藤儿点评： Most artists don’t get the big pay check until after they die.

假设你也喜欢画画，穷其一生不停地创作，可是自己的努力从来就没有被权威们认可。自然根本就没有机会让自己的作品在纽约富勒大厦展出画作。自己很想得到权威们的高度的评价，希望会因此能在自己的有生之年能够非常骄傲的在艺术界一展鳌头。但一直到死的那天都未能如愿。

艺术家Arthur Pinajian就是这样潦倒一生。因为在他生前便一直认为自己可以成为第二个毕加索！

不过令人啼笑皆非的是，Arthur Pinajian却在死后14年，暨Arthur Pinajian诞辰100周年即将到来之际，成为了另一个“凡·高”，死前默默无闻，死后才名声大震。

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来源：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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来源：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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来源: 新快报 2013-03-09 

美国男子30万买别墅 发现3000万美元画作

　   两名美国投资者最近乐疯了，因为他们用30万美元（约合186万元人民币）买了一间荒废的小别墅，而在这间别墅里，他们发现了价值3000万美元（约合1.86亿元人民币）的画作，这些画作属于前屋主——一位不得志的画家。

       据英国《每日电讯报》报道，托马斯·舒尔茨和拉里·约瑟夫是纽约当地的两名投资客，他俩2007年在纽约长岛用30万美元买下了一间小别墅，准备将其修缮之后以40万美元（约合249万元人民币）的价格卖出。在清理房子时，他们发现了几千件抽象画，它们的作者属于同一个人——一位亚美尼亚裔的美籍画家——亚瑟·皮那让。这位画家在这房子住了几十年，画作都是在这间房子里创作的。但画作并没有得到认可，皮那让于1999年郁郁而终，享年85岁。

　   两位投资客在买下房子时，皮那让的亲戚急于套现，便跟他俩说，那些画没啥用，扔掉就行了。但舒尔茨和约瑟夫留了个心眼，他们给了皮那让亲戚2500美元（约合15500元人民币）换来全部画作，希望能卖个好价钱。

　　舒尔茨对此解释说，他不想成为扔掉画作的那个人，一个人穷其一生创作的东西可不能这么简单就处理掉。

       于是舒尔茨和约瑟夫开始清点这些画，总共有7万幅作品，包括印象派画作，插画和一些二战士兵的素描。随着部分画作的公开，皮那让的声誉也日渐提高，许多画评家都认为皮那让是个被低估的优秀画家。艺术历史家威廉·伊涅斯·霍姆将皮那让的一幅抽象画称为他所在时代最好的画。舒尔茨说：“这栋房子是当地最小的，但里面发现的艺术品可能是艺术史上最重要的发现之一。这些画作如果以拍卖的方式卖出，价值约3000万美元。”

　　目前，皮那让最优秀的50幅作品在纽约富勒大厦展出，据舒尔茨介绍，皮那让生前一直希望能在这座摩天大楼里展示他的才华。

　　皮那让的表兄弟说，皮那让如果得知他的画作得到如此高的评价，会感到非常骄傲的，因为在他生前便一直认为自己可以成为第二个毕加索，但一直到死的那天都未能如愿。

　　不过，皮那让至少可以成为另一个“凡·高”，死前籍籍无名，死后才名声大震。