A Mozart in the world of art

Little Monet

This story is like a fairy tale, but it really happened: auctioned paintings 10-year-old boy from the English county of Norfolk sold out in 20 minutes. Name of the artist Kieron Williamson (Kieron Williamson), his ability to notice in five years. August 4, 2013 Kieron was 11 years old and he is already famous throughout the world. His paintings are available on its website BBC, and the British press dubbed the baby nickname “mini Monet” or “little Monet” – a characteristic of the style of writing peculiar to the great impressionist, reports Pixanews.

The first boy received a fee in 2009, when his work first came to the art market. For 20 minutes, 23 of his works were sold online to buyers at the price of 360,000 dollars. The first solo exhibition of Kieron took place in 2010 – 33 works were then sold out at lightning speed – 30 minutes the young artist sold watercolors, pastels and oil for 150 thousand euros. Last year, the “mini Monet” has rescued 450 thousand evro.Takim way since the beginning of his career, Kieron brought into the family of more than two million euros.

The ability to draw from Williamson manifested itself in five years, after a trip to the south-west of England – Cornwall. The next year after Kieron already hit the Guinness Book of Records. Now the waiting list of his works – more than 500 people.

By the way, young talent – the mass of admirers not only at home, his paintings acquired connoisseurs of art from Europe, USA, Japan and Canada. All proceeds from the sale of paintings sent Kieron in his own company.

The boy’s father, Keith Williamson, an art dealer, and he is the director of his son “Kieron Williamson Limited”. Kieron mother, Michelle Williamson is going to write a detailed biography of his son, and to focus on how he made a career as an artist. Sam “Little Monet’s” dreams of becoming a football player.

Prices at the pictures of the young genius range from $ 3,500 for a small watercolor to 30 000 dollars for a winter landscape, painted near his home in Norfolk. Starting next year, Kieron will cease to attend school and learn to be at home, to be able to concentrate on painting.

Here’s what he had previously said in an interview with Deutsche Welle: “Usually I start to paint the sky, and then proceed to the background, and gradually move on to the front of the picture. The most difficult thing – to paint with pastels, we have very carefully to mix colors. I do not know what I want to become in the future. Now in addition to drawing, I like to play football, it would be interesting to be a professional athlete. “

In the next school year, parents are planning to transfer Kikrona home schooling him to fully concentrate on painting.
The young artist with the money raised from the sale of paintings, has already bought the family a new house for 150 thousand pounds. Before that they lived in a rented apartment.