"Our thesis topic, the painting picked up from the street. Perhaps at a certain point in history, in a certain timeline, in a world opened in a certain way, Lady Carol became a name as great as Mary Cassatt. Whether through brushwork or conception, we saw such potential in that old 'Old Church.'
Koizumi Katsuko sighed lightly, "Regrettably, none of those beautiful possibilities occurred. Art history does not contain a page belonging to her. There are no crowds of eager visitors lining up before the bulletproof glass at the museum, gazing at her works with longing eyes."
"In the reality of the story, there exists only a dusty old painting, processed at a low price to wander the streets."
Behind art history, there are too many bittersweet stories marked with blood, with opportunists who shine temporarily, and Flourishing Brush masters who fade into the vast crowd.
The best painters do not always emerge, and those who do emerge are not always the best.
