2024-09-14 10:06:18
His “work” was found by a gallery and since then, the enthusiasm has been such that an American buyer offered 295,000 euros for one of his paintings.
Published on 09/14/2024 12:06
Updated 14/09/2024 12:06
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Photo posted on Laurent Schwarz’s Instagram account. (CAPTURED SCREEN)
He is a young artist who lives in Bavaria, his name is Laurent Schwarz, he has just turned 3, he wears a diaper and he is 95 centimeters tall, which is the size of his paintings. In the workshop that his parents set up for him, under the roof, the young artist painted dinosaurs, human silhouettes, dragons or baby elephants, his favorite ideas. Her style: many colors. Genre: rather abstract. On average, Laurent creates a painting every two to three days and 25 have already been sold, most between 10,000 and 15,000 euros.
Some people buy “blind” without knowing what kind of service they will get. According to Laurent’s mother, there are 20,000 people on the waiting list. A few months ago, his mother posted photos of her son’s work on social media, which he saw through the gallery. The device started then, also activated, with tact, by the Laurent family, who launched an Instagram account.
The enthusiasm was such that an American buyer offered 295,000 euros for the first picture of the little boy, which the mother did not want to sell. For another full, called Peoplethe family received more than 50,000 purchase offers.
Laurent and his parents receive hundreds of letters and postcards every week. And in the market place of the village where the family lives, fans often stop to meet and photograph the entertainer.
Some people wonder about this early development and often have the same questions. Is Laurent a complete genius? Or is it a marketing event organized from scratch by your parents? Lisa Schwarz, the mother, defended herself. “There are people who do not understand and they say: poor child … No. Laurent only paints when he is happy. At 6 o’clock, when I get up with him, the first thing he wants to do is .Goed to his studio … It’s easy, he enjoyed it. Maybe in two years, all this will not be interested in Laurent. There is no problem to close the account An Instagram, and !”
Next week, the show will take place in the family’s Bavarian village. 400 visitors are expected to discover the works of the boy described by an American newspaper “Picasso the size of a beer mug”.
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