The course of looking for Krym (1) My first understanding of Krym oil painting.

In fact, I know that Kerim and his oil paintings started with an album, which is a collection of Kerim oil paintings published by Xinjiang Photography Art Publishing House 199 1

This is just a very coincidental opportunity. 1997 One evening in early winter, I took Urumqi No.2 bus and got off at Northwest Road, three stops from the eighth floor. In order to avoid the cold wind in the north, I quickly walked into the Yixin Bookstore on the first floor next to Northwest Road Station, so I accidentally turned to this "Cream Oil Painting Collection". When I opened the album, I was immediately attracted by the oil paintings inside, so I bought this album and went home to read it.

At that time, I had never seen Krym, and there was no gallery specializing in oil painting in Urumqi, so I really saw the original Krym oil painting. It was Mr. Liu, a famous auctioneer in Xinjiang, at the auction of Holiday Inn Xiqiao in Urumqi. 1998. At that time, most of the auctions were Chinese paintings, and oil paintings were just a few of them, but there were two Clem oil paintings in the oil paintings. One is the famous Fruit and Girl, and the other is Sitting on the Human Body. At that time, the auction valuation was 7000 yuan and 15000 yuan respectively. At that time, the general wage level of Urumqi people should be around 500-600 yuan per month, but in front of such figures as 7000 yuan and 15000 yuan, it was definitely a very high price.

At the beginning of the auction, most of the Chinese paintings were auctioned smoothly and the transactions were more active. The basic transaction amount is between 100-500 yuan. However, when the oil painting "Fruits and Girls" in Crimea was filmed, the starting price was 7,000 yuan, and no one put up a sign in the quiet venue, because the price of this painting was beyond the affordability of many Urumqi people. When I bid for the third time, I resolutely put up a sign and photographed the most classic portrait of Crimea, Fruit and Girl, plus a commission of 10%.

At the end of the auction, I took another painting of Clim's "Sitting Human Body", but there was still no response. I couldn't bear the high price of 15000 at that time, and I dared not buy this painting again no matter how hard I tried. However, many years later, in 2065,438+04, I saw this painting again in Urumqi, and I can only buy it for 420,000 yuan this time.

After I bought Kerim's painting Fruits and Girls, I didn't take it home for storage, but put it in a house at the blood station in Urumqi at that time (this house was rented to the company where I worked as a dormitory and warehouse). I remember that the house was bought at 6.5438+0.5 million yuan at that time, and now it may be worth about 500,000 yuan, but the painting has now reached more than 6.5438+0 million yuan.

Appendix: Klimu, the most famous Uighur oil painter and mural artist in China, was born at 1947 and died at 20141.08. He used to be president of Xinjiang Painting Academy, director of China Artists Association, member of oil painting art committee, executive director of China Oil Painting Society, executive director of China Minority Art Promotion Association and vice chairman of Xinjiang Artists Association.