Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 282 Peeping (4000 words)

Ishikawa Reizo stopped not because he wanted to preach to this young man who suddenly spoke up and commented casually. After all, everyone has the right to evaluate works.

It's just that you've gone a little too far - compared to you, you are actually a bit of a bully?

This evaluation is really

Ishikawa Reizo stopped in silence, just wanting to listen to what other shocking words this young man had to say.

Sure enough, after a while, the girl next to the young man found another good painting. This time the object was not the president of the Aomori Prefecture New Century Art Association, but instead it was a slightly famous professional painter. The other party is much more skilled in painting than the branch president here.

Then

Ishikawa Reizo heard the girl ask curiously again: "So, Asa, what do you think of this painting?"

"This painting is pretty good, although it still has some flaws."

Still a little flawed?

Can’t even the famous professional painters satisfy you?

Ishikawa Reizo glanced at the paintings in front of the young man and the girl.

The theme of this painting is "Whale Falling", which is the artist's thinking about life and death.

Glancing at the expression on the young man's face, I found that his expression was actually very pertinent when he said this. He didn't mean to look down on the other person. It seemed that he said it from his heart.

This discovery made Ishikawa Reizo feel a little baffled.

Does this young man really think that this painting is just 'good'?

While Ishikawa Reizo was thinking about it, the young man next to him said why he thought this painting was ordinary: "The main theme of this painting is the process of 'whale falling'."

"The so-called 'whale fall' actually means that after a whale dies, its huge body will form a small ecosystem to provide nutrients for marine life. With these nutrients, countless marine life will survive, which involves life and death. The conversion is charming.”

"It's just that this author is too obsessed with showing off his skills. The colors are a bit bright, which makes the overall composition bright and monotonous, and it is impossible to form a contrast between life and death."

The young man pointed at the painting.

Ishikawa Reizo looked in the direction of his finger.

Then I found out it was true.

The overall picture is too gorgeous, and the gloomy death process of the whale is largely covered by the surrounding bright color blocks. The vibrant areas are highlighted, but what about death?

The subject is obviously the process of whale death

I have to say that Ishikawa Reizan felt that what this young man said was quite reasonable, at least it was not like what someone without art skills could say.

Then the girl took the young man to look at several paintings. Ishikawa Reizo, who was a little curious, pretended to be casual and followed along - he actually wanted to hear the young man's comments on other works.

Impression paintings, landscape paintings, classical paintings. This young man saw a lot of paintings, but basically they only gave "okay", "average" and "good" comments.

And these reviews are still very good reviews. In some paintings, this handsome and good-looking young man didn't even rate them, he just laughed cheerfully, with an expression like that of an elder who saw a junior who had just learned to paint clumsily waving a paintbrush. a feeling of.

The most important thing is that Ishikawa Reizo can't hear a trace of arrogance in this young man's tone, let alone any intention to belittle these works.

It was as if these works were indeed of 'average' or 'good' quality in the eyes of this young man.

This made Reizo Ishikawa a little speechless.

He could only look at the back and the profile, and he felt vaguely surprised.

Could it be that the young man in front of me is a famous painter?

Otherwise, why would your horizons be so high?

Ishikawa Reisan frowned. Although he felt familiar, he still couldn't figure out who the young man in front of him was.

In the past, saying hello felt too abrupt and would make others feel rude.

Just as Reizo Ishikawa was thinking, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "Is it brother Ishikawa?"

"Ah, it's President Yonekura." Ishikawa Reisan turned around, saw the person clearly, and said hello with a smile.

At this time, a thin, gentle-looking middle-aged man was standing behind Reizo Ishikawa.

This middle-aged man is named Yonekura Sadao, and he is the president of the Aomori Prefecture New Century Art Association. He is similar to Ishikawa Reizo. He is also keen on art activities. Although he is only a semi-professional painter, he also works very hard in Produce works.

It's just that art is fundamentally about talent. Yonekura Sadao obviously lacks this talent. Even if he practices diligently, he can only achieve very few results.

The oil painting in the museum that Higashinoji just commented on is the work of Sadao Yonekura. To be more precise, it should be regarded as his proud work, otherwise it would not be hung directly.

