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名门之后才气逼人 英国6岁男孩成为画家
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  A boy of six who became the youngest artist to have work displayed at a British Watercolour Society exhibition promptly sold every painting on show.

  Edward Simpson's four bold, brightly coloured pieces, entitled Dog, Cat, Sheep and Grandad, were snapped up for ?50 each in less than two hours.

  Edward was the only one of the 275 painters to sell all their work at the society's 100th show, at the Winter Gardens in Ilkley, West Yorks.

  He comes from a family of artists that can be traced to the 17th century.

  His father Nigel Simpson, 38, was commissioned to paint the Queen Mother 25 years ago and his grandfather Leslie is a portrait artist and illustrator of the children's book Ollie the Whimsey Collie.

  Leslie Simpson, 75, from Harrogate, North Yorks, said: "His school couldn't believe how detailed and skilled his drawings were. I think it must be in the genes.

  "Edward really is a natural. He has an eye for art. It's something that you can't teach at such an early age, but Edward just knows what to do instinctively."

  Mr Simpson added: "It was a real achievement for him to be accepted in the British Watercolour Society's exhibition and he has set a bit of a precedent being the youngest ever. We are extremely proud of him."

  Keith Peters, who bought Dog as a Christmas present for his daughter, said: "We felt very honoured to buy one of Edward's paintings."

  The three generations of Simpsons have a joint exhibition of their work in February at Harrogate Theatre.

名门之后才气逼人 英国6岁男孩成为画家

  近日,在英国水彩画学会第100届画展上,年仅6岁的爱德华-辛普森不但是最小的参展者,还是惟一一个在画展上卖掉自己全部作品的人。

  据《每日电讯报》12月29日报道,在此次画展上,爱德华共展出了自己创作的4幅画。这些风格活泼、色彩鲜明的作品分别是《狗》、《猫》、《羊》和《爷爷》,它们在不到两个小时里就全卖了出去,每幅售价达到50英镑。

  值得一提的是,年仅6岁的爱德华是此次参展的275名画家中唯一一位卖掉自己所有作品的人。

  爱德华年仅6岁,他的作品能出现在英国著名的水彩画学会画展上实在令人称奇。他创下了该学会画展有史以来最年幼参展者的纪录。但小小画家成绩斐然也不是没有一点原因的。爱德华出生于一个绘画世家,他的祖先在17世纪就是画家。

  爱德华的父亲、现年38岁的奈杰尔-辛普森曾在25年前被指定为英国女王伊丽莎白二世的母亲绘制肖像;而爱德华的爷爷莱斯利-辛普森不仅也是一位肖像画家,而且还为儿童读物《奇想联翩的牧羊狗奥利》配制了插图。

  现年75岁的莱斯利说:“学校最初无法相信,他的绘画技巧是如此的细腻和娴熟。我想,这一定是他的遗传基因在起作用。爱德华真的很有绘画天赋。他由一双为艺术而生的眼睛。像他这么小的年纪,你无法硬教他如何去绘画。他只是本能地按照他想的去画。”莱斯利还说:“能接到英国水彩画学会的参展邀请,对他而言是个极大的收获,我们为他感到骄傲。”

  一位顾客购买了爱德华的作品《狗》,他说:“能买到爱德华的作品让我们感到非常荣幸。”

  报道说,辛普森祖孙三代将于2006年2月在英国哈罗盖特剧院联合举行画展。(文/蒋黎黎)


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