Kieron Williamson (born 4 August 2002) is a

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, oil and pastel artist from

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. His paintings and ability by the age of six have caused considerable interest in the UK media and are notable for his advanced use of perspective and

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He has been described as a

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, and at his second exhibition in 2009, his paintings sold out in 14 minutes, raising a total of £18,200 for 16 paintings. A subsequent exhibition in Holt in July 2010 saw his paintings all sold within 30 minutes, at a total value of £150,000. The following week, on Friday, 6 August 2010, Williamson revealed on the BBC Norfolk website some of his latest paintings that would be exhibited in 2011. At the beginning of November 2010 the family revealed to the ''

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'' that they might re-locate to Cornwall to further Kieron's painting, but in the event the family bought a new home at

Ludham Ludham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk, in the Norfolk Broads, at the end of a dyke leading to Womack Water and flowing into the River Thurne. It lies to the East of Ludham Bridge, which is on the River Ant. It cov ...

, east of Norwich, in Kieron's name, with the proceeds of his art sales. In November 2011, a further 33 paintings were sold in 10 minutes for £100,000, including an impression of Istanbul's

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for £15,595. In July 2013 earnings from sales amounted to almost £2 million, when sales in successive weeks raised £242,000 for 23 paintings, and £210,000 for 12 paintings. In 2013 as Kieron Williamson, aged 10, had made an estimated £1,500,000 from his paintings, the BBC featured a story called "Art prodigy poses 'ethical nightmare' for parents".

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Kieron Williamson Official Site
2002 births Living people 21st-century English male artists 21st-century English painters Child artists English watercolourists English landscape painters People from Ludham People from Holt, Norfolk Pastel artists {{England-painter-stub

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