Soul Painter

Lawrence, the founder of Fangerner Gallery, was chatting with his teacher Lu Guoying in the living room of a business suite in the hotel.

Although Lawrence is Lu Guoying's disciple, his talent lies in art management, and he is now the founder of Fangerner Gallery.

Founded more than 20 years ago, Fang Gener Gallery, as the leading art management organization in China, has reached cooperative relations with more than 60 first-class oil painters at home and abroad, which can be said to be the vane of the domestic art field.

"People from PACE will also come to this biennale," Lawrence said.

Although his nationality is Swiss, Lawrence Heplin is already proficient in fluent Mandarin. He is tall, wearing a well-fitting dark suit, a dark gray shirt with the first and second buttons open, high browbones, focused eyes, and rimless glasses. It will give the interlocutor an elegant impression of enthusiasm and energy.

"Are they also starting to pay attention to this domestic art desert?" Lu Guoying said sarcastically.

Although with the strengthening of national power, domestic rich people began to frequently sell in the international art market and made a lot of money, but those internationally renowned galleries with a long history, such as PACE, Gagosian, Hauser \u0026 Wirth, etc., still It just regards the country as an art desert and only produces NEW MONEY. As for artists, few of them catch their eyes.

It is surprising that the Biennale, an exhibition with only domestic artists, can attract the attention of PACE.

"I heard that Ian, the boss of PACE, has accepted a mysterious commission and is looking for oil painters with outstanding talents all over the world to help him complete a well-paid customized task." Lawrence said.

"Custom task?" Lu Guoying's sneering voice became more obvious, "What does he think of those artists? Is it a painter who draws illustrations?"

"Yes, for a true artist, creation is always free and self-sufficient." Lawrence said with emotion.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Lawrence went to open the door, and he saw a thin young man standing outside the door, holding a drawing board in his hand.

"Is Principal Lu there?" the young man asked.

"You are...Gao Fan, right?" Lawrence held out his hand to the young man.

...

Gao Fan shook hands with the uncle in front of him. He shook hands inexplicably. The 'investigation' told him that this uncle had no ill intentions towards him, but he didn't know him.

"According to the saying of do as the Romans do, I am your elder brother." Lawrence said.

"You also graduated from Tianmei?" Gao Fan subconsciously asked as he entered the room.

"No, my teacher is Mr. Lu." Lawrence said while asking Lu Guoying: "Teacher, is this the first student you have accepted in China?"

"He's still far behind!" Lu Guoying said angrily.

"I heard you came to the Biennale just for his paintings," Lawrence said.

"I came here to embarrass myself. After all, the theme I set for him, hey, he lost his integrity in his later years." Lu Guoying seemed to be worried about Gao Fan's 'imitation'.

Hehe~ Gao Fan showed an innocent smile.

Since I'm here to ask for advice, it's okay to be said a few words. Artists have thick skins when they are down.

"Principal, I have drawn a base, and I would like to ask for your advice."

Gao Fan went straight to the subject, and turned the drawing board upright, occupying Lu Guoying's sight.

Lu Guoying and Lawrence focused their eyes on the drawing board at the same time.

Then the two of them agreed with a 'hey'.

They saw that the densely packed lines formed two swirl-like circular cores on the drawing paper, each line was soft and plump, and when many lines were arranged together, two swirl-like eyes appeared faintly , although it is only the bottom line, but the structure is already amazing.

Lawrence has been running the gallery for 20 years. His vision far exceeds his painting skills, and he immediately realized that he is indeed worthy of being the first student accepted by Mr. Lu Guoying in China. He only said that the lines and structure are not inferior to some famous artists. Considering Gao Fan's age, Lawrence almost immediately took out a contract and signed him.

But Lawrence didn't say anything, and he didn't do anything. He knew that Lu Guoying must have made arrangements for Gao Fan.

And Lu Guoying's eyes lit up when he saw this 'bottom'. The impatient dislike just now was thrown out of the sky in an instant. There is no doubt that this is an original pair. At the same time, the lines and structure level have been improved. !

Lu Guoying looked closely at these lines, as if admiring a peerless masterpiece. Of course, it was just "like", and the "bottom" was good because Lu Guoying knew Gao Fan's level a few days ago. This progress is surprising. If it is said that its true level is far beyond Lu Guoying's imagination, then Lu Guoying's international status in the painting world is too underestimated.

"Not bad, not bad." Lu Guoying showed an unprecedented smile, and then looked at Gao Fan with a little bit of kindness, "I have made progress in the past few days~"

"But I can't express what I want to paint." Gao Fan said.

"What do you want to paint?" Lu Guoying said.

"A cat with elk antlers on its head." Gao Fan described it, "I want to reflect a kind of ultimate beauty. His eyes are inlaid with gemstones of different colors, and his horns are full of seven-colored gemstones. Light, you can see him, but you can't describe what he is...I need..."

Gao Fan described what he wanted to paint like a dream, his tone full of enthusiasm.

When he finished speaking, Lu Guoying frowned.

Lawrence coughed: "Little brother, at your age, you should start with realistic painting first, and the style needs to be formed step by step."

realism.

In modern oil painting, it is the foundation, so static sketching is a compulsory course for every art student.

And Gao Fan wants to paint the imaginary picture in his mind, which is close to the technique of Impressionism.

Impressionists weren't born Impressionists either.

For example, the realistic works of Monet when he was young are amazing. These masters explored step by step and opened up their own paths. Their clearly visible paths also represent the gradually rising value of their works.

Faced with this advice, Gao Fan nodded, expressing that he had heard it, but actually he didn't take it to heart.

"He is determined to be a Mondrian, and he has already collected his paintings." Lu Guoying said to Lawrence.

It's Mondrian again... Lawrence shook his head, Mondrian's grid painting, painted by another person, is worthless, why is the value of Mondrian's paintings worth tens of millions, because Mondrian's painting style changes every step of the way, he Represents an era and trend.

"Drawing the virtual is not the same as drawing the real. Your line and structure skills are still too weak." Lu Guoying appreciates Gao Fan's ambition, because he has seen Gao Fan's miraculous progress.

So, Lu Guoying changed a piece of blank drawing board paper, took out a pencil and sketched one, two, three, and four lines on the white paper, which were also two swirl-like structures, close to each other, like two eyes, but the two The eyes are countless times more flexible than those drawn by Gao Fan.

Gao Fan put his own painting and Lu Guoying's painting together, and immediately realized the contrast between them.

One is barely passing through hard work, and the other is casually reaching the peak.

Gao Fan was fascinated by the comparison of these two paintings.

Line +1.

Structure +1.

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