Edmund Thomas Clint painted colours with the skill of Van Gogh, sketched wildlife with a skill that seasoned painters struggle to achieve, and depicted Hindu temples, rituals and Gods with a flair that for some, was not only supernatural but fatal.
In a lifetime of work, Clint made 25,000 paintings, most of them from his parent’s flat in a suburban apartment in the city of Kochi. When he passed away in 1983, from renal kidney disease, Clint was seven years of age.
In that short life, he created 25,000 pictures in 2,300 days.
Ammu Nair’s book “A Brief Hour of Beauty,” tells the story of an artistic genius, who died far before his time. Reading through the book, in a way, takes you through those 2,300 days and countless more moments that encompass the brief entirety of Clint’s life.
Clint’s parents, M.T. Joseph and Chinnama Joseph, have long suffered from the pain of Clint’s loss. In what could not have been an easy process, Ammu interviews them in great depth and tells the story of Clint’s first painting, his first inspiration and the many small anecdotes that make him much more than just a child prodigy.
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