Rimbaud's girl

Vitaly's reply was very objective. He is an adult, and what kind of career development he wants to pursue is his own business, as long as he will not regret it when he looks back on his life in the future.She wanted to try her best to create conditions for him to embark on the road of painting, but if he didn't have a firm belief, no one could force him to do so.

Afterwards, Vincent did not write to her for more than a month, and he wrote to her again at the end of May, saying that the Latin and ancient Greek he was learning now made him restless and unable to learn; he felt distressed. , The cleverness of his youth, which was quick to learn any language, disappeared from him. He lived in Amsterdam very boring, depressed, and could not arouse interest in anything; but he still often went to museums and art galleries. I like the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt, and I often go to see Rembrandt's paintings, but I don't copy them.

At this time, Vitaly seemed to have become a bosom sister. He told her almost everything, but his tone was quite calm.He also reads a lot, and has read a lot of books. If he doesn't take language classes, he will be bored at home reading books.

He is now a healthy young man. The exercise habit he developed in his hometown town is long-term walking. He can often walk from home to the town or to other villages for several hours; Describe to her the scenery on the outskirts of Amsterdam, the various colors in the spring fields; describe the paintings of Rembrandt and other Dutch painters. You can also discover the advantages of the other party's paintings, such as which part of the color is well matched, and so on.

Undoubtedly, he is very keen on the basic painter's skill of "color". He likes to smear a large area of ​​pure color on the canvas, which is actually a manifestation of a strong personality, but no one in this era has analyzed painters from these aspects.Vitaly himself is trying to analyze the painters of this era with "personality affecting the use of color". In a painting, it's "personality"; in a writer, too, just as her style is so different from Arthur's.

So she always thought that Vincent thought too much about the boring pastor's job. He was already bored before he entered the seminary.

She suddenly discovered that, as the eldest son, Vincent is actually very willful.

She sorted out Vincent's paintings, put the sketches in one place, oil paintings in one place, pastel paintings in one place, and unfinished manuscripts in another.There were a lot of vacant rooms in the manor, and a large room was specially arranged to store his paintings. Of course, his own paintings deserved a special room for storage.

Flaubert felt that Vincent's paintings were "ugly", and he couldn't understand why she took the trouble to help him sort out these ugly "waste paper".

Vitaly said eloquently: "Maybe he will become a famous painter in the future? Just keep these at home. If he becomes famous in the future, I can make a lot of money by selling his paintings!"

"I remember that you have collected a lot of paintings." He can see some not-so-"beautiful" paintings everywhere at home, and she has bought a lot of paintings in recent years.He used to think that these paintings were not very "exquisite", but now, they are actually pleasing to the eye, but Vincent's paintings are still too "ugly".

"Those paintings are not very valuable now, but they will become more and more valuable." She hurriedly said, "Like Rembrandt, he was poor during his lifetime, but now a small painting of his can sell for tens of thousands of francs. In the future, An impressionist painting would be worth a lot of money."

"The 'future' must be after my death." Flaubert said jokingly.

"It can be left to Philip and Romy. They won't worry about money in the future. If they run out of money, just sell a painting." She also joked.

Since Flaubert was born in a wealthy family, he was very respectful of money. He sponsored his old friend's nephew from time to time, and Maupassant's life was not bad.Originally, according to Maupassant’s current salary of a small clerk in the Navy Department, he could not maintain his life in Paris. Maupassant’s family belonged to a new small aristocrat, but the good times have not passed long. The emperor abdicated and ran away. The new government does not recognize these people from the Second Empire. As a small nobleman was emerging, his family fell into decline.

In short, it is difficult to have no money.

Impressionism is still a new school of painting. The first art exhibition held in April 1874 was actually called the "Association of Anonymous Artists, Oil Painters, Sculptors, and Printmakers". Out of curiosity, I want to see what the hell these painters who were rejected by the "Paris Salon" painted. Another part of the audience is relatives and friends, like -->>

There are very few enthusiastic supporters and buyers like Vitaly; the external reviews are not very good, the admission ticket is 1 franc, and there are many audiences, but few paintings are sold;

In 1876, these painters planned a second exhibition, this time directly named "Impressionist Painting Exhibition", starting from April 4, at the Durand-Ruel Gallery (Durand-RuelGallery, 1 Rue Le Pelegier, Paris) ) for a period of one month until April 11.