However, even that complacent work has not been overly praised.

Sadao Yonekura obviously didn't know what Reizo Ishikawa was thinking. He had just met with a few members and just stopped by the art museum to check out the situation, but he bumped into Reizo Ishikawa.

So he smiled and said hello: "Brother Ishikawa, what were you watching just now?"

Yonekura Sadao was a little curious.

Just now, Reizo Ishikawa was obviously paying attention to other people, and his eyes were not on the painting at all.

He followed Reizo Ishikawa's gaze and then paused at the young man and the girl who were still talking quietly: "That's..."

"Uh" Ishikawa Reizan saw that he had noticed the young couple and seemed to know them, so he asked curiously: "Are they an acquaintance of President Yonekura?"

After asking this question, Ishikawa Reizo felt a little relieved.

It turns out he is an acquaintance of Yonekura Sadao. No wonder he commented so directly and bitterly in this art museum.

"No, at most I know the other person, and the other person probably has no impression of me." Sadao Yonekura laughed.

"Huh?" Yonekura Sadao's words made Ishikawa Reizo a little unexpected.

"Yes, if I read correctly, it should be Mr. Higashino." Yonekura Sadao explained with a smile.

"Teacher Higashino?"

Ishikawa Reizo thought for a while, but could not find this name among the professional painters in his impression, but he quickly realized: "Wait a minute, Mr. Higashino and Chairman Yonekura are talking about this year's Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, Mr. Higashino." Teacher?"

"Um."

So that’s it.

He is the winner of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.

Ishikawa Reizo was relieved all of a sudden.

No wonder he just started to evaluate it. Indeed, it is understandable that the recipient of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award would think "average" or "fairly good" in an art museum where most of the works are amateur works.

Moreover, Ishikawa Reizo had also heard that Higashinoji himself had very high artistic attainments. When he won the Tokyo Youth Double Art Award, he was actually ready to make his debut as a professional painter, but it was only delayed due to his career in comics.

But later, Higashinoji directly won the Japanese Art Creation Grand Prize jointly organized by the five major art academies. There is absolutely no problem in saying that he is a professional painter.

The mascot he designed, Kumamon, is now even more popular in Japan.

"It turns out to be Mr. Higashino." Ishikawa Reizo nodded and did not tell the other party about Higashino's evaluation of Yonekura Sadao's paintings just now.

After all, Reizo Ishikawa knew this about human nature.

Just because he didn't say it, it didn't mean that Yonekura Sadao didn't ask.

"Speaking of which, was Mr. Ishikawa just looking at Mr. Higashino? How was it? What was his impression of these works in our art museum?"

"Uh" Ishikawa Reizo opened his mouth. Yonekura Sadao and him are old friends. He also knows that this old friend is quite proud of this art museum. After all, he can set up such a good art in such a small place. Museum, from time to time there are painters coming to hold art exhibitions, which is already rare.

But Higashinoji’s comment just now.

You can't just quote the original words, right?

Especially what Higashinoji said when he looked at Sadao Yonekura's paintings, 'Aren't I bullying someone by comparing me with him? ’ This sentence is absolutely devastating.

It will definitely hit my old friend Yonekura Sadao.

So Ishikawa Reizo decided to put a little 'artistic processing' on Higashinoji's words.

"Teacher Higashino thinks this art museum is quite good. Overall, it's pretty good. I just feel that there are too many members' paintings and the quality is a bit uneven." Reizo Ishikawa said to Sadao Yonekura with a smile.

This evaluation can be said to be well-organized and very pertinent.

But this still made Sadao Yonekura a little dissatisfied.

He could only sigh: "So this is how Mr. Higashino sees this art museum. Fortunately, I think the management is good. But it's not bad. At least Mr. Higashino approves of this art museum."

"Uh" Ishikawa Reizo could only laugh beside him.

There was no way, he had tried his best to choose the best one, but unexpectedly Yonekura Sadao was still a little dissatisfied.

"Shall we go up and say hello to Mr. Higashino?" Sadao Yonekura asked again.

