Chapter 462: Masterpiece

"It's really beautiful and fascinating! Although I didn't see the painter's signature, I am sure that this painter is definitely not a unknown artist, maybe he is a very famous artist.

Is this work of which artist? When was it created? What is the value? Betty, do you know? If you understand, tell me about it. I look forward to knowing the answer!"

Logan said excitedly, his eyes full of expectation.

This kid still has a certain appreciation ability and some understanding of art. After all, he is a student of MIT's Department of Architecture and must have taken relevant art courses.

Especially the waterfront architecture in Venice, Italy, he must be very familiar with it. It is a classic architecture that every architecture student must study.

Not only did he feel curious, but Evelyn did the same.

She also looks forward to knowing the answer and wants to know the value of the oil painting in front of her. Is it higher or lower than the value of the 1947 white horse red wine?

Unlike them, Matthew had a thoughtful expression and his eyes flashed with excitement from time to time.

Obviously, he is guessing about the painter of this oil painting and also guessing the value of this oil painting.

Betty shrugged and said with a little regret:

"Sorry, Logan, I don't know the answer. Just like you, I like this oil painting very much and I want to know who is the painter.

Steven didn't tell me the answer. He said that when he talked about it in Boston, he would announce the answer, to give everyone a surprise. Now you can let Steven reveal the answer!"

After speaking, Betty turned to look at her boyfriend next to her, expecting him to reveal the answer.

Logan and Evelyn were the same, both looking at Ye Tian with anticipation in their eyes.

Ye Tian smiled softly, then smiled and said:

"Well, let me reveal the answer, this is..."

At this moment, Matthew suddenly interrupted Ye Tian, ​​took the conversation and said:

"Steven, don't announce the answer, let me guess, okay? I still have some understanding of art and I know a little bit of appraisal knowledge. Now that I have encountered this opportunity, I don't want to miss it!"

Matthew said with brows flying brightly, his eyes were extremely bright, straight shining!

Obviously, the old man was in great interest and wanted to show off his skills and show his artistic skills.

Ye Tian closed the conversation, smiled and nodded, agreed to Matthew's request and then looked at his father-in-law with interest.

He don't know how good this old man is? Can he guess the answer? Interesting!

Betty and Logan both looked over in surprise when they heard what their father said.

They never heard that their dad would appreciate art! What kind of result is this going to come out? Don't make a fool of yourself! Steven is a well-known art appraiser that everyone has never seen it before!

Only Evelyn looked at her husband with a smile and looked confident.

The living room became quiet and everyone was waiting for Matthew's appraisal conclusion.

Matthew picked up the oil painting on the coffee table, held it in his hand and started the visual identification. He looked at it very carefully and seriously and looked like an expert in identification!

Seeing his performance, Ye Tian couldn't help his eyes brighten, maybe this old man really has appraisal abilities! Let's look at the results of his appraisal, it is worth looking forward to!

Betty and Logan stared roundly, looking at Matthew incredulously.

Is this still their father? Why did he suddenly become an expert in appraisal? It looks decent! Don't pretending, right?

Two or three minutes later, Matthew put down the oil painting, looking up at everyone.

Then, he began to talk about the appraisal conclusion he had drawn, very excited and with a bit of confidence.

"Judging from the slightly old frame and the condition of the canvas, this oil painting should have a long history, at least 50 years or more. Am I right? Steven!"

The old man was obviously not quite confident yet, so he began to solicit opinions on the first article.

The target of the inquiry is of course Ye Tian. He is an art appraisal expert at the scene and he is a very good one!

"Yes, Mr. Walter, your identification is very correct on this point. The history of this oil painting is indeed more than 50 years!"

Ye Tian smiled and nodded and gave an affirmative answer, but did not reveal more.

"Awesome! I know that although I haven't appraised works of art in more than 20 years, my eyesight is still there and it hasn't completely degraded and disappeared!"

Matthew threw a fist and cheered, as happy as a child.

Actually letting their dad guess right!

No artwork has been appraised in twenty years! What the hell is this again? Had their dad used to be an expert in art appraisal? Do not make jokes!

Betty and Logan's eyes were about to fly out, looking at their father in shock, how could they not believe what they had just heard! It's not real!

Only Evelyn remained as usual, she seemed to take everything for granted, not worthy of surprise.

And the look she looked at Matthew was more gentle, a bit of reminiscence of the past!

After calming down a bit, Matthew began to talk about his appraisal conclusion. This time he was obviously more confident.

"This painting seems to be a landscape oil painting of the French Barbizon School. From the picture, the brush is light, natural and vivid, beautiful and fresh and it is a very realistic painting technique.

The characters and sceneries in the paintings are all lifelike, giving people an immersive feeling, full of poetry and what it shows is the most authentic and simple beauty of nature!

Based on the landscape depicted in this painting, the painting techniques and my speculation of the school, I think this may be the work of Charles-François Daubigny of the Barbizon school.

