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Monday, 30 September 2019
Alligator pear (L5U1)
The avocado (Persea
americana) is a tree native to Mexico and Central America, classified in
the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay
laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically
a large berry that contains a single seed.
Avocados are commercially
valuable and are cultivated in tropical and Mediterranean climates throughout
the world. They have a green-skinned, fleshy body that may be pear-shaped,
egg-shaped, or spherical. Commercially, they ripen after harvesting. Trees are
partially self-pollinating and often are propagated through grafting to
maintain a predictable quality and quantity of the fruit.
Kieron Williamson (L6U1)
Kieron Williamson (born 4 August 2002) is a watercolour artist from Holt, Norfolk in England.
His paintings and ability by the age of six have caused considerable interest
in the UK media and are notable for his advanced use of perspective and shading.
He has been described as a prodigy, and
at his second exhibition in 2009, his paintings sold out in 14 minutes, raising
a total of £18,200 for 16 paintings. A subsequent exhibition in Holt in July
2010 saw his paintings all sold within 30 minutes, at a total value of £150,000.
The following week, on Friday, 6 August
2010, Williamson revealed on the BBC Norfolk website some of his latest
paintings that would be exhibited in 2011.
At the beginning of November 2010 the
family revealed to the Eastern Daily Press that they might re-locate to
Cornwall to further Kieron's painting, but in the event the family bought a new
home at Ludham, east of Norwich in Kieron's name, with the proceeds of his art
sales. In November 2011, a further 33 paintings were sold in 10 minutes for
£100,000, including an impression of Istanbul's Suleymaniye Mosque for £15,595.
In July 2013 earnings from sales amounted to almost £2 million, when sales in
successive weeks raised £242,000 for 23 paintings, and £210,000 for 12
paintings.
In 2013 as Kieron Williamson, aged 10,
has made an estimated £1,500,000 from his paintings, BBC has featured a story
called "Art prodigy poses 'ethical nightmare' for parents".
Andy Warhol (L6U1)
Statue of Andy Warhol in Bratislava, Slovakia. |
Andy
Warhol (August 6,
1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist who was a leading figure
in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship
between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement that
flourished by the 1960s. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator,
Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist.
The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh,
The Andy Warhol Museum in his native city, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, holds an extensive
permanent collection of art and archives. It is the largest museum in the United
States dedicated to a single artist.
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