Tretchikoff's 'Chinese Girl' goes to auction

The Independent has a nice story about Tretchikoff's original 'Chinese Girl' going to auction. It is expected to go for around $500K!

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/chinese-girl-the-mona-lisa-of-kitsch-8537467.html

I read this article and all I can ask is why did people ridicule this painting? I really like it!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/19/world/europe/kitsch-mona-lisa-auction-tretchikoff/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

Went for 1.5 million!