Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Polluted pool at Maindee

CRABTREE, Jack (Artist)

In 1974 Jack Crabtree won a commission from the National Coal Board to paint in the collieries for a year, and became known as the ‘coal mine artist’. This work, painted at Maindee in Newport, Gwent, looks at the industrial impact on the Welsh landscape and its people.

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 731

Creation/Production

b.1938
Role: Artist
Period: 1974

Acquisition

Gift, 1975

Measurements

Height (cm): 74.9
Width (cm): 73.7
h(cm) frame:80.8
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:79.5
w(cm)
Width (cm): 73.7

Techniques

Oil on plywood

Material

Oil
Plywood

Location

In store
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