from the moment he was born, he was shrouded in doubt about his own existence. His older brother was an extremely talented child, but he died of illness before Dali was born, and Dali's name comes from his brother.

Dali lived his entire life in the shadow of being a "substitute".

He suspected that his parents didn't love him, but loved the shadow of his dead brother.

“I’ve also read Dali’s letter. Dali believed he had a dual identity; he had to kill his brother first in order to find his place in this world,” he said. “Brother Gu, you see, it’s like a curse of fate, isn’t it?”

Among all the people Gu Weijing knew, Yang Dekang was one of only two who could immediately provide all sorts of details that Gu Weijing didn't know, no matter how casually Gu Weijing mentioned a name.

The other one is Miss Elena.

Even Grandpa Cao couldn't do it; after all, he was really old, and it was normal for him to forget many things at once.

Frankly speaking, Yang Dekang is even more capable than Miss Elena.

Cao Xuan always gave him answers that were like "a book." Cao Xuan wouldn't give a very precise answer all at once; the old man was more like giving him a book title.

You need to read more, think more, and remember more.

Reading is always beneficial.

Miss Elena might be able to give a specific passage, she might also tell him the story of Dali and his brother, she might describe to Gu Weijing a portrait of an artist's life in her mind.

Only Old Yang.

With a cool tilt of his head, he could recite anything from Greek legends to little-known stories in the history of modern art, and even the engine oil change instructions for a Porsche sports car—he seemed to know it all, down to the punctuation marks.

Old Yang is absolutely right.

It really feels like a curse he was born with. Dali proved his achievements in the art world, but he couldn't prove them to his parents.

He told others that he was the best in the world.

His parents, however, felt that he was the reincarnation of his older brother, his shadow, and a... inferior substitute for his older brother.

No matter how well he does, your father and mother can't help but think, "If my brother were here... he would probably do even better."

How can you kill someone who died before you were born? How can an imperfect, living person overcome the perfect image in someone else's mind?
"Dali had a self-destructive tendency throughout his life. He would jump down the stairs and bruise himself to get attention. He would tear a bat apart alive. There was even a family history of suicide, with elders suffering from depression and severe paranoia. His grandfather, Gael Dali, jumped from a building at the age of 36."

"On the contrary, Van Gogh and Dali had many similarities. Van Gogh's brother died on the day he was born, but Van Gogh and his brother Theo Van Gogh had a very, very good relationship. The other gave him a lot of support and happy times, and the two brothers even ended up with their tombstones next to each other."

"Think about it?"

Old Yang countered, "If we look at it from this perspective, do you think it would be more accurate to say that their lives would be reversed?"

"So, does a person's personality actually have no meaning?" Gu Weijing said. "Everything is arranged by fate."

"I don't think so either."

Old Yang said.

Gu Weijing came to see Lao Yang today, asking what kind of personality is needed to become a successful artist in the conventional sense. He wanted a resolute answer.

This answer included the assumption that Van Gogh would commit suicide and that Dali would become a marquis.

Van Gogh simply couldn't sell his paintings, while Dali was able to live in a grand estate.

A strong aura of self-confidence is a good thing.

Self-doubt is bad.

Van Gogh was a failed artist, Dali was a successful artist.

Of course, the answer Gu Weijing wanted could also be the opposite: Van Gogh was successful, and Dali was a failure. He wanted to know whether everything was related to fate, or whether everything was unrelated to fate.

What, then, is the artistic heart of an artist?

Sorry.

Brother Yang is a very slick person, so all I could give him was a slick answer.

probably.

He was probably right, or he wasn't sure; he didn't know.

A person's personality is composed of many, many facets, and so is their destiny. Perhaps when Dali was in elementary school, he didn't get into position properly before jumping down the stairs and broke his neck. And what if Theo's family had been nearby when Van Gogh shot himself?

The story might be very different then.

An artist's inherent personality does not exist, just as a successful person's inherent personality may not exist either.

Yang Dekang believes that if there are "inevitable traits of successful people" in the world, wouldn't he be cool? Wouldn't he be domineering?
Why hasn't this domineering CEO with his charismatic and arrogant personality driven a Porsche 918 to sunbathe on a sailboat in the Mediterranean?
Since he hasn't gone out to sunbathe yet, he's still here battling with the unruly macaw.

It is clear.

Such an "inevitable characteristic" simply does not exist.

However, this does not mean that self-awareness is unimportant. The most important person in Dali's life was his wife Gala, whom he met at an art gathering when he was 20 years old.

Galadala found himself.

All the people in his life combined probably had as much influence on him as Gala, who was his spiritual anchor.

Dali did not use his real name in his works.

His personal signature is usually "Gals Lavador Dalí".

Salvador was his family name; his parents gave him the name of his deceased brother, while Gala was the name he was searching for. This is written on countless works from Dali's later years.

"Dali = Gala".