I can see Daubigny's painting style, but it is not very obvious, but even if it is not Daubigny's paintings, this painter must be deeply influenced by Daubigny and his painting style is very similar to Daubigny!

This is just my personal appraisal conclusion, not sure, after all, I am just an art lover, not a professional and cannot be compared with high-level appraisal experts like you.

If my appraisal is correct, this is indeed Daubigny's work, then we dare not accept this gift, let alone hang it at home! This is too expensive! It will make us sleepless!"

After speaking the appraisal conclusion, Matthew immediately looked at Ye Tian and waited for Ye Tian to comment to verify whether his appraisal conclusion was correct.

In his mind, the result was basically confirmed.

The painting in front of him is Daubigny's work. With Steven's boldness, he shouldn't gift a copy or fake to Evelyn!

You know, Evelyn is likely to be his future mother-in-law! How dare this guy be sloppy?

Thinking of this, Matthew couldn't help shaking with excitement.

This is a painting by Charles Daubigny! How many art collectors dream about unattainable top oil paintings! Right in front of his eyes at this moment, at his fingertips! Can it be exciting!

As soon as he finished speaking, Matthew already regretted it a little!

It's okay to be polite! He is really full! If Steven followed his advice and really took back this oil painting, wouldn't he regret until his death?

If he miss this top-level oil painting at his fingertips, it will keep he awake at night! It is inevitable to wash away with tears every day!

Betty, Logan and Evelyn were all stupid at this time, looking at the oil painting on the table in disbelief, at Ye Tian ​​and at Matthew!

The eyes of the three of them all flashed with surprises, even crazy!

Charles-François Daubigny! What a shocking name!

For anyone who has studied European art history, Daubigny is a person who can't get around. If anyone don't know about him, at least is familiar with his name!

Of course, Betty and the others know Daubigny's name. They have heard the name in high school and university art classes and not once or twice!

This great god is a famous French painter in the nineteenth century, a banner figure of the Barbizon school and is also considered one of the important pioneers of Impressionism and is also the winner of the French Knights Legion!

Speaking of Daubigny, we must first talk about the Barbizon school.

This is a famous landscape painting school born in France in the 19th century.

Barbizon is located at the entrance of the Fontainebleau forest in Paris. The scenery is beautiful. In the 1830s and 1840s, a group of painters who were dissatisfied with the rule of the July Revolution and academic painting came to settle here one after another to paint, forming the Barbizon school of painting.

They not only use realistic techniques to express the appearance of nature, but are also committed to exploring the inner life of the natural world and strive to express the painter's sincere feelings about nature in their works.

They used real natural landscape paintings to create, denying the academic school's false historical landscape painting formula and unveiled the prologue of the huge realist art movement in France in the 19th century.

The Barbizon School opposes academic painters to paint landscapes indoors and advocates going out of the studio to sketch the scenery under natural light and then create landscape paintings based on sketches.

Their creative experience, especially the sketching of scenery, in order to obtain a real and fresh feeling and the artistic proposition and practice of brightening the tone of the picture, has brought important inspiration to European and American landscape painters.

This includes the most important impressionist school in the history of modern art, as well as many other famous art masters, all deeply influenced by the Barbizon school.

The representative painters of the Barbizon school include Rousseau, Daubigny, etc., these people are all famous painters in the history of Western art.

And Daubigny is one of the first painters to paint under external light conditions and he is a well-deserved banner painter of the Barbizon School. His paintings are not only of extraordinary artistic value, but also of groundbreaking significance!

Daubigny's pictures are mostly sunny and full of light; his compositions are mostly banners, which are bright and open, full of natural vitality.

His research on water landscape is very thorough and he is considered to be the painter who is best at painting water in the Barbizon school.

It was his way of going deep into nature and sketching sceneries that had a great influence on later impressionist painters and directly contributed to the birth of impressionism!

Impressionist masters such as Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Cézanne and other famous art masters can even be said to be a student of Daubigny and Monet was brought back to France by him from England!

In artistic practice, these young painters at that time were deeply influenced by Daubigny's paintings and then created countless top artworks, which shines in the history of Western art!

Daubigny also gave firm support to these younger painters and he himself is known as the originator of Impressionism.

In the history of French art, Daubigny's status is very high, even above the famous masters of art such as Paul Cézanne and Delacroix, it is praised and praised by countless people!

And his paintings are very high in terms of artistic value and market value. They are enthusiastically pursued by countless people and they are the top art collections!

Therefore, when Betty and the others heard that the painting in front of them might be Daubigny's work, they were naturally shocked and even a little bit unbelievable!

Especially Evelyn, her eyes were fixed on the oil painting on the table, she was not willing to move away for a moment.

At this moment, she couldn't wait to go up and seal Matthew's mouth immediately.

It's okay to be polite! Is it time to be polite? This is a painting by Daubigny! If she miss it, she will definitely regret it for a lifetime!