He Found A Hidden Painting His Mother Hated At Home – It Turned Out To Be A $6 Million Picasso

A man discovered an old painting in his home, which turned out to be by Pablo Picasso, worth about 6.6 million dollars. The painting was hidden away for decades because his mother hated it! Andrea Lo Rosso describes how his father, Luigi, who worked as a rock picker, was cleaning out a cellar in a house in Capri, Italy in 1962 when he came across a work of art. “He used to collect garbage to sell it almost for free,” says the 60-year-old today, Andrea. But despite the distinctive signature in the upper left corner, Luigi Lo Rosso did not realize that the Spanish painter was famous. “He found the painting before I was even born and had no idea who Picasso was. He was not a very cultivated man. My mother didn’t want to keep him, she kept saying he was horrible,” says Andrea. Although Luigi’s wife found the painting hideous, he, the New York Post reports, put it in a cheap frame […]
Source: News Beast

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