# pubartsaturday normancornish artist art pitmanartist spennymoor

Norman Cornish 1919 – 2014, the most celebrated of all pitmen painters drew great inspiration from the local pubs around his hometown of Spennymoor. See https://t.co/tO91X3TOgK to watch him work his magic among the fag smoke and bottles of Broon🍺#PubArtSaturday

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2020-10-24

Behind the Scenes Cornish and Berriman’s chip van. The story behind this iconic piece of social history remembered with great affection in Spennymoor.



https://t.co/t2yKIbKN7T

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2020-08-19

Norman Cornish (1919-2014), best known of the pit men painters of County Durham, became a full-time artist at the age of 47, when a back injury brought to an end 33 years of mining. His subject remained the lives of those who lived and worked in his home town of Spennymoor.

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2020-08-03

Northern art: [1919-2014] from
His artwork celebrated the industrial past with warmth & humanity.

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2017-04-28