# artist art

Canada’s favourite artist Ted Harrison inspired by Cornish and in return bought him his first Flo master Pen when times were hard.



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2023-03-27

Allotments and pigeon crees a subject for Cornish which was part of the cultural landscape in County Durham and sustained to this day



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2023-03-20

A personal account by Lord Lawson to Norman Cornish describing descending from the gantry in the cage to start work underground.



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2023-03-13

Cornish’s impression of his first day at work in 1933 when he climbed the gantry the men looked like fireflies trapped in a steel spiders web



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2023-03-06

The Busy Bar iconic bar scene and the underlying principles which make this painting so powerful and full of gesture attitude and atmosphere.



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2023-02-27

The story behind the Trimdon level crossing revealing another example of prejudice faced by Cornish in the early days of his life.



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2023-02-13

Classic Cornish: The Pit Road - his most iconic images with personal comments and the source of inspiration for over thirty years



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2023-02-06

Hold it there: Sarah Cornish portrayed in so many domestic situations and formal poses throughout their married life. https://t.co/4EHo9vXPjc



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2 4
2023-01-30

Books the other channel summarises published books about Norman Cornish since 1989 and a hint of a forthcoming publication for summer 23



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2023-01-09

Edward Street in Snow a powerful and personal favourite of Norman Cornish synonymous with his life and times when we had proper winters



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2022-12-19

An interesting visitor for Cornish in 1969 later revealed as a very famous violinist from the Aeolian Quartet who gave a solo performance at Whitworth Terrace



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1 8
2022-12-12

A gesture of support from a local benefactor meant the young Cornish began to paint in oils with a profound effect upon his development as an artist



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2022-12-05

Cornish lived in Bishops Close Street in his childhood returned in 1953 with Sarah and their young family until 1967 when he became a professional artist



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2022-11-21

A personal account by Lord Lawson to Norman Cornish describing descending from the gantry in the cage to start work underground.



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2022-11-14

The Bridge at Sunnybrow, a former colliery near Hunwick with interesting connections via Jack Savage who drove him to locations of interest.



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3 21
2022-10-24

More than a bar scene the detailed research and preparatory drawings by Cornish to create a complex conversation piece The Crowded Bar



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4 15
2022-10-17

The Pony Putter the first job underground for the young Norman Cornish and a record of a job which has passed into history.



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2022-10-10

Norman Cornish autobiography first published in 1989 and a facsimile edition available via https://t.co/2JKDe8XvHx from October 3rd



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2022-10-03

Some of the local collieries in the area where Cornish lived and worked inevitably became subjects of interest and now shown for the first time.



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2022-09-26

Fake or Fortune series starts with artist Ben Nicholson and previously unknown link to Norman Cornish revealing a conflict between realism and abstraction



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2022-09-12