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{{Short description|Indian artist (1976–1983)}}
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| field = Painting, drawing
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'''Edmund Thomas Clint''' (19 May 1976 — 15 April 1983) was an Indian [[child prodigy]] known for having drawn over 25,000 paintings during his life of less than seven years.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/31/stories/2003073101150200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113062658/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/31/stories/2003073101150200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 January 2016 | title=She spells hope and happiness | date=31 July 2003 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=17 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=7 year-old kid unbelievably drew 25,000 paintings in 2522 days of his life|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/buzz/life/edmund-thomas-clint-paintings-128.html|work=indiatvnews}}</ref>

==Background==
Clint was the lone son of Late M.T. Joseph and Chinnamma Joseph.<ref>{{cite web|title=Who is Edmund Thomas Clint?|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/clint/aboutclint/|website=Kerala Tourism|access-date=5 August 2014}}</ref> He was named after the veteran Hollywood actor and director [[Clint Eastwood]].

He loved painting Hindu festivals and traditional events near his home in [[Kochi, India|Kochi]], [[Kerala]]. When he died of [[kidney failure]] on [[Vishu]] day in 1983, he was just six years and 11 months old, yet left behind some 25,000 artworks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/rdliving/Studio_feb10.asp|title=Temple Festival by Edmund Thomas Clint|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006064100/http://rd-india.com/newsite/rdliving/Studio_feb10.asp|archive-date=6 October 2010|publisher=Reader's Digest}}</ref> Normally it would take years of analytical study and training to draw such paintings.<ref>[http://georgemanjooran.blogspot.com/2009/09/edmund-thomas-clint.html "Remembering Clint" - Bluubyrd]</ref> His work has been displayed in exhibitions in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala in 1995 and 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106014747/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/12/stories/2005121218550300.htm "In Tiruvananthapuram Today" - The Hindu].</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/12/10/stories/2009121051970400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107022327/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/12/10/stories/2009121051970400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2012|title= It is still fascinating... |last=Sadasivan|first=T. K|date=10 December 2009|access-date=9 April 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/30/stories/2007123060770300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103164110/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/30/stories/2007123060770300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2008|title= Painting exhibition |date=30 December 2007|access-date=9 April 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> At the age of 5, he secured first place in a competition held for painters below the age 18.

==Legacy==

''Clint Road'' in Kochi, Kerala is named after him. A biography, ''Clint - Nirangalude Rajakumaran'' (Clint - The Prince of Colours) was written by [[Sebastian Pallithode]] about him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksicl.org/newbooks09_iframe.htm|title=Clint - Nirangalude Rajakumaran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903135611/http://www.ksicl.org/newbooks09_iframe.htm|archive-date= 3 September 2010}}</ref>
The 2007 [[Cinema of Kerala|Malayalam film]] ''[[Anandabhairavi (2007 film)|Anandabhairavi]]'', about a child prodigy was inspired by Clint's life.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/26/stories/2007022619580300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228124420/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/26/stories/2007022619580300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2007|title= 'Missing out award painful' |date=26 February 2007|access-date=9 April 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Edmund Thomas Clint memorial painting competition for children was held at Kochi in his memory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/21/stories/2009112159860300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124111258/http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/21/stories/2009112159860300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 November 2009|title=Edmund Thomas Clint memorial painting competition for children|access-date=9 April 2010|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 November 2009}}</ref>

==Feature film about Clint==
In September 2014, director [[Harikumar (director)|Harikumar]] declared he was planning to make a film based on the life of Clint.<ref>{{cite news|title=Harikumar to make a film on child prodigy Clint|url=http://www.klapboard.com/harikumar-to-make-film-on-the-child-prodigy-clint/|work=Klapboard}}</ref> The movie shooting was completed in 2017. Its trailer was released on 25 July 2017, and finally the film ''[[Clint (2017 film)|Clint]]'' was released on 11 August 2017. Master Alok plays the title role as Clint, while [[Unni Mukundan]] and [[Rima Kallingal]] play as Clint's parents.<ref>{{cite news|title=Unni, Rima to play parents in 'Clint'|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/feb/03/unni-rima-to-play-parents-in-clint-1566606.html|work=New Indian Express}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quintdaily.com/2017/08/clint-malayalam-movie-review-clint-movie-rating-3-out-of-5-news-public-talk/|title=Clint Malayalam movie Review, Clint Movie Rating (3/5) News – Public Talk – QuintDaily|last=quintdaily|date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030306/punjab1.htm "YPS children paint in vibrant hues" - The Tribune]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNmEMz0D5JY Short Film By Kerala Tourism]

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |author=Ammu Nair |date=2012 |title=A Brief Hour of Beauty: A Tribute to Edmund Thomas Clint the Master Who Died Young|id={{ASIN|8172344422|country=in}} }}
*స్వర్ణ కిలారి|Swarna kilari (2019) translated Ammu Nair's {{cite book |title=A Brief Hour of Beauty: A Tribute to Edmund Thomas Clint the Master Who Died Young }} into Telugu Liptha Kalapu Swapnam <ref>https://www.hybiz.tv/liptha-kalapu-swapnam-book-launched-at-ravindra-bharathi-hyderabad/</ref>{{cite book |author=Swarna Kilari |date=2019 |title=Liptha Kalapu Swapnam|language=te |trans-title=A Brief Hour of Beauty: A Tribute to Edmund Thomas Clint the Master Who Died Young | url= https://www.amazon.in/Lipta-Kalapu-Swapnam-Ammu-Nair/dp/B07VX8R2PH|asin= B07VX8R2PH | location=[[Telangana, India]] |publisher=Arnavam Publications (2019) }}. Took 6 years to complete the translation.
* {{cite book |author=Sebastian Pallithode |author-link=Sebastian Pallithode |date=2009 |title=Clint Nirangalude Rajakumaran |language=ml |trans-title=Clint: The Prince of Colours |location=[[Thiruvananthapuram|Trivandrum, India]] |publisher=Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature |isbn=9788184940169}}
* {{cite book |author=Sebastian Pallithode |author-link=Sebastian Pallithode |date=2015 |title=Clint: Jeevithavum Varakalum |language=ml |trans-title=Clint: Life and Works |location=[[Kozhikode]], India |publisher=Green Books }}

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[[Category:Painters from Kerala]]

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