Tom McGuinness (1926–2006) was a British coal miner and artist. At 18 he was conscripted as a
Bevin Boy during World War II, and later studied at the
Darlington School of Art, and was one of the artists at the
Spennymoor Settlement
Spennymoor is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is south of the River Wear and is south of Durham. The civil parish includes the villages of Kirk Merrington, Middlestone Moor, Byers Green and Tudhoe.
History Origins
The l ...
, where his contemporaries included
Norman Cornish
Norman Stansfield Cornish (18 November 1919 – 1 August 2014) was an English mining artist.
Career
Cornish was the last surviving member of the "Pitman's Academy" art school at the Spennymoor Settlement in County Durham in North East Engla ...
,
Herbert Dees
Herbert may refer to:
People Individuals
* Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert
Name
* Herbert (given name)
* Herbert (surname)
Places Antarctica
* Herbert Mountains, Coats Land
* Herbert Sound, Graham Land
Australia
* Herbert, ...
and
Robert Heslop
Robert Heslop (5 February 1907–1969) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Gateshead and Nottingham Forest
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.
In 2018
Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the
Trades Union Congress, exhibited his painting of Murton colliery in
County Durham
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in her office.
This is the same county as the other places mentioned (above) in his career.
References
1926 births
2006 deaths
English miners
Pitman painters
Bevin Boys
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