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'Mini-Monet' schoolboy buys family a house

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A nine-year-old British schoolboy nicknamed the 'mini-Monet' has invested in his first home for his family.

Kieron Williamson has found international fame as a landscape artist after he began painting on a family holiday in 2008.

Now, he has paid £150,000 (A$231,000) for a property in Norfolk, England, after previously living in a rented flat with his family, the Daily Mail reports.

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The home will remain in trust until his 18th birthday.

Kieron's last big exhibition of 33 paintings sold for £150,000 (A$231,000) within 30 minutes last July.

His recent work has seen bids from 35 countries.


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