Old Yang, the caring older brother, scolded little Gu Weijing, saying that he had said something stupid because he had asked a question that Yang Dekang could not answer and that was difficult to find the correct answer for.

All the answers seem correct.

All the answers seem to be wrong.

He should ask someone how to become incredibly successful or incredibly wealthy, not Old Yang.

But if you ask—

Perhaps you can ask Lao Yang how to stop feeling lost.

"Know what you want, know what kind of person you are, know yourself."

Van Gogh desperately wanted recognition and critical acclaim, but even if he had lived the life of Dali, he might not have been very happy.

in contrast.

Was becoming the Marquis of Popol truly the most important honor in Dalí's life? Popol Castle was a residence that Dalí purchased as a gift for his wife, Gary, and it is also the place where his wife is buried after her death.

He regarded the title "Marquis of Pope" as a continuation of his self-mythologizing.

The important thing is not the Marquis of Pope.

Gala remains the most important.

"The process of artistic creation is a process of getting to know yourself."

Yang Dekang said.

"He has seen far too many people in this industry, many successful, but even more failures. The difference between imagination and reality, between one's projection of oneself and one's true self, is often the cause of confusion. This has little to do with whether you are successful or unsuccessful, or whether you are a marquis."

Some people are just not tough enough, not cool enough. They don't have enough courage to know their true selves.

"By the way, remember to give me a couple extra VIP tickets for your art exhibition at the Louvre Abu Dhabi!"

Yang Dekang added.

The gallery offers a package that includes a five-star hotel stay.

This will save you the cost of oil for a major service on your future Porsche 918.
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"Pain is the nourishment that gives birth to art."

— Salvador Dalí.

"Where affection is awakened, life is reborn."

—Vincent van Gogh—

Knowing your own motivation is your artistic heart.

Several months passed quickly.

In the studio.

Gu Weijing was reading through the artists' correspondence, page by page. He looked at each letter they exchanged with their friends. He was seriously considering Dali and Van Gogh, observing their pain and struggles in life.

distance.

Miss Elena is reading Kafka.

She watched as the lonely people in Kafka's writing tore at each other and hurt each other, and she saw all the cold, unspoken pain in their lives, between them.

Two people sketched their own shadows between the sheets of paper.

And here she is in the ranch she bought.

Everything was quiet, as if no one was there.

In most cases, there's just not much people around!
Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!

Awang is the king here!
Awang and August chased after the running feeder.

The ginger tabby cat sat there, wagging its tail. The large black and white dog beside it glanced at it, seemingly hesitant. It was a professionally trained dog, with its own set eating rules!

I hesitated for a long time.

August secretly half-stood up and patted the feeding button above with his big paw.

Ding.

The fresh meat powder biscuits tumbled down from the discharge port with a whooshing sound.

Ah.

Look.

This broken machine can't possibly stop them!

The cat and dog picked up the extra treat and then scurried away, disappearing into the corner of the corridor.

The ranch staff come to check on them regularly, and Elliot specifically instructed them to take good care of them. So whenever they find the feeder empty, they immediately refill it with new pet food.

The uncle was just a little strange.

The feed machine is consuming feed much faster than he originally expected!
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until today.

Deckard Anlun walked into the Louvre's exhibition hall.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi covers an extremely large area and is considered the most important modern art museum in the entire UAE. Two-thirds of the building is surrounded by the sea, creating a unique visual spectacle where half of the building is sea and half is sand.

In stark contrast to the enormous, modern art museum, the entire museum, which spans tens of thousands of square meters, now houses only 600 permanent artifacts.

Half of the collection comes from the museum's own holdings, while the other half comes from 13 major French museums that have formed strategic partnerships with the Louvre Abu Dhabi. In 2007, the UAE reached a €10 billion loan agreement with Paris for these collections.

The lease term is 30 years, and the UAE paid more than 4 million euros just for the right to use the "Louvre" brand name during those 30 years.

Leonardo da Vinci, Van Gogh, Picasso, Monet... You can find a large number of original works by the most famous and influential art masters in modern and contemporary history here.

Deckard Anlen glanced out of the corner of his eye at a huge bronze head they had just passed.

It is a bronze head of a Roman emperor from the 2nd century AD. The description states that he was an exceptionally short-lived emperor. Amidst fierce power struggles within the Roman Empire, the throne had changed hands frequently within a few years, with the Praetorian Guard overthrowing the emperor. His mortal enemy, upon ascending the throne, immediately ordered the eradication of all traces of the previous monarch.

This enormous sculpture is now just a ruin; his short-lived dynasty has long been forgotten.

Oil Painting Magazine – Ms. Elena, Ms. Sarah.

Mas Gallery – Gu Weijing, Dyke Anlun.

It really sounds like a metaphor.

However, what they are fighting for is whose work, whose head, is qualified to visit here, gazing upon everyone as it has for thousands of years.

(End of this chapter)