Aelita Andre the Four Year Old Who is Already a Professional Artist
This Little Girl Has an Artistic Gift that Has Led to Fame at an Early Age
How many of us would love to be a successful entrepreneur or to have the kind of artistic talent that makes us internationally famous? Aelita Andre from Melbourne in Australia is just that, and she is only four years old.
That's right, just FOUR YEARS OLD, and this young girl whose abstract impressionist paintings have been compared with those of Picasso and Jackson Pollock, has a collection of her paintings on display in New York, at the Agora Gallery in Manhattan.
Aelita apparently produced her first painting of note before she was even two years old, and a collector from Hong Kong paid $24,000 for one of her paintings last year.
I guess it helps when your parents are also both artists, but it does show what an innocent mind with the right inspiration is capable of. When it comes to art though, beauty is also in the eye of the beholder, so to the untrained eye, like mine, a valuable piece of art could just appear as squiggles and blobs.
But if you think that Aelita's artwork is just the usual squiggles and blobs like other children of her age produce, then think again. Just look at the first Gallery on her web site to see what she was capable of producing at the age of just two and three years old. I can't for the life of me produce anything close to this at the age of 56!
I do wonder though, how many Mothers will read this, and then go grab the watercolors for their toddlers to play with. Just how much untapped artistic talent is out there waiting to be discovered?
Source:
ABC News Australia
Aelita Andre Art
Agora Gallery: The Art Of Aelita Andre
That's right, just FOUR YEARS OLD, and this young girl whose abstract impressionist paintings have been compared with those of Picasso and Jackson Pollock, has a collection of her paintings on display in New York, at the Agora Gallery in Manhattan.
Aelita apparently produced her first painting of note before she was even two years old, and a collector from Hong Kong paid $24,000 for one of her paintings last year.
I guess it helps when your parents are also both artists, but it does show what an innocent mind with the right inspiration is capable of. When it comes to art though, beauty is also in the eye of the beholder, so to the untrained eye, like mine, a valuable piece of art could just appear as squiggles and blobs.
But if you think that Aelita's artwork is just the usual squiggles and blobs like other children of her age produce, then think again. Just look at the first Gallery on her web site to see what she was capable of producing at the age of just two and three years old. I can't for the life of me produce anything close to this at the age of 56!
I do wonder though, how many Mothers will read this, and then go grab the watercolors for their toddlers to play with. Just how much untapped artistic talent is out there waiting to be discovered?
Source:
ABC News Australia
Aelita Andre Art
Agora Gallery: The Art Of Aelita Andre
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17 Comments
Post a CommentI have heard about this young lady and seen some of her work on TV. It really is amazing. Let's hope this talent is something she does not outgrow, as children often do.
The mixed media is cool, and she does use contrasting colors and shapes in a pleasing way, but I just don't like abstract art. This was a fun read, though!
I hate abstract art, I don't care what anyone else thinks. I've gotten homemade greeting cards and drawings from my grands equal to what this kid's done. Sorry, i just don't see it as great art at all
Well done.
Good reporting and writing nice job. Laura Everly
great and very interesting.
Amazing artistry from this girl! Excellent article, Tony, thanks!
I saw this story in the news last night. Quite amazing.
super
They are kind of cool with all the mixed media. I think part of it is providing the child with so many interesting materials to work with, like those little masks.