Thai Elephant art fetches R240 000

Bangkok - It’s rare enough when living artists fetch outrageous fortune for their work. When those modern-day Matisses are Thai elephants, however, they charge into the record books.

Eight elephants in northern Thailand have painted their way into the Guinness Book of World Records after an art lover living in the United States shelled out a jumbo 1,5 million baht (about R240 000) for their canvas creation - the highest price ever paid for elephant art.

The four-legged artists in residence, four males and four females, trained for years at the Mae Sa Elephant Camp near the northern city of Chiang Mai under the tutelage of prominent painters before setting to work on their masterpiece, the camp’s director of operations said.

“At first we didn’t aim to sell this picture but we had a deep desire to show the world what Thai elephants can do,” said Anchalee Kalmapijit.

“They can draw abstract or realistic paintings. They are the only elephant group in the world who can do this,” she added.
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