Treasure Hunt America

?In addition to Gu Kaizhi's paintings, this art museum also collects the famous works of famous painters such as Guo Xi's "Autumn Mountains and Streams" in the Song Dynasty, Qian Xuan in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Wu Zhen and other famous painters.

Therefore, if the quality of the famous paintings in this art museum is really not comparable to other art museums in the United States.

And the bronze wares collected in this art museum, not to mention, the quantity alone is staggering, accounting for more than one-fifth of the total number of Chinese bronze wares collected by all museums in the United States, and the quality is equally astonishing.

The reason why there is such a high-quality collection, of course, is nothing more than that Charles. Furrell was shameless back then. This guy had been to East Asia as early as 1895, specifically looking for antiquities dealers who could help him smuggle antiques from China.

Later, after he retired, he visited China, Japan, North Korea and other places three times, specifically to find a suitable agent to help him steal Chinese antiques.

During the Russo-Japanese War, he was a staunch supporter of the Japanese. Later, the United States sold steel to Japan, many of which were the rails of the second-class railways that were demolished. Among them, this grandson helped the Japanese a lot.

And the reason why he did this was because he liked Japanese art on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was also because the Japanese had a lot of filial piety to him back then.

But later, because the Japanese also looted from China madly and often stole some good things, this aroused his dissatisfaction, he turned around and started looking for other agents, and later found the Chinese antique thief Lu Qinzhai , and later he also trained an American businessman Fodansen to help him search for good things in China.

And after he donated most of his private collections to the Smithsonian Institution and built the Freer Art Museum, he also made corresponding regulations and requirements for this art museum.

The first requirement is that not all the artworks in this art museum are donated to the country, and some of the fine works are inherited by his descendants, and the U.S. government has obtained such a big bargain Next, they also opened one eye and closed one eye to this condition. After all, they have obtained donations of antiques worth hundreds of millions of dollars for no reason. Although they have left some of them, these are of course excusable.

Another requirement is that he later donated a sum of money, and then the requirement for this art museum is that only entry and no entry. The collections in his Freer Art Museum are absolutely not allowed to be loaned out. Auctions are also not allowed.

Because the nature of this museum is a public-private partnership, he donated most of the exhibits to the state, and he left a small part to his descendants, so the state's share in the museum occupies the majority, so in order to maintain the museum For the environment, every year the state will have a state appropriation for the maintenance and maintenance of the normal operation of the museum.

This is different from other private museums. Most of the exhibits in those private museums belong to some big families and business giants. They collect these good things. On the one hand, they hope that these exhibits can preserve their value. appreciation, diversifying the risk of their wealth.

On the other hand, it is necessary to ensure the normal operation of the museum. After all, the people who are to be raised in this museum cannot but pay people their wages. Therefore, in order to ensure the normal operation of these private museums, they will often borrow some exhibits. Or exchange exhibits with other museums and use them for exhibitions to earn ticket money.

And often after a year or two, they will hold special auctions to eliminate a batch of exhibits and replace them with new ones, in order to attract tourists to pay for tickets to come in and watch.

But the Freer Art Museum does not need to worry about such problems, because the country accounts for the majority of the art museum, so every year the government allocates funds to maintain the museum's exhibits, so there is no need to worry about its operation.

Therefore, after Furrell donated to build this art gallery, he established such a rule, that is, the exhibits in this art gallery are only in and out, never auctioned, and never loaned out. , which has become the most distinctive part of this art museum.

Later, after Furrell's death, such a rule of the art museum was also carried forward by the museum's curator.

The American antiques dealer Frederick he trained also poured a lot of good things into this art museum, and even after Furrell's death, he maintained the cooperation with this museum for a long time.

Especially in the 1930s, his cooperation with this museum reached its peak. At that time, it happened to be the most serious Japanese invasion of China. This Fudansen used various means to become a strong player in China. Taking robberies, buying and selling by force from rich people who have fled from refugees or avoided war, have made a lot of good things.

The above-mentioned bronze ware of Zizhanong Bird Zun was later donated to this art museum, and the reason why he donated this Zizhao Niao Zun to the art museum was because he had no foundation. Such a treasure, of course, he also knows the truth of the innocence and the guilt, plus Charles in front of him. A life mentor like Furrell set him an example, so of course he knew what to do.

In order to allow his descendants to live unharmed, he finally donated a lot of Chinese antiques that he collected to the Freer Art Museum.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the situation of the Freer Art Museum stealing and smuggling cultural relics from China became even more acute. At that time, the hosts of the art museum were Bob and Ike, these two guys, in order to scavenge antiques from China , and even went shirtless in person.

Through the relationship of the U.S. government, the two of them traveled in and out of China's inland many times as military officers, and got in touch with many upper-level people in KMT at that time.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the two of them entered and exited China several times, [emailprotected], [emailprotected], [emailprotected]

The purpose of each visit is very simple. It is to collect Chinese antiques from the hands of those Chinese dignitaries at that time. These two guys smuggled antiques out at that time, and they went crazy. The most exaggerated one, even specialized Through the U.S. military, several planes were brought in to transport the antiques they collected from China to the United States.

It is precisely because of such a frantic search that the Freer Art Museum did not decline in the competition for the growth of other American art museums, but instead became stronger and stronger.

Of course, the support of the national background is also one of the main reasons why this museum is getting stronger and stronger.

Now this museum with a national background, not to mention its influence in the United States, is still very scary, and it seems that the descendants of Furrell are not as sloppy as their predecessors. Especially this Chris. Furrell actually got the title of senior advisor of the National Expo.

This shows that the current Forrell family still has a certain degree of control over this museum. Although this art museum is a national brand name, in fact, secretly, the Forrell family has a certain degree of control over this art museum. still has considerable influence.

"I don't know what your plan is when you come to our shop this time, Mr. Furrell?"

Now that he knows the details of this guy, Jin Muchen doesn't plan to continue to go around in circles with him. Anyway, he really doesn't look down on the Furrell family, especially his ancestor Charles. Furrell.

As the saying goes, my honey, the other's poison, this Charles. Furrell has now been promoted by the American media and has become an American hero, a business tycoon back then, an extremely intelligent person, and a typical representative of the American dream.

At that time, he was just a part-time worker in a slum, and in the end he just became a business tycoon with his bare hands, and he was not the kind of black-hearted capitalist who only knew how to make money out of his own pocket.

He is still a philanthropist who knows how to give back to the society. You see, after he becomes famous, he retreats in a hurry, and then starts to collect collections with all his heart.

In the end, not only did he collect so many good things, but he also donated all those good things to the country and gave back to the society. Where can such good people be found?

Isn't this simply the benchmark of American morality? If this is left to the present, such a philanthropic business tycoon, despite his terminal illness~www.wuxiaspot.com~ still insists on collecting, and finally donates all his collections to the country for free. People can definitely get the title of hero who moved the United States.

If the Americans hold the Spring Festival Gala, this guy's experience will definitely deceive the American people with hundreds of liters of tears.

It's a pity that the hero in the American heart is, in Jin Muchen's opinion, a garbage with corrupt moral character. He has a big sore of bayberry, so he definitely deserves it. .

It's true that he started from scratch, but he didn't use black methods to defeat many competitors and become a tycoon in the industry?

And after that, for his own hobbies, this kid went to and from China frequently, and finally contacted several antique dealers specially to send him antiques to the United States. Is this because he has an internationalist spirit?

Nonsense, isn't it to satisfy his own selfishness?

God finally opened his eyes and let him die early, otherwise, if this guy can live a long life, what kind of scourge will China be? (To be continued.)