Rimbaud's girl

She laughed inwardly: Zola said that this friend had a bit of bad luck, the "Paris Salon" painting exhibition rejected Cezanne's works every year, and Cezanne actually sent his works every year; Cézanne's paintings are "ugly" and I don't like them at all.Fortunately, Cézanne's family was not short of money. He had a small annuity. The old Cezanne was a banker and gave his son 100 francs a month for living expenses.

This little money is barely enough for him to live in Paris alone.He had a mistress, the old Cezanne hated his son's mistress very much, and thought she was "not worthy" of his son, so he only gave Cezanne 100 francs a month for living expenses, just to let his son understand that no money can't support his mistress ; Cézanne can only sell paintings to survive, but because he is not well-known, the asking price is not high.

Zola doesn't know the price of Cézanne's paintings, but if a painting can sell for a few hundred francs, he only needs to sell one painting a month and he can live quite well.

According to Vincent's introduction, Goupil's company represents the works of more famous painters, and then it is the works of the students of the Academy of Fine Arts who paint replicas of famous paintings.Forlan is now painting reproductions of famous paintings for Goupil's company, and his income is not bad, enough to maintain his daily life, and he can occasionally eat a big meal in a restaurant.

So as long as Cézanne can sell the paintings, his life should be much better than that of Fulan.

Vitaly was not very interested in the circle of painters before, and it was because of Forlan that she would occasionally ask.She likes Degas's style, which is lighter; Cézanne's current painting style belongs to the kind she doesn't like. She likes to use dark tones, and the canvas has a large area of ​​gray and black. Even Zola thinks that the little friend's paintings It looked so dull.

Vincent van Gogh patiently explained to her the works and styles of some of the painters he was representing. He is now an art dealer. When he sees a painting, he will think about what kind of buyer it is suitable for and how to impress her. The buyer and the price are more suitable.His scope of work also includes pricing artworks. The custom-made reproductions of famous paintings will have a relatively fixed price with little fluctuation. The company will give a catalog of famous paintings that sell well, and set the price and purchase quantity according to customer needs and last year's sales It is not his scope of work to find and contact students from the Academy of Fine Arts, but he did it when he was an apprentice, so he is very familiar with it.

"Uncle said that I should start with the most basic work," he said shyly, "I should have done all the positions in the company before."

Vitaly agreed, "Your uncle is right, you should know about all positions in the company except cleaners, so that if something goes wrong in any link, you can quickly figure out what is wrong .”

"You're right." He smiled.

"Can I know how you usually sell it? For example," Vitaly pointed to an unfinished semi-finished product, and the style of painting is not a student's work, but an authentic Degas work. "Now you can try How are you going to convince me to buy this painting if you want to sell it to me?"

Vincent probably didn't expect that someone would actually assess his business level on the spot, so he was taken aback.

He thought for a while, "It depends on what purpose you want to buy the painting. Generally, we will ask, where do you want to hang it? The home you usually live in, or the villa? Is it the living room, the corridor, or the bedroom? How about the light? ? Is it natural light, or lighting?"

"The living room, the light is average, not too big, and several small-sized paintings can be hung side by side." She really thought about it seriously, "I want two more flowers, and put them in my bedroom."

"At your age, you should like the style with softer colors and less strong contrast between light and dark, but fresh. Flowers are very suitable for the bedroom; the living room can be a landscape or a still life, or you can also consider yourself portraits." Vincent also seriously considered and answered, "This painting by Mr. Degas is a landscape, which is very suitable for your living room. How big is the living room?"

"Less than 20 square meters."

"This size is very common, and the size of Mr. Degas's painting is also very suitable. I suggest that you consider buying two or three to hang in the living room, two in the bedroom, and a little artwork decoration in the corridor. What do you think? We There are some better works, if you are free, you can come to Gupil company to have a look." He took out a business card and handed it to her.

Fran muttered to the side, "I can also paint you flowers and still lifes. What about the landscape portraits I painted for you last time?"

"It's hanging in the Crosval Manor. I'm going to buy some more paintings and redecorate the manor."

Vincent van Gogh said very proactively and self-consciously: "I can go and have a look and help you refer to how many paintings you need and how to arrange them."

Vitaly smiled at him, "It's because you can earn a commission, isn't it? If you can't earn a commission, then I won't let you go. The estate is in Rouen, not outside Paris."

