Title: Charlie Brown Firestarter Artist: Pablo Size: H 51.5cm x W 36cm Media: Spray Paint on 250GSM Banksy's Charlie Brown Firestarter was found in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles during the lead up to the Oscars in February 2010. Banksy rendered Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz's Charlie Brown at the base of an external wall of a burnt out building, with the satirical notion that the beloved cartoon character was responsible for burning down the building. Charlie Brown Firestarter features Charlie emptying a red can of gasoline onto the pavement with a cigarette protruding from his recognisable smiling face. About the Artist: Pablo was known to be active street artist in Paris between 2014 & 2016. It’s understood he lived in Bastille in the 11th district, which happened to be very close to a number of Banksy works; which started appearing around the same time. While its unknow who Banksy is, or how many are part of the Banksy group. Speculation is he an old friend of the street artist, or even the artist himself. It’s understood Pablo left Paris by order of his mother, after the terrorist attacks and a shooting outside his apartment building. He spent the next few years living in London, before his work started appearing in 2018 around the East of England and Norfolk coast.
