allendalepharm Chapter 627
Chapter 627
In the vault, everyone scattered to view the many paintings stored here.
Some of them are paintings that McCann collected through various channels, and some are McCann's own works.
Others are the works of galleries-contracted painters, the largest number.
Like other galleries, this gallery has signed painters and sold their works on behalf of others.
From time to time, McCann also curates a small exhibition or two for the contracted artists.
As for the effect of the art exhibition, it is naturally not much better.
In fact, McCann doesn't expect to make money this way, let alone become famous in the gallery.
From his point of view, he wishes his gallery was low-key and mediocre!
The works of those contracted artists, and the paintings collected through various channels, are just a pretense!
What really helped McCann make a lot of money was the black market trade in antique art.
Once in the gallery, attention was turned to McCann's paintings, trying to find out the secrets hidden behind them.
As for McCann's painting style, everyone has already understood, plus the author's signature, it is basically impossible to be wrong.
Unlike others, the first time he walked into the gallery, Xiao Ran looked at an oil painting hanging on the west wall, and a flash of joy flashed in his eyes.
It was a brilliantly colored and gorgeous oil painting.
The painting shows a pair of naked lovers, kissing passionately in a sea of delicate blooming flowers.
It is completely a field picture of no one on the side, the sky is the bed, and the ground is a bed, full of passion!
In this painting, the artist makes extensive use of dazzling gold to express the high pleasure of the lovers in the painting, and also brings a strong visual impact to the viewer.
The first feeling of this painting is that it is extremely colorful, but when you look at it carefully, it seems to show a trace of pathos.
On this painting, there is no author's signature, and I don't know which painter's work.
Of course, in Xiao Ran's eyes, this problem does not exist.
Just as he was admiring the painting, Peggy suddenly walked over.
This guy glanced at the oil painting a few times, pondered for a while, and then said out loud:
"Sean, what do you think of this colorful oil painting, can you be sure, which painter's work is this?"
Xiao Ran looked at this guy, and then shook his head slightly.
"At first glance, this painting looks a bit like the work of the master Claymut
" "To be precise, this painting looks like the work of Claymut's Golden Period
" "But upon closer inspection, there are some discrepancies with Clémut's paintings, and it is difficult to judge
" "More importantly, there seems to be no such painting in the catalog of Clémut's works" "
I have not heard of information about this painting, And there is no signature on the
painting" "From these angles, it is difficult to determine for a while, whether
this is the work of Klemut" "But one thing is certain, this is definitely not McCann's painting, it should be the painting he put away
" "About the origin of this painting, in some documents in the gallery, you may find something"
Hearing his explanation, Peggy couldn't help but be stunned.
At the same time, a flash of admiration flashed in his eyes.
After a pause, he nodded and said:
"When I first saw this painting, I also thought that it was a work of Klemut's golden period
" "Continue to look at it, it is a little paradoxical, and there is no information about
this painting" "I think this painting may be by a painter of the Vienna Secession, but not Klemut" "
After Klemut became famous, many young painters of the Vienna Secession, are imitating this golden painting style
" "During that period, there were many suspected works of Klemut, but they were actually imitations of others"
Hearing this, Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.
"I know a little about this, so I suspect it's not Klemut's work,"
they chatted a little more, then looked at another painting hanging nearby.
At this moment, Timothy's voice suddenly came.
"Sean, come and see, here are three McCann paintings with that guy's signature on them
" "Underneath these three paintings, there may be three stolen paintings hidden"
Before the words fell, Xiao Ran had already stepped out and walked towards Timothy.
In a moment, he was close and looked at the three oil paintings hanging on the display shelf.
The three paintings are not large in size and are staggered and hung on the same display stand.
The three paintings also have different artistic styles, one is a neoclassical work.
The other is realism, and the other is abstract expressionism.
The level of painting is average, the style of painting is very recognizable, it is the work of McCann's guy.
In the lower right corner of the three paintings, there is also the signature of the guy.
Coming to these three oil paintings, Xiao Ran pretended to admire it seriously for a moment, and then said with a smile:
"It can be seen that in order to better hide the many paintings stolen, this guy McCann has learned
a lot of painting techniques of art genres" "Perhaps because of this, this guy's painting level is so mediocre, and a lot of time is spent imitating other people's paintings"
Hearing this, everyone laughed and their eyes lit up.
"Sean, listen to what you mean by this, under these three paintings, are there really three stolen paintings hidden?"
Xiao Ran nodded lightly and gave an affirmative answer.
"Yes, judging from some of the characteristics shown on
the surface of the three oil paintings, there are indeed three stolen oil paintings hidden underneath these three oil paintings" "According to McCann's style, the three hidden stolen paintings below should be painted in the same style as the paintings on the surface
" "That is to say, these three stolen oil paintings are neoclassical, realist, and abstract expressionist paintings"
Before the words fell, everyone cheered.
"Great, that means we've found three more stolen works of art, estimated to be worth a lot!"
"I just don't know, whose work are these three stolen oil paintings, and where do they come from?"
After the cheers fell a little, Xiao Ran continued:
"In fact, McCann knows his painting level, if there are no secrets in his paintings, he should not be
placed in the vault" "That is to say, as long as all McCann's paintings are placed in this vault, it is estimated that there are other paintings hidden underneath
" "Ah!"
There was an exclamation at the scene, and everyone was startled.
You know, there are quite a few paintings by McCann in the vault, there are more than two dozen.
If it is really like Xiao Ran said, it means that this vault hides at least two dozen stolen works of art.
This amount is really a bit scary, that's why everyone has this performance.
At this moment, Peggy suddenly said with anticipation:
"Sean, how about you clean up another painting and make it to see if your speculation is correct
" "Everyone also wants to see what kind of paintings are hidden here, and which master artist is it?"
The words did not fall, and the rest of the people also responded loudly.
Xiao Ran looked at these guys, and then nodded slightly.
"Well, like everyone else, I'd love to see these hidden paintings
"
Clemut's "Kiss"