Vincent didn't expect to come to Degas's studio with the manager to negotiate a big business. He was very happy, "I got a commission. If you buy a lot, I can only get the lowest commission."

The manager was surprised, but obviously this young big client liked Vincent, so he had no choice but to nod to Vincent.

Degas was also a little surprised.He didn't know Vitaly's background very well, but since he lived with Flaubert, he thought it was not short of money. After all, it was an order of several thousand or even tens of thousands of francs, and the commission was quite a lot.

The manager finished talking with Degas, and quickly took Vincent out of the studio.Before leaving, Vincent made an appointment with Vitaly. The day after tomorrow, she went to Goupil's company to take a look, and then when she returned to Rouen, she also took him to Rouen.Of course, door-to-door service can be provided for large customers.

After Gupil's people left, Degas smiled and said, "Look, I have some paintings you like here. You must know that Gupil needs a commission for selling my paintings, so it's better to save it." This expense."

"I like works with clearer and lighter colors. After Mr. Flaubert's mother passed away, he has been in a bad mood. I think the curtains and decorations in the manor should be as bright as possible, and the colors should be brighter. It will be a little more comfortable to follow. The value of artworks is not only in their artistry, they are of course decorative objects, decorative objects that make people happy."

Degas smiled, "You're right. Artistry is one thing. It's not easy for people with little art appreciation level to feel the passion and charm in paintings!"

Vitaly always felt that Degas's attitude was a little mocking.Artists are generally arrogant. When they are not famous, they may not be confident and suspect that they have no artistic talent, but almost all famous painters have that kind of "artist temperament", which is "wild and uninhibited" to put it nicely. To put it bluntly, it means "my father annoys ordinary people the most".

Although the only recognized geniuses are mathematics and music, painting and writing undoubtedly require talent. Innate factors account for a large proportion. The same teacher teaches, the same or the same practice, and the prerequisites are the same. Some people are more talented than most. Easily reach your goals.

Of course, personality is also important.For example, if Cézanne gave up painting because of the repeated rejections of the "Paris Salon", there will be no such person in the history of art in the future; another example is a child prodigy because he can't settle down to finish one thing and give up halfway. Such a person In the end, the aura is wiped out, the "talent" is wasted, and everyone becomes obsolete.

Numerous previous examples have proved that only talent and perseverance can achieve final success. Even if you were unknown during your lifetime, at least you became a household name after your death.

Painters are hardworking, otherwise they cannot improve their skills.Degas is no exception. There are a large number of finished products and semi-finished products, oil paintings, prints, watercolors, gouaches, sketches, sketches, and sculptures piled up in the studio. Degas treats her as a big client, and she can choose whatever works she likes.She picked out more than a dozen small-sized paintings, mainly gouache and watercolor. Degas put the selected paintings aside, and made an appointment with Fulan to send her a deposit tomorrow, and Degas would match these paintings with frames. , She will come to pick up the painting two days before leaving Paris and pay the final payment.

Degas sold more than a dozen paintings, and she gave her a very favorable price, only 2000 francs; Vitaly thought it was too good a deal, so she didn't bargain much.Both sides are happy.

Degas also said: "You come early that day, come in the morning, and I will draw a portrait for you."

This is excellent, and Vitaly immediately agreed, "Okay, I will send you a letter in advance to let you know when I will come. Thank you, Mr. Degas."

Seeing that Vitaly spent 2000 francs in less than an hour, Forlan and Drael expressed their shock——2000 francs is enough for them to live in Paris for a year, and they can still live quite well!

Vitaly was probably raised by Gabriel's level of living expenses of 5000 francs a year, and now she doesn't think 2000 francs is a lot of money at all.

Was she considering whether to pay for the painting with her own money or with Flaubert's?If she uses her own money, it will be considered her own. In a few years, this batch of paintings can at least double; if it takes 50 years, it is possible that this batch of paintings can be multiplied by at least 10 times or even dozens of times; If it was bought with Flaubert's money, it wasn't hers.

Investing in artworks is not something that came up on a whim. In view of the fact that the paintings of contemporary painters in this era are not very valuable, if you really want to invest in artworks, you can’t sell them back in the short term. They can only be left as legacy to future generations, which is not very cost-effective; But thinking about the prices of these painters' paintings soaring in 50 years, it will be hard to find them. It is impossible to prevent her from buying ultra-cheap paintings in this golden age.

