140512 Art Talk: May 12th: The Pitmen Painters

An illustrated talk by Angela Chantry

Date: May 12th 10:30

Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park)

Subject: The Pitmen Painters

Lecturer: Angela Chantry

The Ashington Group began in the 1930s as an evening class of pitmen in an isolated village in Northumberland, drawn together in their spare time to learn a little about art. They were soon producing their own work and within a few years their paintings amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community. They met weekly through to the 1980s, by which time their work had been recognised as unique.

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