Vitaly took time to go to Paris again at the end of April, specifically to see the art exhibition.Maupassant accompanied her, and he also commented on the Impressionist paintings: "It's too ugly."Vitaly kindly asked him to look at it from a distance. Impressionist paintings are very eye-catching on a solid-color background wall, but the worst thing is that they don't match the current European interior decoration style.

After she explained it in this way, the onlookers, including Maupassant, had a look of "that's how it is" suddenly.

Vitaly simply started to explain, starting with the name "Impressionism", which originated from Monet's painting "Sunrise Impression". During the exhibition two years ago, a newspaper reporter said it was An "Exhibition of Impressionist Painters", the painters thought this name was very good, so they began to call themselves "Impressionists".

Impressionist painting is a revolution in painting style, and it is also very consistent with the national form of France since 1860, representing "progress" and "reform". The country's system has changed, and the interior decoration style should also undergo a complete change. Yes, and the Impressionist paintings, which are more lively and brightly colored, should be the best interior decorations for the great transformation of the whole country from the inside to the outside.

As the art capital of Europe, Paris should open its mind and accept this art form.In France in the future, the people will become richer and richer, and the people who become rich will invest more in various arts and entertainment. From painting, music, drama to clothing, and even revolution exports, Paris is always leading the world. At the top of the trend, in the future, the Impressionist painting style will surely sweep the world.

Vitaly blew rainbow farts wildly, making Degas and Monet very rare, and also praised her rainbow farts, saying that the words of the beautiful girl writer are different.Vitaly was also triumphant, feeling that she was super powerful.

This exhibition has a big sponsor, Paul Durand-Ruel, who inherited his father's gallery a few years ago and is now a wealthy businessman. It's different, it belongs to a medium-sized art company, and the boss makes his own decisions.He doesn’t buy paintings like Goupil’s salesman, he only buys a few paintings in small quantities, and then buys paintings from the painter when they are sold out. He usually wraps them up. When he first met Manet in 1972, he spent 3 Thousand francs, bought almost all the paintings in Manet's studio, a total of 5 oil paintings, with an average price of 23 francs per painting, which is the market price of Manet's paintings.

Vitaly was stunned when she heard about Luell's heroic and generous: She also wants to be bold and generous, okay?

This time, Luell generously spent half of the curatorial funds. There were 20 participating painters and 252 paintings. An average of 12 paintings were exhibited by each painter; the other major shareholder was the painter Gustave Kaye Bert, he inherited a large inheritance that allowed him to paint with peace of mind.

The reviews of the second art exhibition were not very good. A reporter claimed in the newspaper that this art exhibition was an "exhibition of madmen" and criticized it severely. However, painters are not good at engaging in public opinion wars. I don't know what to do.When Vitaly saw the report in the newspaper, she wondered if Degas didn't know how to find a few reporters to write soft articles?

When I met Degas and asked, I realized that these Impressionist painters really didn’t understand such things as "soft texts". Journalists in this era are also very "honest", writing whatever is on their minds, even if they are acquaintances Also relentless.

She hated it in her heart, but she still wanted to encourage these painters, saying that it was not that their paintings were not good or "not good-looking", but that the aesthetic views of the masses had not had time to change. As time went by, people would accept Impressionism. style of painting.

Because of Cézanne, in fact, Flaubert-Zola, a small group, has quite a high acceptance of Impressionist painting style. After Vitaly's guidance, Maupassant also felt that he could gradually appreciate the "beauty" of Impressionism. up.

The beauty of art is a kind of universal "beauty". No matter how Impressionism is called "ugly", it is compared with the delicate style of the previous Romantic paintings.Vitaly also popularized to him why the colors of Romantic paintings are completely different from those of Impressionist paintings. This is inseparable from the progress of paint filling technology. Painters in the 17th century could only use natural pigments. , some pigments are extremely expensive, such as the color "ultramarine" and similar colors, which are ground lapis lazuli. Poor painters have no money to buy expensive pigments, and the range of color choices is not too large, which affects the quality of paintings. Color tone.