Think about the world’s greatest painter. What immediately springs to mind? The most common response is Pablo Picasso. At the age of 13, the renowned Spanish painter started producing his first oil paintings—the same age that most of us relied on MS Paint to create square houses with two square windows. But there’s someone who’s raising the bar even higher. A German kid is getting international recognition for his artworks, which are selling for up to $7,000 (Almost Rs 6 lakh). Yes, a two-year-old toddler.
Laurent Schwarz’s creative abilities were initially noticed during a family trip when he dedicated a considerable amount of time to his artistic pursuits, according to the New York Post.
Laurent’s parents, Lisa and Philipp Schwarz, gave him a studio when he got back to Bavaria. As the “pint-sized Picasso” lavished bright paints all over himself and his canvas, they watched in awe.
Schwarz is mostly recognised for his diverse abstract paintings featuring animals such as horses, dinosaurs and elephants.
Lisa told The Times of London that although they are abstract concepts, the way he incorporates recognisable motifs within them is unique. She continued by saying it’s the reason they’re so well-liked and something that people regularly bring up.
“It’s very important to him that it’s bright and colourful. Brown and other boring colours don’t interest him. He has a very clear idea about the colours he mixes,” she explained.
Lisa, who was amazed by her son’s skill, opened an Instagram account to showcase his work and was shocked by the amount of attention it received, amassing nearly 30,000 followers very quickly. She informed the news site that the artwork he was producing looked so good that she had considered starting a channel.
“And that triggered a real hype.”
Following that, Lisa listed a few of the paintings for sale on the website laurents.art.
Since then, art enthusiasts from as far away as the Bahamas and the United Kingdom have purchased the paintings.
A New York gallery also got in touch with the family, asking to put Laurent’s artwork on exhibit, according to The Times.
Since then, the gifted toddler’s artwork has been on show at ART MUC, Munich’s biggest art fair, which took place in April.
Laurent has sold almost all of his creations to date, with some of them fetching prices of close to $7,000.
A private exhibition of Laurent’s artwork is scheduled for August in his hometown of Neubeuern, according to the outlet.
The money raised will be kept in a bank account until the aspiring Picasso reaches eighteen. Lisa mentioned that although she supports her son’s enthusiasm and skills, she doesn’t push them.
Sometimes, the youngster may go two to three weeks without setting foot in the studio before it suddenly takes him and he exclaims, “Mama, painting.”
His mother clarified that last month at the Munich art expo, the baby identified two of his works out of thousands on exhibit.
“He went straight up to them and said ‘Laurent painted’,” she described.
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