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Northern art: Works by contemporary Scottish painter #AlexanderMillar, born 1960, into a small mining community near #Glasgow...Millar is a self-taught artist, now based in #NewcastleUponTyne #Northumberland..
Works by #GeorgeChapman (1908-1993)..He made a hugely significant contribution to art in South Wales. He chose to work with a limited colour palette, when documenting working class life and the changing industrial landscape of the #Rhondda #Wales in the 1950/60s..
#atmospheric
Works by #ValerieGanz (1936-2015)..born in #Swansea #Wales..
Ganz, who is best known for her depictions of South Wales #coalminers..and dancers, spent several days a week underground in the 1980s, sketching miners at work, in the mines of the #SixBellsColliery..
Northern art by #JackSmith (1928-2011)...Born in #Sheffield, Smith was a member of the 1950s #KitchenSinkSchool and renowned for his powerful urban realist works..
His somber palette during this period was in stark contrast to his later strong, more abstract colour work..
4 paintings by #JohnElwyn (British,1916-1997)...Distinguished #Welsh landscape painter, born in #Cardiganshire #Wales..
Elwyn spent most of his life in England, but the gentle rural valleys of Cardiganshire were his spiritual home and his inspiration..
#NeoRomantic
Northern art: Paintings by #GeoffreyGBirks (British,1929-1993)..Born in #Leeds #Yorkshire..
Birks captured the northern industrial scene in decline, along with it's characters, humour and skyline..
"Whiskers" his trademark black cat appears somewhere in all his work..
Northern art: "Monday Morning"...Oil on board by #GeoffreyGBirks {British,1929-1993)..Born in #Leeds #Yorkshire and inspired by the Northern industrial scene..
Look out for Birks's black #cat, "Whiskers" which features in all his work..
#VisualArtist
"Miners Returning from Work" 1930s...Painting by #ArchieRhysGriffiths (#Welsh,1902-1971)..Born in #Aberdare #Wales..
Griffiths was a miner alongside his father for two years in #MountainColliery #Gorseinon..
"View in Merthyr Tydfil"...Painting by #GeorgeChapman (British,1908-1993)..
Chapman is probably best known for his depictions of the changing landscape of the #Rhondda #Wales in the 1950/60s..
#MerthyrTydfil
War art: "Barrage Balloons at Sea" 1940...Watercolour by #EricRavilious(British,1903-1942)..
Official #WarArtist WWII..Disappeared while on duty over Iceland, sadly presumed dead..
Ravilious was a productive member of the group of #GreatBardfieldArtists..