I
remember Clint as one of the vivid memories of my child hood. . He was
of my age and I used to envy him as which was natural for a kid of same
age for him being blessed with such an astonishing talent. At the same
time I admired him too and was hungry for news about him. And when he
passed away at such a young age I was sad like many keralaites.
Clint was a legend . And it doesn't matter ordinary mortals like me lived longer. I will never be remembered by history. But Clint will be . And that makes the difference
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Clint was a legend . And it doesn't matter ordinary mortals like me lived longer. I will never be remembered by history. But Clint will be . And that makes the difference
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Edmund
Thomas Clint was born in 1976 and was a true child prodigy. A kidney
failure led to his death at the age of 7, yet he left behind some
stunning 25,000 artworks.
The only child of an accounts clerk at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi,Kerala, Clint started to draw from the day he began to crawl. When Clint was barely six months old, his parents M T Joseph and Chinnamma noticed curiously perfect circles on the floor of their apartment. To their surprise, they found that their baby, who would crawl on his belly with stones in his hand, had effected the masterpiece quite effortlessly!
The only child of an accounts clerk at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi,Kerala, Clint started to draw from the day he began to crawl. When Clint was barely six months old, his parents M T Joseph and Chinnamma noticed curiously perfect circles on the floor of their apartment. To their surprise, they found that their baby, who would crawl on his belly with stones in his hand, had effected the masterpiece quite effortlessly!
The floor and walls were his canvas. From dawn, he used to stand at the
window watching the sky. He was madly in love with colours. When he
started speaking, one of his first questions to his parents was: How did
the sky become so colourful? How are colours formed?
Clint started drawing with chalk pieces; as he grew up, he moved to sketch pens and brush. In seven years, he had done about 25,000 paintings and drawings, and participated in 13 contests. At the 13th contest, he won against 8,000 child artists.
When Clint was three, he had an attack of diarrhoea. When it stopped, a patch of dark shade appeared below his eyes. Clint's parents later found out that their son's kidney trouble, which led to his death.
Normally, it would take years of analytical study and training to draw such paintings. But Clint could draw from his memory, unlike other artists who drew looking at objects. Thunder and lightning did not frighten him. He loved going to temples. He knew stories from the Bible, Ramayana and Mahabharata. It is also documented that at the age of 5, he secured first place in a competition held for painters below the age of 18.
Clint started drawing with chalk pieces; as he grew up, he moved to sketch pens and brush. In seven years, he had done about 25,000 paintings and drawings, and participated in 13 contests. At the 13th contest, he won against 8,000 child artists.
When Clint was three, he had an attack of diarrhoea. When it stopped, a patch of dark shade appeared below his eyes. Clint's parents later found out that their son's kidney trouble, which led to his death.
Normally, it would take years of analytical study and training to draw such paintings. But Clint could draw from his memory, unlike other artists who drew looking at objects. Thunder and lightning did not frighten him. He loved going to temples. He knew stories from the Bible, Ramayana and Mahabharata. It is also documented that at the age of 5, he secured first place in a competition held for painters below the age of 18.
