Treasure Hunt all over the World

Montmartre, located in the north of Paris, is a place full of legends, and it is also a world-famous art sanctuary.

This is the youngest district in Paris and the commanding height of the whole city!

Standing on the platform of the Sacred Heart Church on the top of the Montmartre hill, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the whole Paris, and you can see the meandering and quietly flowing Seine River!

In the middle and late nineteenth century, because the rent here was cheap and it was not far from Paris, many artists with limited pockets gathered in Montmartre to paint and discuss art here!

Famous artists such as Gauguin, Rousseau, Van Gogh, Renoir, Braque, Picasso, Dali, etc. have all painted for their livelihood on the streets here, suffering hard, waiting for the day to come!

Also on this high ground, the heroic fighters of the Paris Commune dedicated their lives to their ideals and shed their last drop of blood. Only then did the Sacred Heart Church come into being!

In Montmartre, an inconspicuous chair in a corner of a cafe on the street may be the place where great writers such as Hugo and Hemingway once sat!

They sit there contemplating, meditating, or choosing words carefully, or conceiving their next work, or examining human nature and the world!

Today, it has become a place where painters and artists gather, full of artistic atmosphere, and has become an art sanctuary in the minds of countless literary youths, including countless famous tourists!

Of course, the rent in Montmartre is no longer cheap, the rent here is as high as in the whole of Paris!

Artists who are qualified to live here for a long time are no longer low-level artists who have had their last meal, such as Van Gogh, who was unknown when he was alive, but became a master of art after his death!

Now Montmartre is home to a large number of middle-class artists, the kind of artists who have a good combination of art and commerce, and there are very few low-level artists!

Most low-level artists have been driven to farther places, but they still often come to Montmartre to pursue their artistic ideals, even if the ideals are illusory!

Whenever the weather is fine, Montmartre is always full of tourists. The scenery and characters in and out of the painting are always beautiful and moving.

Just after ten o'clock in the morning, Ye Tian and his group came to Montmartre Heights, walked into the Hill Square talking and laughing, and appeared in the eyes of everyone in the square.

Hill Square, located in the central area of ​​Montmartre, next to St. Pierre Church and the Sacred Heart Basilica, as early as the 19th century, it was a gathering place for people to gather and have fun!

The current Hill Square has gathered many artists and painters, as well as countless tourists from all over the world. It is the most artistic square in Montmartre!

For Parisians, ten o'clock is still very early, and many people haven't even gotten up yet, still immersed in sweet dreams, so as to recover the energy that was exhausted by the carnival last night!

But at this time, Montmartre was full of people and tourists.

Some painters living in poverty found a good place in the square to set up a painting stall early on, and began to solicit business, selling their works and painting for tourists, in order to earn money and continue to struggle for their elusive artistic ideals.

After all, not everyone has no worries about food and clothing, and not everyone is as lazy as the Frenchman, who can sleep until the sun is high before starting a day's work and life!

Especially for those tourists from all over the world, instead of suffering from jet lag in the hotel, it is better to come out early and enjoy the beautiful scenery of this city!

Not surprisingly, the arrival of Ye Tian and his group immediately set off a commotion in Xiaoqiu Square, everyone looked at them, everyone's eyes were full of curiosity, even a little bit of fear!

"I'm going! Why is this guy Steven here? It seems that this crazy bastard has made up his mind to sweep all the antique art markets in Paris. I don't know who will be unlucky today!"

"If it's just a sweep of antique artworks, it's nothing to do with you and me, and bad luck won't befall us, maybe we can see a wonderful show.

What I'm more worried about is whether this bastard Steven and his unusually tough subordinates will fight some idiots here, or even fight in the streets, and that will be a big trouble!

see it? Those burly men scattered around Steven, everyone was wearing coats and carrying backpacks, and they were extremely vigilant. I bet those bastards were definitely fully armed! "

Amidst the discussion, those vendors selling antique art in Xiaoqiu Square were all praying secretly, praying that they would never be the target of ransacking by Ye Tian!

But more tourists, street vendors, and shopkeepers who set up shop in the square hope that today will be safe, and there must be no accidents or gunshots!

Ye Tian and the others turned a blind eye to the reactions of the people around them, and didn't take it seriously at all. They still walked forward talking and laughing, admiring the scenery on Xiaoqiu Square!

While walking, Ye Tian was admiring the surrounding scenery while introducing the history of Xiaoqiu Square, of course the part related to art.

"Although the area of ​​Xiaoqiu Square is small, it has left the footprints of many art masters. Gauguin, Renoir, Rousseau, Van Gogh, Picasso, Dali and others all painted here for a living before they became famous.

In 1876, Renoir created "The Ball at the Moulin Garrett", one of the masterpieces of Impressionism, and it has become the treasure of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris in 1876.

Van Gogh created a total of eleven "Sunflowers" in his life, and the first "Sunflower" was created in Xiaoqiu Square. Unfortunately, his artistic achievements were not truly recognized by the world until after his death.

In 1907, Picasso painted an oil painting for tourists here, "The Girl of Avignon". This painting is considered to be a work of epoch-making significance, and it is also Picasso's first step towards Cubism.

This is not only Picasso's personal artistic breakthrough, but also a breakthrough in the history of modern Western art. It marks the birth of Cubism. "The Girl of Avignon" is currently in the collection of MOMA in New York.

Picasso once recalled that when he was at his worst, it was the tolerant, majestic and elegant Hill Square that took him in and gave him bread, confidence and strength. Without Hill Square, there would be no success for him later.

Today, Xiaoqiu Square has become an art sanctuary, gathering many painters and artists from all over the world. There may be the next Van Gogh and the next Picasso! "

While speaking, Ye Tian and the others had arrived at the center of Xiaoqiu Square.

This is a square garden in the center of the street, paved with broken bricks, the area is about five or six basketball courts in size, and some trees of different sizes are planted in it.

Under the cover of green trees, some painters have set up their easels and are painting as if there is no one else present, while some painters are introducing and selling their works to tourists.

In addition, there are some stalls selling antique art, as well as stalls selling tourist souvenirs and various handicrafts.

Such an open-air square naturally has food stalls, such as selling hot dogs, selling chicken and chips, and selling beverages, etc.

On the ground floor of the buildings around the square, there are many restaurants, cafes, tourist souvenir shops, as well as essential galleries and antique shops!

Tourists who come here to visit, or stand behind a certain painter who is painting, enjoy it quietly, and witness the process of the birth of a painting, it may be a masterpiece!

There are also some tourists wandering among the art stalls, and when they see the paintings they like, they may generously donate them, put them in their pockets, and then take them back to their homes to decorate their lives!

Some of these tourists even directly participated in the artist's creation, transformed into a model, sat on a chair with an elegant posture, let the artist paint for themselves, and recorded the face at this moment!

Of course, there are also many people who are not very interested in art.

They are also walking around the square with great interest, or taking pictures, or tasting delicious food, or walking among various stalls, looking for items that make their hearts beat!

Ye Tian and the others, who walked into the center of the square, came behind a painter who was painting, admiring the painting on the drawing board that was about to be completed, and admiring the artist's creation process, that is also a kind of beauty!

After standing still for a while, a strange voice suddenly came from Ye Tian's ear.

"Mr. Steven, good morning, come and take a look at my paintings, here may be the artwork you need"

Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately turned his head and looked to the right.

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