Talk
The Miner in Art
12 Apr 2010
Event times
starts 6.30pm
Cost of entry
£6.50 when booked online (see link below)
Address
- Kings Place
- 90 York Way
- London
- N1 9AG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Tube: Kings Cross St Pancras
- Kings Cross or St Pancras
Event map
Guest Lecturer Dr Gail Nina Anderson
About
To accompany the highly distinctive work of Norman Cornish, this talk will look at the imagery of miners, pits and mining communities in the paintings of such artists as Tom McGuinness, the Ashington Group and Van Gogh. It will also consider the less formal representations which have contributed to this history, with French Realist novels and Victorian social reform helping to mould our views alongside contemporary newspaper illustrations and photographs. These images will be put into context alongside other representations of the working classes, and will include that troublesome issue which worried the Victorian establishment ' what should a female miner wear.
Venue:
St Pancras Room, Kings Place, Kings Cross, London, N1 9AG
To book:
£6.50 online (see link)
£8.50 via box office 0207 520 1490