Ashington Group: The Pitmen Painters
The Ashington Group of painters, pitmen most of them, flourished in Northumberland between the early thirties and the mid seventies. They began as a WEA (Workers Educational Association) class in art appreciation but, encouraged by their tutor Robert Lyon, they took to painting and became renowned for the way they depicted their surroundings and working lives. William Feaver, whose book Pitmen Painters inspired Lee Hall’s play of the same name (opening in the Cottesloe in late May) has assembled a display of paintings, drawings and sculpture by Oliver Kilbourn and other members of this unique body of artists.
May 2008
Mon 19, Tue 20, Wed 21, Thu 22, Fri 23, Sat 24, Mon 26 (4:00 pm), Tue 27, Wed 28, Thu 29, Fri 30, Sat 31
Jun 2008
Mon 2, Tue 3, Wed 4, Thu 5, Fri 6, Sat 7, Mon 9, Tue 10, Wed 11, Thu 12, Fri 13, Sat 14, Mon 16, Tue 17, Wed 18, Thu 19, Fri 20, Sat 21, Mon 23, Tue 24, Wed 25 (Last)
