藤兒點評： Most artists don’t get the big pay check until after they die.

假設你也喜歡畫畫，窮其一生不停地創作，可是自己的努力從來就沒有被權威們認可。自然根本就沒有機會讓自己的作品在紐約富勒大廈展出畫作。自己很想得到權威們的高度的評價，希望會因此能在自己的有生之年能夠非常驕傲的在藝術界一展鰲頭。但一直到死的那天都未能如願。

藝術家Arthur Pinajian就是這樣潦倒一生。因為在他生前便一直認為自己可以成為第二個畢加索！

不過令人啼笑皆非的是，Arthur Pinajian卻在死後14年，暨Arthur Pinajian誕辰100周年即將到來之際，成為了另一個“凡·高”，死前默默無聞，死後才名聲大震。

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來源：http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=175397Home - by Mr.Pinko - March 8, 2013 - 13:36 America/New_York

$300,000 investment turns into $30 million Art Collection find!

By Nick Allen, Los Angeles

Two homeowners who bought a run-down cottage for $300,000 made the investment of a lifetime after finding a treasure trove of art worth an estimated $30 million in the garage.

Thomas Schultz and his friend Larry Joseph – who are both investors – purchased the ramshackle bungalow in Bellport, New York in 2007, hoping to renovate it.

But inside they found thousands of paintings and drawings by obscure Armenian-American artist Arthur Pinajian, who had died in 1999 at the age of 85.

Pinajian, a former resident of the property who struggled to find success in the art world all his life, had instructed that the works be thrown away when he died. His wishes were ignored, and they remained gathering dust amid bugs, vermin and mould.

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來源：PUBLISHED: 13:12 GMT, 8 March 2013

By HUGO GYE

The $300,000 cottage that came complete with thousands of paintings… worth $30MILLION 

• Two investors bought Long Island house intending to do it up and sell it on
• But they found thousands of works by late artist Arthur Pinajian, who used to live there, and they were valued at $30 million

• They are now at a gallery at which he had dreamed of exhibiting

  
  

  The Rediscovered Arthur Pinajian

  Two investors who bought a dilapidated cottage for $300,000 are set to make a $30million profit on the deal after discovering an amazing haul of lost artwork by a previous resident.

  Thomas Schultz and Larry Joseph snapped up the bungalow on New York's Long Island in 2007 intending to do it up and sell it on for around $100,000 more than they paid.

  But they found thousands of abstract paintings and drawings by Armenian-American artist Arthur Pinajian, who lived in the house for decades but never received critical recognition during his lifetime.

  Six years after the stunning discovery, the work has been valued at $30 million and some of the works have gone on display in a Manhattan gallery where he had always dreamed of exhibiting.

  When Schultz and Joseph bought the house from the Pinajian family in the hope of turning a quick profit, the artist's relatives advised the new owners simply to throw away the art stored in the cottage.

  Thousands of pieces had been stored there since Pinajian's death in 1999 aged 85.

  But instead the canny investors agreed to buy the art for $2,500 - though more out of sympathy than with an eye to making money.

  'I didn't want to be the person responsible for throwing a man's life's work into a dumpster,' Mr Schultz told CBS New York. 'Someone's life's work deserved more than that.'

  The two men started to restore Pinajian's collection, which included abstract expressionist paintings, comic book illustrations and sketches of his fellow Second World War soldiers.

  In total, they came across 70,000 paintings, sketches and journals of his work.
  

  As they restored Pinajian's art, his reputation began to grow; art historian William Innes Homer recently dubbed him one of the best abstract painters of his era.

  Pinajian's recovered paintings were appraised by Peter Hastings Falk, a leading author who has previously worked for Andy Warhol's estate.

  The total value is believed to be around $30million. However, it could take several decades to sell of all the work.

  Nevertheless, 'I was surprised and thrilled', Mr Schultz said.

  Fifty of the artist's best works are currently on display in the Fuller Building in New York City. Pinajian had long wanted to show his work in the skyscraper, according to Mr Schultz.

  'The artist was in the Fuller Building in the 1950s when he was visiting an exhibition of de Kooning's works,' he told CBS. 'He talked about how he thought his works were better than de Kooning.'

  The painter was born in New Jersey in 1914, and worked as a company clerk and cartoonist before the War.

