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This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World’s First Pig Artist

Joane Lefson rescued a one-month-old piglet from a slaughterhouse and soon realized that the animal was special. According to Joane, of his own free will, the little pig started painting canvases in a sanctuary located in South Africa.

The little pig is known as Pigcasso and one of his artworks has just broken a record. The artistic pig made a painting that was sold for roughly 20 thousand euros. The work, “Wild and Free”, was bought by a German person 72 hours after being put up for sale and surpassed the record for the most expensive sale of a work of art created by an animal. Before, the record belonged to the chimpanzee Congo, which sold a painting for around 14 thousand euros in 2005.

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Meet Pigcasso, a pig who was rescued in 2016 from slaughter and enjoys painting

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

Pigcasso has made a lot of paintings over the years and some of them are auctioned for purchase

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

With the help of his owner Joanne Lefson, Pigcasso recently sold one of his paintings for over 20,000 euros at an auction

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

“Wild and Free” was bought by a German person 72 hours after being put up for sale

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

Pigcasso’s work surpassed the record for the most expensive sale of a work of art created by an animal

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

Before, the record belonged to the chimpanzee Congo, which sold a painting for around 14 thousand euros in 2005

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

When Joanne noticed that Pigcasso ate or destroyed everything except some old paintbrushes that were laying in his stall, she decided to nurture the pig’s potential talent

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

Here’s a process video that shows Pigcasso painting on canvas

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A post shared by Pigcasso (@pigcassohoghero)

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It didn’t take long before Pigcasso began to paint – and over time, the painting process developed into an extraordinary collaboration between human and pig

This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World's First Pig Artist

Image credits: pigcassohoghero

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Kookamunga 2 years ago

I feel Pigcasso's paintings are deep, exploring the common man's battle for truth and love in a world full of lies and hatred, a commentary on the lack of honest spirituality in all of humanity. I crave bacon.

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