Britain’s Last ‘Pitman’ Painter Of Everyday Life Dies At 94

Norman Cornish “spent 33 years working in mines before forging a career as an artist at 47. In an interview with the BBC in 2011, he said painting was like an ‘itch that you have to scratch’ and that he still painted every day.”

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