  Afterwards he devoted himself to his art, but had little commercial success and largely relied on his sister, a secretary, for financial support.

  The pair, neither of whom ever married, lived together in Bellport for nearly three decades.

  His cousin John Aramian said he would be delighted with his posthumous recognition.

  'He thought he was going to be the next Picasso,' he told the New York Times in 2007. 'They believed he would become famous and this would all pay off for them one day, but it just never happened.'

  
  

  

  Talent: Pinajian was known as a comic book artist in his lifetime but devoted his later years to abstract work
  

  Devoted: Pinajian, aged 18

  
  

  when he served in World War II, was a self-taught artist

  
  
  

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Discovery: Thomas Schultz, pictured, surrounded by paintings by Arthur Pinajian, an unknown artist whose house was filled with thousands of artworks when Mr Schultz bought it in 2007

Discovery: More than 70,000 paintings, sketches and journals were found in the artist's former home
 

Stash: Pinajian's relatives said they could just throw the works away but the buyers could not do it

A life's work: Pinajian spent years copying famous artists' work to teach himself the craft

'Thrilled': Thomas Schultz said he could not bear to throw away all of the artwork when it was found

Better-known work: Pinajian worked as a comic book artist and creator from the 1930s until the 1950s

Influential: Art historian William Innes Homer has called Pinajian one of the best abstract painters of his era

Study: He copied Expressionists, Impressionists, Cubists and Surrealists before establishing his own style

Influential: Art historian William Innes Homer has called Pinajian one of the best abstract painters of his era

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290200/30million-haul-abstract-art-forgotten-painter-run-cottage-sold-300-000.html#ixzz2N7PIsvxH 

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來源: 新快報 2013-03-09 

美國男子30萬買別墅 發現3000萬美元畫作

　   兩名美國投資者最近樂瘋了，因為他們用30萬美元（約合186萬元人民幣）買了一間荒廢的小別墅，而在這間別墅里，他們發現了價值3000萬美元（約合1.86億元人民幣）的畫作，這些畫作屬於前屋主——一位不得志的畫家。

       據英國《每日電訊報》報道，托馬斯·舒爾茨和拉里·約瑟夫是紐約當地的兩名投資客，他倆2007年在紐約長島用30萬美元買下了一間小別墅，準備將其修繕之後以40萬美元（約合249萬元人民幣）的價格賣出。在清理房子時，他們發現了幾千件抽象畫，它們的作者屬於同一個人——一位亞美尼亞裔的美籍畫家——亞瑟·皮那讓。這位畫家在這房子住了幾十年，畫作都是在這間房子裡創作的。但畫作並沒有得到認可，皮那讓於1999年鬱鬱而終，享年85歲。

　   兩位投資客在買下房子時，皮那讓的親戚急於套現，便跟他倆說，那些畫沒啥用，扔掉就行了。但舒爾茨和約瑟夫留了個心眼，他們給了皮那讓親戚2500美元（約合15500元人民幣）換來全部畫作，希望能賣個好價錢。

　　舒爾茨對此解釋說，他不想成為扔掉畫作的那個人，一個人窮其一生創作的東西可不能這麼簡單就處理掉。

       於是舒爾茨和約瑟夫開始清點這些畫，總共有7萬幅作品，包括印象派畫作，插畫和一些二戰士兵的素描。隨着部分畫作的公開，皮那讓的聲譽也日漸提高，許多畫評家都認為皮那讓是個被低估的優秀畫家。藝術歷史家威廉·伊涅斯·霍姆將皮那讓的一幅抽象畫稱為他所在時代最好的畫。舒爾茨說：“這棟房子是當地最小的，但裡面發現的藝術品可能是藝術史上最重要的發現之一。這些畫作如果以拍賣的方式賣出，價值約3000萬美元。”

　　目前，皮那讓最優秀的50幅作品在紐約富勒大廈展出，據舒爾茨介紹，皮那讓生前一直希望能在這座摩天大樓里展示他的才華。

　　皮那讓的表兄弟說，皮那讓如果得知他的畫作得到如此高的評價，會感到非常驕傲的，因為在他生前便一直認為自己可以成為第二個畢加索，但一直到死的那天都未能如願。

　　不過，皮那讓至少可以成為另一個“凡·高”，死前籍籍無名，死後才名聲大震。