Norman Cornish
Norman Cornish | |
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 "Berriman's Chip Van" by Norman Cornish | |
| Born | 18 November 1919 |
| Died | 1 August 2014 (aged 94) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Spouse | Sarah |
| Children | 2 |
Norman Stansfield Cornish (18 November 1919 – 1 August 2014) was an English mining artist.
Career[edit]
Cornish was the last surviving member of the "Pitman's Academy" art school at the Spennymoor Settlement in County Durham in North East England.[1] A former miner,[2] he was known for his pictures of mining community life.[3] Other artistic contemporaries of Cornish from the Spennymoor Settlement included Herbert Dees, Robert Heslop and Tom McGuinness.[4]
Cornish started work as a miner in 1933, at the age of 14.[5] He continued to work as a miner even after his painting career was established, until he retired as a miner and became a full-time artist in 1966.[5]
Cornish was granted an honorary Master of Arts degree by Newcastle University in 1974,[5] and an honorary doctorate by Sunderland University in 2012.[6] He was a contemporary and friend of the artist L. S. Lowry.[6]
He was married to Sarah. They had two children, John and Ann.[7]
Legacy[edit]
To mark the 100th anniversary of Cornish's birth, the Bowes Museum organised the first "major retrospective" of Cornish's work. The exhibition was scheduled to run from November 2019 to February 2020.[8] An exhibition of some of Cornish's 269 sketchbooks was scheduled for display over the same period at Durham University's Palace Green Library.[9]
In 2019, a 'Norman Cornish Trail' was created in Spennymoor to allow people to follow a 1.5 mile route to view many of the scenes painted by Cornish.[10]
A room within the art gallery at Spennymoor Town Hall has been dedicated to exhibiting paintings by Cornish.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Last 'Pitman painter' Norman Cornish dies aged 94". BBC News. 2 August 2014.
- ^ "The Art of Norman Cornish". BBC News. September 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Sid Chaplin (24 May 1960). "From the archive, 24 May 1960: The narrow world of Norman Cornish". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ "Celebrated County Durham artist Norman Cornish dies aged 94". The Northern Echo. 3 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "Norman Cornish - obituary". Daily Telegraph. 3 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Honour for artist Norman Cornish". ITV.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ McNay, Michael (1 August 2014). "Norman Cornish obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Miner artist's works in 'major' retrospective". BBC News. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Sketches from miner-turned-artist to go on show". BBS News. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ MacFarlane, Katie (6 April 2019). "Legacy created for Norman Cornish on centenary of his birth". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "A hub of culture and creativity". Welcome to Durham Tees Valley. 16 April 2021. p. 51. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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