In the future, even if the descendants are prodigal, selling just one painting will be enough for them for a long time, so that they can show the foresight and sharp vision of her ancestor.

She thought it was flattering.

Why do rich people like to buy jewelry and art? Jewelry is definitely the best property to carry with you. Art can be sold in bad years to make ends meet. Those descendants of nobles are like this, they have no ability to make money , can only survive by selling the collections of his ancestors.No one can guarantee that all future generations will have -->>

Promise, in case a prodigal son is born, it's enough to see——

She really wanted to laugh at herself, and she thought too far ahead, and there was no shadow yet!

However, no matter what happens in the future, it is absolutely right to buy more of their paintings now while their prices are not high!

Anyway, her money is in the bank for nothing. Now the 5000 francs have increased a bit to 8000 francs, but it is still a pitifully small amount of money. It is better to invest it.The Franco-Prussian War is over, and there are still decades before the First World War. There is no need to worry about another war and chaos. The environment in France should be quite stable in the past few decades.

There is no dedicated servant's room in the apartment, and Vitaly let Mrs. Reval, who followed her back to Paris, sleep on the sofa in the living room.She would not have been able to live alone under the same roof with Fran without Mrs. Reval.It's not that she doesn't believe in Fulan's character, but that she shouldn't test a man's heart casually.

She has grown taller this year, almost 1 meters, but she is still a little shorter than ordinary 5-year-old girls, and she probably won't grow too tall when she becomes an adult. She has accepted this fact painfully .Fortunately, Gabriel is not very tall, and may be a little over 15 meters in the future.But the boy is hard to say, maybe he will suddenly jump to 1 meters, the height difference is a bit big.

She has officially entered the puberty period, and her breasts have begun to grow healthily, and she is still growing too fast. It may be because she eats a lot of meat, drinks at least half a kilogram of milk every day, and has sufficient intake of animal fat and protein. Since her height cannot be saved, those The excess heat rushed to her chest, which made her really helpless.It is said that short people tend to have large breasts, but without good underwear, they will sag quickly.That's not good!

In this era, women still wear corsets, corsets with whalebones that hold up the breasts and prevent sagging. It is not difficult to buy suitable underwear and corsets.In the next few days, she took Mrs. Reval to try on clothes in various lingerie stores. After shopping for lingerie, she bought four more winter skirts for Christmas.

There is no hostess at Crosswald Manor this year, so there is no Yule Ball or anything. She is too young to be old enough to attend social balls. Mrs. Conmanville said that she will take her to some balls after she turns 16 next year—— It's weird, you can get married when you turn 15, but you can't go to social dances yet!

She was planning to go to London for Christmas, she could pretend she was sixteen, and Arthur could take her out to the ball.Now waltzes are popular in social balls in various European countries, she can do this!And dance very well!

Gabriel's reply was sent before she left the manor, saying that he was very much looking forward to seeing her in London, that he wanted to sneak her to the ball, and his waltz was so good!

She was very happy to think about it, and she was very much looking forward to spending Christmas in London.

She went to the bank to withdraw 500 francs and asked Foran to send it to Degas. Degas returned a receipt and stamped his private seal.

I wondered if I should send some money to Arthur?Arthur has turned 18, and it's time to learn to make money by himself. You can't always count on your sister, right?As long as he doesn't write letters asking for money, then there should be enough money, and she doesn't have to worry about him starving to death all the time—it's too ridiculous for a prodigy to starve to death. Move bricks!

She foolishly imagined what Arthur would look like doing manual labor—it was impossible to imagine that with such a thin body, Arthur could be exhausted after a day of physical labor.

I also wondered what Arthur's semi-autobiography was about. Will it include Verlaine?Verlaine, this scumbag, was his "first love", or even if he had never loved Verlaine, but this was the first person he had close contact with, and it should still have a great influence on him.Arthur's temperament, with whomever he was with, probably would not be dull, but would be very tossing.

Mrs. Rimbaud certainly hopes that Arthur can find a gentle and gentle girl to marry, and then have several children. This is a life that conforms to the values ​​​​of ordinary people.It's just Arthur--

Who knows what he was thinking?

As for herself, she hasn't thought too far ahead yet.In the future, the future is still early!

