Norman Cornish MBE
A Newcastle United Supporter
Very rare original exhibition poster
Printed to accompany a major exhibition at Northumbria University Gallery in 1999
58.5 x 32cm (image)
Mounted in conservation mountboard

“I made drawings of pub workers in days past because I was fascinated by the men standing at the bar drinking and talking, or sitting playing dominoes. I was attracted by the wonderful shapes that they make in their varied attitudes. I also realised that life would change in some ways. The local collieries have gone, together with the pit road. Many of the old streets, chapels and pubs are no more. A large number of the ordinary but fascinating people who frequent these places are gone. However, in my memory, and I hope in my drawings, they live on. I simply close my eyes and they all spring to life.” Norman Cornish

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