Posted
August 27, 2013
She
is American. She is Romanian.
At
age 8, she sold a painting at a local library exhibition for $50. By
age 10, her paintings had sold for a total of more than $1 million!
She
was a child prodigy who sold paintings to Oprah. And to Bill Clinton.
And to rock stars and comedians and the rich and the famous. And she
became rich and famous!
As
a child, she was self-taught. Now she is a young adult with a degree
in fine art from UCLA.
She
has been called the Petite Picasso, and her artwork has been compared
to Picasso, Chagall, Klee, and other masters. She is also an
original.
Today
Alexandra Nechita turns 28. Her father escaped from Communist Romania
shortly after she was born, and she and her mom were finally allowed
to join him in the U.S. two years later. She grew up in Southern
California, in a town really close to where I live.
And
she has long hair. I mention that because I first encountered a print
of one of Nechita's paintings while on vacation, and as I stared at
the piece, it started to make sense to me. I looked at the painting's
title: Buckets of Detangler. Oh, yes, she was speaking my
language!
Nechita
and cubism...
Learn
about Nechita here.
Learn
about cubism here.
Check
out Nechita's paintings here.
Also
on this date:
“The Duchess” Who Wasn't Day
Here
are my Pinterest pages on August
holidays, historical
anniversaries in August,
and August
birthdays.
And
here are my Pinterest pages on September
holidays, historical
anniversaries in September, and September
birthdays.
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