Me in the press
Laurent Schwarz aus Bayern ist gerade erst drei Jahre alt, malt aber schon Bilder, für die sechsstellige Beträge geboten wurden. Die Presse bejubelt ein „Wunderkind“, die Familie staunt.
15.000 Euro pro Bild klingen höher als viele Fachsimpeleien, zeigen aber deutlich, dass die Nachfrage enorm ist. Schwarz selbst zieht es durchs Atelier, von der Staffelei zum Whirlpool nebenan. Gerade hat er sein Tageswerk beendet. Bereits am Dienstag Ende August war die nächste Ausstellung vollbracht. Besonders bemerkenswert: Die Käufer kommen zumeist aus den USA.
Der Kunstmarkt ist schnell, und selbst in Bayern lässt sich spüren, wie internationale Galeristen und Sammler aufmerksam werden. Gebrauchte Schnuller zeigen in Richtung eines großen Interesses, das viele Beobachter ratlos zurücklässt – sie wissen nicht, ob hier echte Genialität oder cleveres Marketing am Werk ist.
November 2024 | Sprache: deutsch
BR: Kindliche Intelligenz statt Kuenstlicher
September 2024 | Sprache: deutsch
Monopol Magazin: Die Algorithmus-Kindheit des Laurent Schwarz
Die beliebteste Abwehrhaltung beim Betrachten von Kunst – dann, wenn man nicht erfahren möchte, was der Künstler sich dabei gedacht hat, weil man Sorge hat, man könne es nicht verstehen – lautet: Das kann mein Kind auch. So stehen sie vor Nitsch und Pollock und wollen nichts wissen über Menstruationsblut-Neid und Psycho-Krankheiten und sagen: “Haha, hoho, das ist doch aus dem Kindergarten!”
Diese Abwehrhaltung gegenüber Inhalten ist es, die zumindest zum Teil erklärt, wie es zum größten internationalen Kunst-Hype seit Leon Löwentraut kommen konnte. Diese Entzauberung von Wissen und Können. Der Glaube daran, dass die sogenannte Kreativität in uns allen steckt und der Aufruf “Express yourself!” uns zu einem wahreren Ich führen könnte.
The parents of Laurent Schwarz, a Bavarian toddler hailed as a “pint-sized Picasso” whose works have fetched up to €15,000 on the art market this year, has signed a deal with the German paint manufacturer Relius to market a collection of colours under his name (David Crossland writes).
The two-year-old has gained a global following thanks to his talent for abstract painting. The family said they had received a bid of €270,000 for his first work, The Fingers, but Lisa Schwarz, his mother, said yesterday that the painting had too great a sentimental value.
“We’re not selling it,” she said. “It’s his first, we like having it on our wall and Laurent is incredibly proud of the painting. This is not about earning money. This is about people appreciating that he is creating really extraordinary things.”
Laurent’s parents have signed deals with Reluis and with a wallpaper company that wants to use his designs.
Mai 2024 | Sprache: englisch
The Times: The Pint-sized Picasso selling his pictures for thousands
Picasso’s favourite subjects were the bullfight, doves, shaded women and sunlight. Laurent Schwarz prefers elephants, horses and dinosaurs.
And the two-year-old Bavarian prodigy has gained a reputation as a “pint-sized Picasso” thanks to his big, bright and colourful abstracts, which have sold for as much as €15,000.
Works of abstract art by the toddler from a village near Munich have been fetching such prices that his family said yesterday they had received a bid of €270,000 for his first work, The Fingers, on Instagram, an astonishing price even for an established artist. Lisa, 32, Laurent’s mother, said: “We’re not selling it because it’s the first painting from him. We had an offer for €270,000 but it’s hanging on our wall and will stay there.
The parents of the little boy, who paints in his attic workshop, said that 32 paintings had been sold so far and that he had attracted almost 30,000 Instagram followers since she first uploaded photos of his art last summer.
Mai 2024 | Sprache: englisch
People Magazine: The Pint-sized Picasso Sells paintings for up to $7,000
A two-year-old boy in Germany is being hailed as a “pint-sized Picasso” after reportedly selling his paintings for around $7,000 each. According to U.K. newspaper The Times, Laurent Schwarz from Bavaria has created a portfolio of abstract paintings of elephants, dinosaurs and horses, among others.
Lisa Schwarz, his mother, tells PEOPLE that one of his paintings called “The People” currently “has well over 3,000 inquiries.”
“This is the most popular painting among all. Mine too, by the way,” Lisa explains. “People write a second, third and fourth time or call a few times just to get this painting.”
Speaking to The Times, the young artist’s mother revealed that she noticed her son’s talent while the family was on vacation in South Tyrol, Italy, in September 2023.
Mai 2024 | Sprache: englisch
New York Post: A 2-year-old artist selling his paintings for as much…
He’s in his terribly talented twos. A diminutive da Vinci from Germany is selling his paintings for up to $7,000 — and they’re flying off the shelves.
Young Laurent Schwarz’s appreciation for art was first noticed on a family vacation last fall, when his family found it difficult to wrest him away from the activities room at the resort where they were staying.
After returning home, parents Lisa and Philipp Schwarz set the pint-sized Picasso up with a studio and watched in amazement as the toddler covered himself and the canvas with his colorful creations. “They’re abstracts and what’s unusual is how he integrates discernible figures into them, which people often mention to us and which makes them so popular,” the proud mama told The Times of London.
“You can clearly recognize his animals, like elephants which are one of his favorite animals, as well as dinosaurs and horses. It’s very important to him that it’s bright and colorful. Brown and other boring colors don’t interest him. He has a very clear ideas about the colors he mixes,” she explained.
A German toddler has become an international artistic sensation after selling his horse, cat, and duck paintings for thousands.
Dubbed a ‘pint-sized Picasso’, Laurent Schwarz, two, from Bavaria, is raking in up to €6,500 on the international market thanks to his colourful works.
Far from stick figures, three-wheeled cars, and misshaped farm animals, Laurent’s paintings have an air of professionalism about them, making them appear gallery-worthy thanks to their abstract quality.
His proud mother, Lisa Schwarz, 32, realised little Laurent had a special talent while on a family holiday in South Tyrol, Italy, last September.
‘There was a painting room in the hotel and we couldn’t get him out of it,’ she told The Times. When they arrived back home, Lisa decided to set up a studio for her paint-loving son which he stayed in all the time.