Read the full article in Yahoo News here.Mikail Akar doesn't flinch as the cameras click around him. Born in 2012, the German artistic prodigy has spent half his life in the limelight.With his striped jumper, goofy grin and dreams of becoming a professional footballer, Akar seems just like any other seven-year-old boy.Yet the Cologne-born youngster is actually an expressionist whizz kid who has taken the international art scene by storm.Dubbed the "pre-school Picasso" by German media, Akar's paintings now sell for thousands of euros (dollars) to buyers from across the world.
This cycle of "child prodigies" seems to recycle itself ever few years... anyone remember child prodigy Alexandra Nechita from a few years ago?
To me this is the standard for dubbing someone a child prodigy in art - see the master here.