She's also the youngest living descendent of Robert W. We weren't shocked to learn that Autumn comes from quite the artistic family-including painters Roy de Forest (American, 1930-2007), Lockwood de Forest (American, 1850-1932) and George de Forest Brush (American, 1855-1941). She was also the official artist of the 2014 Valspar Championship and was part of Aeropostale's Epic Kids campaign.
AUTUMN 8 YEAR OLD ARTIST SERIES
It is a serious responsibility, but more so a blessing.”īusiness has really been booming for the artist, who was commissioned by Disney to create a series of Disney Princess paintings and was asked to speak at Harvard University about the importance of keeping art programs in schools. She and her parents have chosen me to be her art dealer. “She is an amazing person, an avid reader and a sponge for all that is good around her. “The art of Autumn de Forest already exhibits a maturity and depth that many artists never achieve,” says Albert Scaglione, Founder & CEO of Park West Gallery. Plus, her work hangs alongside Picasso, Miro, Dali, and Chagall on Park West Gallery's walls-pretty impressive no matter the age.
With her artistic focus flying from The Little Mermaid to American Gothic, Autumn's talent is inarguable. With her work being sold for as much as $25,000, Autumn was even called "an artistic genius" and a "child prodigy" in a special program produced by The Discovery Channel. Then again, most people would never guess these seemingly Warhol-inspired works to have been painted by a kid.Īutumn de Forest has been painting since she was five or six, and has become one of Park West Gallery's top-selling artists. His relationships with some of his clients have been contentious - a few have sued him over earnings - but the de Forests trust him.It's not uncommon for discerning art collectors to drop thousands on fine art for their walls, but it's not as commonplace for the piece to be by a 12-year-old. Valenty, based in Orange County, Calif., has acted as an agent for several other child painters such as the Romanian-born prodigy Alexandra Nechita (whom he met 15 years ago), and is largely responsible for creating the market for child artists in the art world. The de Forest family hired art promoter Ben Valenty to handle sales of Autumn’s art. The next auction for Autumn’s work will be held online Oct.
The highest price paid for her work is $25,000, for the painting “People Are Strange,” inspired by The Doors song of the same name. This year, Autumn has sold dozens of her paintings at auction for a total of about $250,000. Her paintings bring to mind the work of masters like Picasso, Warhol, Dali and Matisse. Prolific and versatile, she has produced a range of work representing multiple styles: abstract impressionism, surrealism, and pop art. In about one year’s time, Autumn de Forest, who turns 9 this month, has become one of the art world’s youngest and biggest stars. But Las Vegas’s Autum de Forest is entirely self-taught - at the age of 8, according to the Today Show in New York: Kieron Williamson seems to have been painting under the watchful eye of an art teacher.
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