Capítulo 1890: Chapter 1850: His Unparalleled Talent
Ye Qiu and Louise, along with Liu Lingxiu, returned to the Eastern Castle. At first, Ye Qiu wondered where everyone had gone, but to his surprise, the group was standing there, gazing at the oil painting hanging on the wall.
“Grandfather.” When Louise walked over, she discovered that in addition to her grandfather, many mbers of the Gauthier family had co, including her cousins and distant relatives, as well as the renowned painter, Mr. Bale, and others.
After Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu sat down, once the tenth Gauthier turned his attention to his granddaughter, he said, “Louise, is this really painted by Ye Qiu himself?”
“He painted it.”
“What about the ‘Eastern Castle’?”
Mr. Bale and the other artists could confirm that ‘Eastern Castle’ and the oil painting ‘Father and Son’ were indeed created by the sa artist, leading to the conclusion that Ye Qiu might truly be the great artist.
“He painted that too.”
“Louise, who would have thought, truly who would have thought!” said the tenth Gauthier.
Those mbers of the Gauthier family who originally looked down on Ye Qiu now felt not only ashad but also an indescribable admiration upon facing Ye Qiu.
As Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu sat there, once the tenth Gauthier approached them, he looked at Ye Qiu and said: “Ye Qiu, you truly are the reincarnation of Da Vinci. Who taught you?”
The tenth Gauthier believed Ye Qiu’s skill was comparable to painters like Da Vinci, which piqued his curiosity about who Ye Qiu learned from, given his young age.
“Earl Gauthier, I haven’t learned from anyone; I taught myself.”
Self-taught?
A genius!
Europe has always produced many prodigious geniuses, from the Renaissance period to the third technological revolution, surpassing the East Ocean largely because of these exceptional talents.
It was precisely these geniuses who brought revolutionary changes in arts, politics, thought, and technology, transforming Europe.
So now, upon hearing this, the tenth Gauthier and Mr. Bale truly consider Ye Qiu a genius—soone who learned on his own, without instruction.
Of course, they also knew that many prodigious geniuses don’t require teaching and often have their own insights.
“Was the auctioned ‘Father and Son’ also created by you?” the tenth Gauthier asked again.
Ye Qiu didn’t say much else, simply remarked: “I just prefer to stay low-key; painting is just a hobby for , my real profession is dicine.”
Just want to stay low-key?
It wasn’t just the tenth Gauthier and the family mbers who were surprised, even Mr. Bale and the others were left amazed.
When Ye Qiu instructed Housekeeper Eugene to serve afternoon tea, he hoped they wouldn’t disclose that he was the creator of the paintings. Ye Qiu didn’t want trouble due to his fa.
With this, the tenth Gauthier was further puzzled, sensing that Ye Qiu was indeed different from others—a young man with such incredible talent, yet unwilling to let anyone know.
If they hadn’t co to see for themselves, they wouldn’t know such masterpieces existed here.
However, the tenth Gauthier felt that having such masterpieces hanging here was too lavish and would eventually attract thieves, as anyone discovering them would surely covet these oil paintings.
“Do you have any other paintings?” Mr. Bale asked.
“I haven’t painted many.”
Like Van Gogh and other renowned painters who created nurous artworks throughout their lives, suffering poverty, and ntal illness, their works gained value posthumously, yet they were no longer in the world.
Unexpectedly, Ye Qiu’s limited paintings have already caused such a sensation, proving Ye Qiu is indeed different from others.
“Nothing else?”
Indeed, Ye Qiu hadn’t painted much, except a few at the Oriental Mount Fuji, here, and a few in Sicily.
Of course, every piece Ye Qiu painted was top-notch, with undeniable value.
“Qiu even gifted one to Liu Lingxiu,” Louise said.
“May I see it?”
To Mr. Bale, he was a painting enthusiast, and since there hadn’t been breakthroughs in the European and Arican oil painting circles for a long ti, it’s natural that no iconic paintings had erged.
Unexpectedly, upon the appearance of Ye Qiu’s oil paintings as an Oriental person, they garnered global attention, so Mr. Bale was eager to gain inspiration and nourishnt from them, hoping it might bring new feelings to his creative style.
When Liu Lingxiu brought out her painting, it depicted the idyllic beauty of a Vineyard, without the Eastern Castle within, making it stand apart from Louise’s.
However, the impact on Mr. Bale and the others was truly astonishing.
From this mont on, he completely regarded Ye Qiu as one of the painting greats like Da Vinci.
“Ms. Liu, could you sell this painting to ?”
“No, Ye Qiu gave this to , and I still intend to take it back to Huaxia.”
Upon hearing Liu Lingxiu’s words, Mr. Bale felt disappointed; now he was very fond of Ye Qiu’s figure and landscape paintings, wishing he could buy one to study back ho.
However, Liu Lingxiu was unwilling to sell.
“Mr. Ye, could you create another one?”
“I won’t paint anymore.”
Ye Qiu was too lazy to continue painting.
As the saying goes, rarity is precious. The reason his paintings were so impactful was that Ye Qiu knew it ca from the inspiration absorbed during the soul consciousness influence, rging the sparks from various artists into the creation of his current oil paintings. Without this, reproducing such works wouldn’t have the sa impact.
Thus, painting and photography differ as painting embeds the author’s imagination while photographs rely solely on caras capturing what’s seen.
However, through the author’s hand, it might be entirely different.
Ye Qiu indeed didn’t wish to paint further, and now the Gauthier family mbers, upon seeing the boyfriend Louise had chosen, realized this boyfriend not only possessed wealth and exceptional dical skills but an unparalleled talent, a man envied by won and admired by n.
Perhaps even Louise wasn’t worthy of such a man.
Ye Qiu went over to have the kitchen prepare dinner, sparing no extra word on painting matters.
As the Chinese couple prepared a lavish Huaxia al, Ye Qiu and the tenth Gauthier sat down for dinner, and only after the al did the tenth Gauthier and his family leave satisfied.
Before departing, they fully acknowledged Ye Qiu as Louise’s boyfriend.
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