Flaubert did not know where to meet his lover, and only wrote to her every few days, asking her what she was doing. One day, he sent a carriage to pick her up and took her to a literary salon.

The literary salons that the bigwigs participated in naturally had nothing to do with each other. They were all well-known literati in the Parisian literary and art circles, not only writers, but also musicians, opera singers, painters, poets and so on.The opera singers were the stars, men and women, always the center of the conversation.Since Flaubert did not live in Paris, he was a rare guest at the salons, and people kept coming to greet him.

Flaubert was introverted, and every time he appeared in the salon, he was quite noticeable. Some people knew that the girl next to him was his student, while others thought it was a relative's child.A beautiful girl is eye-catching everywhere, and it is even more likable if the beautiful girl has exquisite appearance and extraordinary conversation.

Soon someone came to make friends with Vitaly, brought her wine and snacks, and tried their best to find topics to chat with.If she were an ordinary beautiful girl, she should be able to handle this kind of occasion well, but Vitaly is socially flawed. She didn't learn any social etiquette in the convent girls' school. After leaving the convent girls' school, she found Private teachers are the kind who only teach knowledge but not etiquette, so she doesn't know how to "chat" like those well-educated girls.If she is interested in the topic the other party said, she can chat a few more words, but most of them are "talking to death".

The poor young man was once again blocked by her words, and he stood there in embarrassment, racking his brains to think of another topic to chat with her.And Vitaly was already very impatient, thinking why this person was so ignorant, she could clearly see that she didn't want to talk to him, what did she want to do if she didn't want to leave?

Emile Zola came to rescue her, "Come here, Vitaly, tell me what books you have read recently."

He held out his arm, and Vitaly took his, and walked away.

"Recently I read The Prince," she said.

Zola suppressed a smile, "I wanted to ask you what books you read, but not now. Here, the most important thing is to meet some people. The salon is a party and also a communication. When you meet someone who doesn't want to talk to him People should find an excuse to walk away earlier."

Flaubert and a few others sit loosely around the hostess, listening to a poet read from his own work.In a literary and art salon, reading one's own works is the "business".From this aspect, poets have a greater advantage. After all, there are many words. If you read aloud, you have to read at least several paragraphs of hundreds of words. Poems are much shorter and more suitable for reading aloud.

Arthur took her to some gatherings of poets. Although she didn't know how to write poems, she had such a genius brother at home. After reading too many of his works and listening to other people's poems, she didn't count as a "brother". With the addition of blood relationship, it can also be heard that the poems of most poets are indeed not very good, and they are incomparable with Arthur's poems.

Zola stopped a little far away, standing in a position where he could hear the poet's voice, and read his poems enthusiastically, very contented.

"What do you think?" asked Zola when the poet had finished reading.

"Poetry? Ordinary," Vitaly felt quite objective. "It doesn't mean much, it's just the arrangement and combination of words."

He chuckled. "It can't compare with Arthur's poetry. Lack of passion, or rather, those shining soul lights. How about Arthur?"

"He went to London for a change of environment and will come back next year."

Zola nodded, "That's fine." His attitude was quite natural.Perhaps the adolescence of literary and artistic bigwigs is also indulgent and unrestrained love freedom, so it is especially understandable?

"Does he continue to write?"

"Written, but he never told me what he was writing about."

"It should be written. It is more stable and allows him to perform better." Zola pointed out very practically. "It's hard to sell tens of thousands of copies of a collection of poems, but relatively speaking, it sells better. He can write such good poems, and he will never have a problem writing them."

Vitaly looked sideways: Zola spoke like a businessman.It's not surprising, men and women eat and drink, money is needed everywhere in life, it's impossible for men not to learn how to make money.Most women in this era rely on men to obtain wealth, most rely on marriage, and the other part rely on their fathers and brothers. The ladies and noble ladies in the upper class are not happy to go out to work, only the lower class women will go out to work, and there is not much exchange for labor. and there are very few women like George Sand who can support themselves on royalties and do well.

Zola didn't say anything about Arthur, but asked her again: "What about you? What do you want to do in the future?"

"Like George Sand."

"Like her—" Zola draws out her voice.

"Is she not good? I mean, like her, she can make a lot of money on her own."

"That's good." Zola seemed "relieved".

Vitaly noticed this very sensitively.At first I didn't know why he was doing this, but then I thought about it, oh, Zola's machismo must be because of George Sand's many lovers.

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