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Tom McGuiness 1926 - 2006
Langley Park Colliery
Langley Moor is a former mining village in Co. Durham. This is an excellent example of his style and subject. A very well respected artist who is perhaps best known for his mining art.
Provenance; Purchased from Bramptons Gallery, London at a sell out solo exhibition in 1970 and comes from a prominent Northumberland collection. This oil pastel was exhibited at the McGuiness Retrospective Exhibition at Bishop Auckland Town Hall from 3rd April - 22nd April 2006. The exhibition was planned to coincide with what would have been the 80th birthday of Tom McGuiness but, sadly, Tom died on Wednesday 8th February 2006. The successful exhibition went ahead and at the same time as the launch of the book 'McGuiness; Interpreting the art of Tom Mcguiness' by Robert McManners and Gillian Wales. The painting comes with a document supporting this together with the exhibition invitation etc. This painting was also exhibited at the Woodhorn Gallery and Museum, Northumberland, which ran from May - September 2009. The painting is sold with the original bill of sale 1970 from the Bramptons Gallery of Contemporary Art, 70, Marchmont Street, London. WC1.
A Painting of this quality and such detailed provenance rarely comes to the market.
Oil Pastel and Ink on paper 13 1/2" x 24" signed.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Tom McGuiness 1926 - 2006
Tom McGuiness is probably best known as a 'pitman painter'. He worked in the coal mines when he was conscripted as a Bevin Boy in 1944. He studied art at night school in Darlington and was a member of The Spennymoor Settlement in the late 1940s. The Spennymoor Settlement art group,at this time, had a number of members who would go on to produce works which would prove very popular and included Norman Cornish. Tom has had numerous solo exhibitions, including the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, the Civic Hall, Stanley and Bishop Auckland Town Hall. Further reading can be found in the book Shafts of Light: Mining Art in the Great Northern Coalfield, by Robert McManners and Gillian Wales.