"Ah? Say hello?" Ishikawa Reizo was stunned.

"Haha, brother Ishikawa, you may not know, but the association in Tokyo already called me two days ago, saying that Mr. Higashino might come to visit recently and asked me to try my best to get him to join the association."

Sadao Yonekura replied with a smile.

Kageyama Bunta had already greeted the branch in Aomori Prefecture, and when he met Higashinoji, he tried his best to get him to join the branch.

This is considered a work task. Now that he has encountered it, of course he will not give in. In addition, he is also interested in painting and also wants to get to know Higashinoji.

"So that's it," Reizo Ishikawa said, why did Higashinoji in Tokyo suddenly come to this small art museum in Aomori Prefecture? It turned out that the New Century Art Association was behind it.

The two of them were discussing quietly for a while, and their eyes glanced at Higashinoji from time to time.

Although this was in an art museum and they had to keep quiet and they deliberately kept their voices down, everyone could notice it if they looked over so directly.

Yumi Takahashi, who was still looking around and looking very excited, naturally noticed this.

She walked to Higashinoji with a wary look on her face: "Teacher Higashino, have you seen it? Why are the two uncles over there always staring at us?"

"Forehead"

It's impossible to say that he didn't notice it. Even before that, when Reizo Ishikawa followed him for two or three paintings, Higashinoji vaguely noticed that the other party was looking at him from time to time.

But Higashinoji didn't pay attention at that time, thinking that he might be a little too sensitive.

After all, this art museum only has a few exhibition halls, so it is normal for the other party to follow you.

But now it's completely different.

If Ishikawa Reizo was looking secretly just now, now they are looking openly and openly, without fear of being discovered.

To be honest, even if Higashinoji didn't care about this look, the girls around him would.

After all, the girls brought by Higashinoji have good looks and figures.

All of them are beauties.

If you are harassed by a crazy person.

So Higashino thought for a while and decided to walk over and ask about the situation.

"I'm sorry to bother you." Higashino came to the two middle-aged men and asked, "What's the matter with you two? I've felt the gaze from here since just now."

He said this more implicitly and did not directly curse, which was considered polite.

After all, everyone would feel uncomfortable looking at him so directly.

Ishikawa Reizo and Yonekura Sadao, who were still discussing in a low voice, also reacted: "Sorry, I'm rude, but we didn't expect to meet Mr. Higashino here, so we look over from time to time. It's really embarrassing."

"Hello, Mr. Higashino, I am Sadao Yonekura, the branch president of the Aomori Prefecture New Century Art Association." Sadao Yonekura assumed the responsibility of the host and introduced himself first.

It turns out that he is the branch president of the New Century Art Association.

Higashikata reacted.

He immediately thought that it was probably Kageyama Bunta who said hello.

"The person next to me is Principal Ishikawa Reizo, the principal of Aomori High School."

After Sadao Yonekura introduced himself, he extended his hand to introduce the middle-aged man beside him to Higashinoji.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Higashino." Reiso Ishikawa held out his business card with both hands and handed it to Higashinoji.

"Ah, it's a pleasure to meet you. But I came out for sightseeing this time, so I didn't bring a business card with me. I'm sorry." Higashino responded and took the other party's business card: "It turns out to be President Yonekura and Principal Ishikawa. What's wrong with that? It’s so disrespectful.”

"It's rude here." Yonekura Sadao said with a smile: "We didn't restrain our gaze and disturbed Mr. Higashino. I'm really sorry."

Originally, they wanted to take the initiative to say hello, but to their surprise, the other party actually asked in turn.

Now that he knew that these two middle-aged men were not idiots, Higashino felt relieved and introduced the girls behind them with a smile.

I have to say that at this time, Takahashi Yumi and the others were quite upbeat. They were not as usual, but smiled lightly and nodded to Yonekura Sadao and the others in a well-educated manner.

After introducing the people on his side, Higashinoji also advanced the topic to the next step:

"So, President Yonekura and Principal Ishikawa have something to say to me?"

The other party’s piercing gaze just now.

Higashinoji didn't think they looked at him like this just because they were fine.

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