初春的一个上午,在中国美术馆展厅里,笔者邂逅油画家杨飞云,他是来观看“中国美术馆50年捐赠作品大展”的。于是邀请他到咖啡厅小坐。在柔和的灯光下,杨飞云向我讲起在美国纽约大都会美术馆临摹油画的经历: One morning in early spring, in the gallery of China Art Museum, I met Yang Feiyun, an oil painter. He came to watch the exhibition entitled “50 Years Donation Exhibition of Chinese Art Museum”. So he was invited to sit in the cafe. Under soft lighting, Yang Feiyun told me about the experience of copying oil paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA: