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After the mass reproduction of DeGrazia’s oil painting “Los Ninos” in 1960, he became known as the one of the most reproduced artists in the world. As Marion DeGrazia recalled, “When we went to New York, when they were doing the UNICEF card “Los Ninos”, we went in the gate and these great, tall Swiss guards said, ‘Oh, you can’t come in here’. He was wearing his boots and his cowboy hat. And just in time, somebody from the party came down and said, ‘No, he’s the guest of honor. Bring him in’…It was for children, of course. They sold, they say, a million boxes.” Happy Throwback Thursday!

DeGrazia’s love for children inspired his most popular painting “Los Niños”. “I seem to go more for the underprivileged ones; I seem to understand them more." The circle of dancing children represented unity. “The kids are from different places, and they're all doing well together."

In 1958 DeGrazia painted “Los Niños”, these eleven dancing children represent unity. “The kids are from different places…I had no idea it would ever be adopted for widespread use, but it was a pleasure to have it reproduced to help the kind of children I painted.”