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世界上年龄最小的男画家 1岁152天就能作画售出

Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah was officially recognised as the world’s youngest male painter last Monday, after five months of waiting for Guinness World Records (GWR) to approve their attempt. He achieved the incredible feat aged one year and 152 days. The mother of the Ghanaian boy, Chantelle Kuukua Eghan, who has been an artist herself for eight years, shared her pride in her son’s artistic ability and hopes he can take the art world by storm.

“When I opened the email I just broke down,” Ms Eghan said. To qualify for the record, GWR said Ace-Liam needed to be part of a professional exhibition that was open to the public and sell his work. It added that the work needed to be done to a professional standard and evidence presented that it was done on his own.

Ace-Liam’s work was exhibited at the Museum of Science and Technology in the capital Accra, from last December to early January this year. He sold nine of the 10 pieces that were on display and was even commissioned (委托) by the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, who attended the exhibit. The genius, who turns two in July, has sold 15 paintings throughout his career so far.

But this dive into the art world was initially unintended. Ms Eghan said he “crawled (爬)” into it. She was working on a piece she’d been commissioned to do for Miss Universe 2023. Being a single mother, she needed to take care of six-month-old Ace-Liam while she worked. “How do I balance between painting and raising a kid?” She thought to herself. On a sudden inspiration, she spread out a stretched canvas (画布) on the floor, put some paint on it and let him play with it. “He was so intrigued by the bright colours,” she said warmly.

Ace-Liam’s artistry is defined by bright colours and acrylic paint (丙烯颜料) to create dynamic abstract images. “His paintings show someone who is intrigued about discovering things,” Ms Eghan said. She hopes her son will follow in the footsteps of Ghanaian artist Amaoko Boafo. “He has been able to put Ghana on the map when it comes to art,” she said.