Woman Who Botched Spanish Fresco, Now Famous, Sells Her Own Art
"Fame has come late to Cecilia Gímenez, an 80-year-old Spanish painter whose disastrous attempt at restoring a 19th-century Ecce Homo on the walls of her local church spread her name around the globe over the summer. ... Now [she] has appeared as an artist in her own right, with one of her pictures currently for sale on eBay. (The bidding has now passed €610.) The Guardian (UK) 12/11/12

Posted December 12, 2012 12:41 AM