In a very sad kingdom, young painter Luco Pax is in love with a princess who has been captured by a cruel king. One evening, a strange old man gives him a magical brush. The characters he’s been painting come to life and leave their frames. With his two new friends, a naked king and a 2D explorer, Luco Pax is ready to fight the tyrant king and save the princess. People are happy again in the kingdom, but things turn out to be more complicated…

An Art Story won the prize in the “fiction” category at Bologna Children’s Fair in 1999.

Hardcover picture book, 15,5 x 23,3 cm, 166 pages

Rights sold: Italian