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Polluted pool at Maindee
CRABTREE, Jack (b.1938)
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
CRABTREE, Jack
Date: 1974
Acquisition
Gift, 1975
Given by Paul Jenkins
Measurements
Height
(cm): 74.9
Width
(cm): 73.7
Techniques
oil on plywood
Material
oil
plywood
Location
In store
Categories
Paentiad | Painting Celf Gain | Fine Art CADP Phase 2 Tirwedd | Landscape Llygredd | Pollution Swrealaeth | Surrealism Mwyngloddio glo | Coal Mining Ffurf gwrywaidd | Male figure Pwll | Pond Coeden | Tree Ail-ddweud Stori'r Cymoedd | Valleys Re-Told CADP content CADP random Artistiaid y 21ain ganrif | Active in the 21st CenturyComments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.