I don't know if Clint drew 25000 artworks in his lifetime (that looks astonishingly huge number), but he was indeed a prodigy well known in Kerala from a very small age (3 ish if I remember correctly)
A bit superlative (philosophical bent for a 4 year old!) but this video shows some work and photographs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoOPJ1w76I8
Re:Edmund Thomas Clint
by amalantony06 on Friday March 14, 2014 @01:24PM
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Of all the mainstream news papers in India, The Hindu is probably the most legitimate and least controversial.
This reminds me of the plot to a Mark Twain short story[1] about an artist that fakes his own death to profit from the posthumous increase in the value of his work. Been a while but I remember it being a a fun read.
[1]: Called "Is He Living or Is He Dead?" - http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3251/3251-h/3251-h.htm#link2H...
Indian culture has a fascination with child prodigies, many of whom turn out to be much less than they were presented as. Ankit Fadia is perhaps the most well known example, although there are plenty of others in infosec, computer science and various other non-STEM fields.
In addition, all of the references in this article come from a single source: The Hindu. I am not aware of their legitimacy, although ostensibly they are controversial.