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Lovely Sunday with @jacquelinetoon remembering our collective mining heritage @TheBowesMuseum - fab exhibition of the works of Pitman Painter Norman Cornish #NormanCornish #PitmanPainters #Dads&Grandads #NorthEastMiningHistory
Northern art: "The Busy Bar"...Painting by #NormanCornish (British,1919-2014)..The last #PitmanPainter, a miner for 33 years, born in #Spennymoor #CoDurham.
Known for his depictions of mining community life..#Humanist.
Northern art: "Pigeon Crees" 1953...Oil on canvas by #TomMcGuinness (British,1926-2006)..Born in #Spennymoor, #CoDurham..
#PitmanPainter conscripted into Fishburn Colliery as a #BevinBoy in 1944..
Northern art: "Early Morning Shift" 1959...Painting by #TomMcguinness (British,1926-2006)..
#PitmanPainter and conscripted #BevinBoy 1944 from #Spennymoor