“S· K。 Samuel Kotzens. The rotating president of the German Watercolor Society, the head of AIMS (Resident Art Work) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg, I tried to find some connections, showed him your painting, and made it clear what you meant...... To be honest, I didn't know if I could get the "Museum" in front of him, I just wanted to give it a try. Luckily, the process was much easier than I expected. ”

Professor Wattle tilted his head slightly.

"Whoosh, a few hours later, in the afternoon, I received this handwritten fax. So, Bingo! ”

He snapped his fingers happily.

"Go back and open the official website of the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, find the application form on the admissions page, download it and apply."

"Then scan your administrative file and your art file, your passport, your headshot, your transcripts, and these letters of recommendation all into digital form...... The specific requirements of the official website for yourself are submitted. If you don't mind paying the €100 application fee, then! After going through the process, you'll be accepted! ”

Professor Wattle said confidently.

"It's as simple as that?"

"How complicated could it be! Didn't you say that you now have a stepping stone to admission! ”

"But you have impressed Samuel Kotzens! You don't need me to introduce you to who he is, do you? You should have seen this name on the final exam of the elective course in contemporary aesthetic design studies. ”

Wattle's tone was proud, as if even the mere mere mere mention of the name made him feel honored.

"Kozens, I think I should have won the Turner Prize once, right?"

Gu Weijing did have a little impression of this name.

Seemingly once internationally award-winning, he can often be found reading Watercolour Art, International Watercolour and Watercolour Magic on the lounge area or cafeteria shelf at the corner of the hallway...... In this type of subscription, you can see the work of this Mr. Kozens in the international watercolor selection magazine.

"No, it's two Barcelona watercolor awards, one Italian Augusta Contemporary Watercolor Award, and a German gold watercolor award."

"That's pretty good, too."

"It's also very powerful! This is the most important contemporary German and European watercolorist, okay? ”

The German twisted his neck arrogantly.

"Turner's organising committee will only give prizes to artists who were born or settled in the UK, and the awards run by the British are too old-fashioned! It couldn't be better, and I've always felt that the Turner Prize is an award where fame is greater than content, and form is greater than content. ”

Although the bullish watercolor jackpot in his mouth has nothing to do with his own half a dime.

However, Wattle was still a little dissatisfied, Gu Weijing didn't know everything about the life of his idol painter, and he remembered it wrongly.

Bad review!

"He is the contemporary Menzel of our country! The work has sold for up to 560,000 euros! It's amazing to be able to get a letter of recommendation from him. ”

The sketch teacher sighed heartily, and a little pink star almost appeared on his face.

560,000 euros.

This number is not too high in serious art circles.

Not to mention Cao Xuan and Yayoi Kusama, who are at the top of the rich list whose single works have stood above the 10 million dollar mark.

Just when Mars Gallery and Uncle Sakai negotiated the contract.

Not counting the signing fee, the purchase price of each work, regardless of whether it is good or bad, is about this amount.

This is the cost price of the gallery's collection.

Perhaps when it comes to selling to collectors on the shelves of the sales side, the average piece will cost hundreds of thousands of euros.

Galleries make hard-earned money.

Considering personnel, space, operating costs, and maybe even a small loss.

However, Sakai Issari's truly fine works, which have special cultural significance, have the endorsement of art exhibitions, or are the main works of art fairs, can be easily flipped several times.

Don't say much.

It's certainly not too difficult to sell for two to three million dollars.

It is the operation team of the Intercontinental Gallery, and it can be pushed to this price.

If the operation is done properly and the publicity is strong enough, it is quite possible to produce one or two works that can touch seven or eight hundred, or even eight figures, during the cooperation period.

As long as one of this kind of works is published, taking into account the driving effect on the painter's market popularity and the overall transaction price.

The gallery is fully invested and will directly return to its original cost.

But if you can sell two of them, you will make a lot of money.

Mars Gallery can even have the confidence to talk to Gagosian about cooperation in the American market.

If you fantasize about selling five to ten...... What about Gagoxuan?

Excuse me.

Who is Larry Gagosian TMD? They don't know!

