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Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 20:58
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Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

'Tis true.
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 20:42
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Double star!!

I've had a map and a ruler out!

Wasn't too far away from there.

Thank you, again.

:)
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 19:59
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Just seen the Town Hall, he's looking down, towards the north east.

Can't think from where.

I suppose that might be Longridge Fell, on the very distant horizon.
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 19:56
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Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

I wonder where his window was, that he painted the view from.

I can't work out which side he's seeing the viaduct from.

I really do like it.

There's an early spring calmness about it.

The...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 19:50
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Oh you are a star.

Thank you.

I LOVE it.

Is it still in the possession of Manchester Art Gallery, I wonder?
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 10:50
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Royston Ecroyd. Artist, born Accrington 1938.

Royston Ecroyd - Artiste (http://www.roystonecroyd.co.uk/bioGB.html)

Royston Ecroyd (http://www.curwengallery.co.uk/gallery/ecroyd03/title.htm)
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 10:12
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Attributed to Sutcliffe Maudsley.
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 10:00
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Apparently born in Cornwall, of Yorkshire stock, but was Principal at the Accrington School of Art.

It's listed here that there is a painting by him in Manchester Art Gallery, done in 1932, titled...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-07-2011, 00:26
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Dave Pearson, 1937 - 2008.

(Not born here, but of interest because Accrington is mentioned as being near his final home, which it's hoped will be a museum in his memory.)

£1m legacy of 'unknown...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 08-03-2011, 15:45
Replies: 120
Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Sue Ironfield - Born Accrington, 1945.

Artwork of the Day – Sue Ironfield | Liverpool Art and Culture Blog (http://www.artinliverpool.com/blog/2007/12/artwork-of-the-day-sue-ironfield/)...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 08-03-2011, 12:34
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

More biographical details of this Oswaldtwistle born man, and a student at Accrington Art School, who went on to be an important Canadian artist, especially in stained glass.

The Bureaucratisation...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 17-02-2011, 16:24
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

I should be on a finders fee, for AGSOB.

I'll bill you when I've finished Bob.

:D
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 17-02-2011, 09:28
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Dennis Constantine - Photographer (1927 -2011)

Dennis Constantine, who has died aged 84, was a portrait photographer whose subjects included the Queen, Sophia Loren and Idi Amin. His passion for...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 19-08-2010, 17:35
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

http://dealseekingmom.com/files/2010/03/FREE-My-Little-Pony.jpg


Eat your sugar lump, and either add something constructive to this thread, or go and have a nap in Your Little Stable.

This...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 19-08-2010, 17:13
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

I believe originally, in 1841, the plinth was intended to display an equestrian statue.

I still think we should put your name forward.

A horse's arse, will somehow be fitting, in a historical...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 19-08-2010, 15:03
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Not that I think art appreciation can be taught, but after leaving QEGS, I spent five years exclusively studying art. First at Blackburn, then in Liverpool, where I got an honours degree.

Although...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 19-08-2010, 14:29
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

I rate my aesthetic taste more highly than your's.

It's a good painting.

The proportions of the Market Hall are correct, and the use of watercolour captures our wet, heavy, Lancashire skies...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 19-08-2010, 13:15
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

I think the one of the Market, as it used to be, is a great painting.

Go on, let's see your table mats.

What are they of?

Dogs and cats playing snooker?

:rolleyes:
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 19-08-2010, 08:03
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

TREVOR LINGARD

Born in the Lancashire mill town of Accrington, in 1952, Trevor lives in the picturesque village of Sabden, nestled in the historic witch country of Pendle Hill by the Ribble...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 16-08-2010, 09:37
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Obituaries of noted Accringtonians.

Good.

Those sleepless nights, spent trawling, paid off.

:D

Be great to see her exhibited at the Haworth. I think she'd prove popular.
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 24-06-2010, 23:15
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Apparently he's a friend of Banksy.

Urban Art Association - Dale Grimshaw solo show 'Arcana' opening 8th April...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 03-02-2010, 10:00
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Lancashire news, sport and entertainment from Lancashire, Greater Manchester & Merseyside - Tom's artistic Image (http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/1998/8/7/794042.html)

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Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 03-02-2010, 01:03
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Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Andy Fullalove, born Accrington, 1964.

Introduction to a Contemporary Landscape Artist (http://www.andyfullalove.com/)

Accrington–born Businessman Shows Paintings Of Childhood Haunts...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 28-01-2010, 10:52
Replies: 120
Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

'COMIC cartoonist Leo Cheney will be turning in his grave.
The monocled dandy who has made Johnnie Walker whisky famous throughout the world since the turn of the century is literally losing face....
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 28-01-2010, 00:59
Replies: 120
Views: 16,077
Posted By garinda
Re: Accrington born artists.

Edward Foster, born 1971.

Edward Foster @ Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Supplies, Studios & Design in Preston, Lancashire (http://www.ascotstudios.com/edward_foster.htm)

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