The Pitmen painters
"In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. With...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2008.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Faber drama.
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| Online Access: | Connect to e-book |
| Summary: | "In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends, their work was taken for prestigious collections and they were celebrated throughout the British art world; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine. The Pitmen Painters premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in September 2007, before transferring to the National Theatre in 2008"--About the play. |
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| Item Description: | Available through DramaOnline. |
| Physical Description: | 1 (xiii, 124 pages). |
| ISBN: | 0571293719 9780571293711 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9780571293711.00000007 |