Author: FEAVER, WILLIAM.
Title: Pitmen Painters. The Ashington Group 1934-1984.
Description: Ashington: Ashington Group Trustees, 2011. 9780955413827. "The Ashington Group began in the early 1930s as an evening class of Northumberland pitmen keen to learn about art. Within weeks they were producing their own work and within a few years their painting amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community: clocking in, work at he coalface, the pithead baths, Saturday night at the club, the corner shop, dog track, pigeon crees, kitchen, alley and allotment - their paintings ring true transcending the usual limitations of amateur art." 24.5cms x 18.5cms x 1cm. Pp.176, many colour and black & white illustrations. Paperback. VG.

Keywords: Feaver Pitmen Painters Ashington Group Art Illustrated Northumberland Miners Coalminers Amateur Mining Community 52566 Art


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