Hearst's worth has declined, and after the 10s, no living painter can touch the magnitude of "100 million" dollars.

can create such an ace painter IP under his hands, and the big boss Mars III can not sell anyone's face, pick his nostrils and look at his peers, move his buttocks, and try to sit on the top spot of the world's No. 1 gallerist.

The watercolor market is nowhere near as crazy as the oil painting market.

However, the time and energy cost of a painter to create a watercolor work is actually only a fraction of the cost of creating an oil painting.

The production is also much larger.

It can be sold for a record unit price of 560,000 euros.

It can be regarded as the first-line price among all serious painters in the art circle, and the super top price in the subdivision of serious watercolor, a painter.

Because of his close relationship with Frederick the Great, he was considered a court painter for half of the Hohenzollern family.

More than ninety percent of Menzel's watercolor works are now in the collections of various official German national salons and art galleries, and a few of them are on the market, occasionally seen in special auctions at Christmast and Sotheby's.

Actually, it's about the same, that's the price.

And cultural values cannot be fully defined by market prices.

Watercolor and sketching are the pride of German art, just look at the reaction of Mr. Wattel when he mentions his name.

He is an award-winning watercolour artist in Europe.

In terms of value, it may be a little worse, but Kozens's social status in Germany will definitely not be weaker than Sakai Issari's cultural status in Japan.

To say that he is a contemporary Menzel's assessment is not such an exaggerated boast.

Realizing that this card is less than a hundred words, the lower right corner is signed with the letters S· After the weight of the German letter of recommendation of K.

Gu Weijing looked down at the fax note again, and felt different again.

"Is that a compliment? This Mr. Kotzens is more ...... than I imagined Well, it's a little bit funnier. ”

Gu Weijing pinched the recommendation letter in his hand that looked very different from the "letter of recommendation".

He knew how much people were joking about the extent of the painting that was shown to him, which was Gu Weijing's own true level.

But.

Gu Weijing is clear.

It's not really a malicious mockery,

Even in the strict sense of the word, it may not even count as malicious speculation.

Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

Various art awards when I was a student, and even a portfolio of works submitted for applying to universities.

As long as it is not the joint entrance examination in Dongxia, or the AP exam in the United States, which is time-limited and limited in materials, everyone draws the same picture according to the exam questions and scores the exam papers in a unified manner.

Artistic specialty, rowing specialty, fencing specialty...... These are the super hardest hit areas for European and American gunmen to cheat.

In particular, parents who study music, art and some sports are generally not short of money and are willing to spend money.

Donate a building to the school, you may not be able to donate.

But ask for a ghostwriter, or please.

cheating, that's called an eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.

What kind of study abroad agency, portfolio editing (substitute painting) agency, the "guarantee" class that charges 50 to 600,000 yuan, has never been an Asian feature.

Japan, South Korea, Britain, France, the United States, and Germany, such institutions are also flying all over the sky.

Even in the past two years, New York State has received 300,000 dollars, and the one-stop service of "portfolio + water competition experience + social work certification + background improvement" ensures that the young master does nothing and comfortably applies to Yale's art department, but he didn't apply, and only got an offer from USC.

The parents scolded RNM and returned the money.

In the end, the two sides got into a super scandal in court.

At present, there are several top 10 universities in the art industry that are eager to change the form and content requirements of a new portfolio every year.

They're just scared of these crazy intermediary gunmen agencies.

"No doubt, this is certainly a compliment, a complete compliment! Even if only a third of the painting is painted by yourself, the doors of the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts will be open for you, take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it is a gunman, he can find such a powerful gunman, he will admit it. ”

"That's Kozens! Do you think that the president of the German Watercolor Association would make such a joke about ordinary watercolor paintings? No, believe me, ordinary watercolor works, people don't even have the interest to take a casual look. ”

"You're welcome, it's my credit to be able to get this painting to Kozens."

Wattle swiped his hair triumphantly.

"But it's all up to you to impress people. Congratulations, at least one thing, I can assure you that your name is now on the radar of the most important watercolor masters of contemporary Europe! And I've got a little bit of light from you, and he knows my name! ”

Wattle's expression seemed to be even more excited than Gu Weijing himself.

