Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 522: Stolen Impressionist paintings (additional update for leader Dr. Ye)
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Ye Tian's line of sight easily penetrated the wall and was directly projected on the oil painting on the north wall of the bedroom. He had no time to care about anything else!
In his eyes, this oil painting was radiating dazzling red light and was extremely beautiful!
Based on the intensity of the red light, he instantly determined the creation year of this oil painting.
The nearly twenty layers of alluring halos on the surface of the oil painting extremely accurately illustrate the artistic value of this painting!
This is an oil painting created in the late 1870s and early 1980s. It is from the hands of the top painting master and has extraordinary artistic value and market value!
Of course, this can never be Thompson's work! There must be no such smoke coming out of their ancestral graves!
"Claude Monet, "Poppy Fields near Witney"! So beautiful!"
Ye Tian whispered the name of the oil painting and continued to appreciate the famous painting through perspective. His eyes were full of excitement, and he was even a little dazzled!
That’s right! This is Monet's painting, and it is one of his masterpieces!
"Poppy Fields near Witney"! The most famous Impressionist painting in art history!
Claude Monet, a famous French painter, the leader of Impressionism and known as the leader of Impressionism, is one of the representatives and founders of Impressionism.
Monet is one of the most important painters in France, and he popularized most of the theory and practice of Impressionism.
The Impressionist movement originated in France in the 1860s. It was a powerful movement. Its edge was against the old classical painting school and the pretentious romanticism that was indulged in medieval chivalry literature.
The Impressionist movement can be seen as the peak of naturalistic tendencies in the nineteenth century and the starting point of modern art.
Claude Monet's name has always been closely associated with Impressionism. He contributed more than anyone else to the formation of this art school and his new method of depicting reality.
It can be said that it was through the hands of Monet that Impressionism could truly flourish!
Impressionism had an extremely significant impact on the history of Western art! It broke through the conservative thinking of the academic school and greatly impacted the official art that dominated the Western painting world in the late 19th century!
Thus, the history of modern Western painting can open a new page!
As the leader of Impressionism and the first successful Impressionist painter, Monet plays an extremely important role in the history of French art and even the entire history of Western art.
Monet was good at the experimentation and expression techniques of light and shadow, and he revolutionized the painting methods of shadows and contours, which was his most important style.
In Monet's paintings, there are no very clear shadows, nor prominent or flat outlines.
In addition, Monet's use of color is also very delicate. He used many paintings of the same theme to experiment with the perfect expression of color and light.
He has been exploring the expressive effects of light, color and air for a long time. He often depicts the same object multiple times at different times and under different lights, expressing the feeling of the moment from the changes in natural light and color.
Monet's artistic career was very long, and his peak period was quite lasting, just like his life!
During his life, he created countless works and left many immortal masterpieces and huge spiritual wealth in the history of world art!
The painting "Poppy Fields near Vitny" in front of me is the work of Monet at his peak, and was created in 1879 in Argenteuil on the banks of the Seine in the suburbs of Paris.
Close to the picture is a field of delicately blooming poppies, with several figures scattered in the flower field. In the distance are gentle hills, woods, lakes, and villages and towns.
At this time, Monet's life was relatively stable. The characters in the painting are his wife Camille and their six-year-old son Jean. The mother and son were collecting flowers in the fields, enjoying the sunshine and being completely intoxicated in nature.
The characters in the painting give people a gentle and rhythmic sense of movement, but the bright red patches in the painting are the essence of this work, which is Monet's manipulation of the light and color that catches his eyes. A realistic depiction.
Although the patches have a poppy-like shape, they are not specific.
Some of them overlap, some are placed randomly, and some are reduced to show that they are behind. However, the dark and monotonous background highlights the bright and warm colors.
"Thompson is so lucky, or he has really good hands and eyes, and he can even get this oil painting. It's so awesome!"
Ye Tian secretly sighed with emotion and was very envious!
This "Poppy Field near Witney" is of course a stolen art, otherwise it would not be here!
In February 2008, the Bierle Foundation Exhibition Hall in Zurich, Switzerland, was ransacked by three masked armed robbers, who stole four of the world-famous paintings on display there.
This famous painting by Monet is one of them!
The remaining three oil paintings are also representative works of top art masters, and each one is valuable.
They are Cézanne's "The Boy in the Red Vest"; Edgar Degas's "Ludovic Lepic and His Daughters"; and Van Gogh's "The Blossoming Chestnut Branch".
Of course "The Boy in the Red Vest" is not the one Ye Tian sold before, but an oil painting of the same model in a sitting position. It is one of the "The Boy in the Red Vest" series!
The total value of the four stolen paintings was more than $160 million. The robbery was also considered one of the largest art heists in the world.
However, the US$160 million is only the valuation in 2008!
The prices of top-notch artworks have continued to skyrocket in recent years. The total value of these four oil paintings has already skyrocketed, and it is estimated that it will not be able to stop at US$500 million!
"I wonder if the other three stolen paintings from the Beerle Foundation are also in Thompson's hands? If they are, that would be great. I will definitely make a lot of money!"
Ye Tian was thinking happily, obviously looking forward to Shu!
After admiring this Monet masterpiece for a while, Ye Tiancai shifted his gaze and looked elsewhere.
Now is not the right time. It will not be too late to appreciate this famous painting carefully later!
At this moment, in his heart, he already regards this famous painting as his own. It is only temporarily loaned to Thompson for two days and will be taken back soon!
While looking back, he had secretly decided to take down this famous painting no matter what when he went back to negotiate with the FBI Art Crime Team and the Swiss Beerle Foundation.
As for the other three famous paintings, if they are also in the hands of this guy Thompson, then try your best to get another one. If they are not in the hands, then there is no way!
But no matter what, this painting "Poppy Fields near Witney" must be taken down, no one can take it away!
If there is really no other way, I don’t mind playing black and white!
Perspective continues!
Soon, Ye Tian found a pair of special glasses in the desk drawer.
Exactly the same pair of glasses that Leo used at the previous charity auction. These are special glasses, specially used to see through disguises and identify oil paintings hidden under special pigments.
Of course Thompson would not use it to identify the authenticity of oil paintings. He would use it to appreciate the two top oil paintings in the room.
In addition to this pair of glasses, Ye Tian discovered two more antiques in the prayer area. They were a pair of French, rococo-style gilt candlesticks from the mid-19th century.
This pair of candlesticks should come from the French royal family, which can be seen from the style and craftsmanship!
Although this pair of candlesticks has a certain value, compared with the two top oil paintings, it is not worth mentioning at all! Ye Tian no longer takes this thing seriously!
His eyes swept across the pair of candlesticks and then looked elsewhere.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian looked through the entire suite and found no other antique works of art.
There is a safe under the bookcase, but there are only some US dollars and euros in it, about tens of thousands of dollars. There is no surprising discovery, not even a passport!
Thompson definitely has other hiding places, and they're around here!
An international art thief like him must be mentally prepared to run away at any time, and there is no doubt that he has passports with multiple identities, and the passport is definitely within reach!
But Ye Tian doesn't care much about this, he loves to run or not! Just leave these top works of art behind!
During the fluoroscopy process, Ye Tian also saw several pinhole cameras, which were all very hidden and monitored the entire room, with almost no blind spots!
A position installed at the door, hidden in the light, monitoring the door from a high position!
There is also a camera opposite the two top-level oil paintings. One is installed in the bookshelf and the other is installed in the wall clock to monitor the two precious oil paintings.
In addition, there are pinhole cameras directly opposite the windows of the three rooms, monitoring every possible intrusion into the suite. This is a very thorough consideration!
No need to ask, there must be hidden pinhole cameras in the corridors, monitoring the corridors and doors outside!
If anyone can't fool these pinhole cameras, then once he invades this room, Thompson will definitely know it immediately and take corresponding preventive measures quickly.
And there is not just a pinhole camera here, there is also a highly sensitive sensor behind the two oil paintings, which is very hidden and cannot be seen from the front of the oil painting!
Even if someone deceives the surveillance and breaks into this suite, as long as he touches these two oil paintings, Thompson will also receive an alert immediately.
That is, Ye Tian can discover these through perspective. If anyone else breaks into this room, I am afraid they will not be able to deceive Thompson's eyes, and they will most likely follow his way!
"It's so hard to guard against! What an old fox, so cunning to the extreme! But it's a pity that you met a buddy. These things are destined to be deaf ears, just decorations!"
Ye Tian sighed secretly and smiled proudly.
But in his heart, he paid more attention to Thompson as an opponent.
The next action must be extremely cautious, and there must be no mistakes. Otherwise, it is very likely that one careless move will cause the whole game to be lost.
This suite was quickly inspected and the results were huge!
Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.
After taking a short rest and calming down his excitement, Ye Tian looked at the next room and continued his fluoroscopy exploration.
There was someone in the next room. A cleric in his fifties was reading quietly in his study.
In this suite, Ye Tian found nothing of value, let alone antiques and art!
In just two or three seconds, he ended the investigation, and then moved his eyes to another room on the first floor to continue the fluoroscopy investigation.
Ye Tian walked along the east side of the small building from north to south, like a tourist who has a special liking for ancient buildings, admiring and studying the small building, his expression was very focused, there was nothing suspicious!
This is a building built in 1723, and there are not many in the United States!
And it also has very important historical significance. Many people come to pay homage and study it every year. There is nothing suspicious about having one more Ye Tian!
It didn't take long for Ye Tian to reach the south end of the small building.
He has secretly inspected the rooms and basement on the east side of the small building, and not a single room has been found!
However, he did not find Thompson's private studio in several basements on the east side of the building!
Obviously, Thompson's studio is in the basements on the west side.
After a short pause, Ye Tian walked towards the west side of the small building, ready to continue his fluoroscopic exploration!