A.B. Makk Brazilian Artist: B. 1951. Artist Americo and Artist Eva's son, artist A. B. was born 1951, while they were living in Brazil. Exhibiting at the age of five, A.B. was called "the little Picasso", for his then cubist style works. He graduated high school in New York City and got his degree in psychology from the University of Hawaii. Although never pressured by his parents to become an artist, A.B. Makk began exhibiting with them in 1975 and continues touring the country showing the family paintings. He is a member of the trilogy of the Makk Family of artist.