It's completely a blood-boiling feeling that a brain-dead fan can see an idol star.

"As for the content of this recommendation letter, don't care, other masters have the character of masters! A little-known teacher like me needs to honestly write a long and sincere recommendation letter of thousands of words, which may not be of any use. A real master, a fluttering sentence is enough to make a final decision! ”

"In fact, you can ignore the rest of the content, just the words "admit him" and the signature of the letters SK are enough to knock on the door of any art academy in the whole of Germany."

"I heard that you also want to apply for the Menzel Turner Master of Excellence Program, the double degree exchange program between the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Academy of Art - these resident cooperation programs, the German side should all be in charge of Mr. Kozens, and it will definitely be beneficial to you to be noticed by him!"

The sketch teacher said very firmly.

"Class is coming soon, that's why I called you over, take the letter of recommendation, hurry to class."

"I see, thank you, Professor Wattle, from the bottom of my heart. You really are a good teacher, always have been. ”

Gu Weijing put away the documents in his hand, along with the photo of Museum Island, and clipped them under his arm, expressing his gratitude to the Germans from the bottom of his heart.

He knows.

The other party has no obligation or responsibility to do these things.

Perhaps for today's Gu Weijing, there is no lack of this little kindness.

Whether it is to follow the path of Cao Lao, to follow the path of Mrs. Sakai, or even to follow the relationship of Hanks.

Going to college shouldn't be a problem for him.

But courtesy is light and affectionate.

Gu Weijing is still very willing to accept this feeling.

Besides, the courtesy is not light.

As Waltel put it, it would have been a good idea for his name to be noticed by a top painter of such importance in Germany, and it would have been a good thing for him to develop his career.

Wattel smiled and waved his hand.

When Gu Weijing left the studio that witnessed his watercolor technique on the right track and activated the [real world] painting skills on the system panel for the first time.

The sketch teacher stopped him from behind again.

"I also want to say thank you again, Gu Weijing, thank you from the bottom of my heart, you have always been a very fulfilling student, always have been."

Wattle said behind him.

Gu Weijing did not be polite again.

He simply turned to the side, bowed to the teacher who had been a student at Dulwich for more than a decade, and pushed the door open.

……

Wattle leaned against the window with the half-drunk bottle of Heineken.

He looked at the scenery on the Dulwich campus after the rain had stopped, and he took a sip of a drink in his mouth.

After a night of heavy rain, the sun came out.

From this point of view, the sky is terribly clean, but the moisture on the ground is transpiring to a faint morning temperature under the rapidly rising temperature after the tropical sunrise.

The sunlight was dispersed by the fog, creating a large golden spree that resembled the effect of the Tyndall effect.

Outside the window, the landscape of Dulwich's campus looks like it has been dyed with gold dust, and it looks like a Hudson River School watercolor.

Professor Wattle whispered as he looked at the young man in his school uniform with materials under his arm as he faded away from the winding stone paths of the campus.

"I hope it won't be long before it's my turn to take your name and brag to others while watching the game, come on!"

Suddenly, it was as if something had suddenly occurred to him.

The face of the square frame of the national character showed obvious hesitation and hesitation.

"It's too naïve!"

"No, just in case...... It really works! When it comes to art, who said that! If you don't try, you'll lose a lot. ”

The two villains in their minds pinched the sketch teacher's body for a long time.

Teacher Wattle looked left and right outside the window for a moment.

I was still itching, so I finally hesitated, ran out, and nervously locked the office door from the inside to prevent someone from suddenly coming in.

Then he drew a piece of watercolor paper from the side.

I took out a paintbrush and mixed some paint, but I didn't paint.

He took a deep breath and pointed at the paper with the end of his watercolor brush, his expression serious, as if Harry Potter wizards were casting spells, waving the barrel of his pen.

"Open Sesame!"

"Open Sesame!"

"Open Sesame!"

Then he dipped some paint in anticipation and began to try to paint.

Five minutes later.

Professor Wattle slammed the watercolor pen on the table and pouted unhappily.

"Humph! I knew he wasn't honest and was there to lie! ”

(End of chapter)

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