Norman Cornish the ‘pitman painter’
Norman Cornish was an influential artist famous for his paintings of scenes of everyday life. Living in Spennymoor, County Durham his subjects were often the people he saw, including pitmen and factory workers, miners and children playing on the street. As a young man he worked as a miner which influenced his later painting career.
Norman Stansfield Cornish was an English painter. Wikipedia
Born November 18, 1919 Spennymoor, United Kingdom
Died: August 1, 2014
Spouse: Sarah Cornish (m. ?–2014)
Through Mike Loseby presenting The Artist Norman Cornish
Northern art: “The Newspaper”..Charcoal/pastel on paper by #NormanCornish the last of the #PitManPainters..1919-2014
“He was always at the usual place reading the papers. He was always to up to date on all the latest. It was just a normal part of his day.” ©Natalie Keshing
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