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At auction Sotheby's, Wang Jun, chairman of Huayi Brothers Media Corp. to $ 29.9 million (about 185 million yuan) (including commission) captured in 1948 Picasso painting "Woman Seated bun tray . " The works for the past nearly 70 years, has been Hollywood's famous collection of Godwin family. The family of Samuel Godwin was one of the founders of MGM, also well-known artistic filmmaker, he bought the painting in 1956. In January, the death of Samuel Godwin, Godwin family successor decided to auction the family art collection. Successor in New York and London auctioned a total of 25 collections.
In a prepared statement, Wang Jun said, "At first I fell in love with this painting, and then I fell in love with the story behind it. Godwin family is legendary film industry. I am in the painting not only can enjoy the painter Pablo Picasso's talent, but also be able to see the old man's Samuel Goldwyn Transcend. "
In November 2014, also in Sotheby's, Wang Jun at about 377 million yuan (55 million US dollars hammer plus commission Bid totaled $ 61,765,000) took a high-profile Van Gogh painting "daisies and poppies Flower ", thomas kinkade prints for sale. This is the China Western art collectors overseas auction the highest Bid.
Famous painter Wang Jun, preference Impressionist and modern art. He was a boy even aspire to obtain the Central Academy of Fine Arts, although finally fallen off, but that did not discourage his passion for painting, after reports that, in any corner of his house painters can see popular paintings.
The story behind the two paintings
"Daisies and Poppies" by Samuel Goldwyn in 1956 collections. After World War II, Picasso joined the Communist Party in 1948 and will go to Warsaw to participate, while Picasso's lover was pregnant Gilo their first child Claude. Picasso could not accompany it around at the time and therefore very angry. Picasso brought back from Warsaw, Poland embroidered jacket look forward to a reconciliation, that piece is the painting in Poland embroidered coat woman wearing a coat.
Samuel Godwin was born in Warsaw in 1879, his family was poor, youth traveled to Europe, to America onboard later became an early advocate of Hollywood, a huge contribution to the film industry. Thus the theme of the painting of his symbolism.
"Daisies and Poppies" Van Gogh completed in June 1890, Paul Ka homes doctors work at home, he was a few weeks after the end of his life. "Daisies and Poppies" as the beat the field in recent years, a handful of remarkable works of Van Gogh thomas kinkade light of peace. Initially the owner of the painting is a doctor plus Xie, Van Gogh gave him the painting, considered to pay medical fees. Later, the site is now drawn in the 1920s of the first arrival of Van Gogh works in the United States, after New York gave the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo. Sotheby's auction house, has said it was "an important European collectors," has more than 20 years.
