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Polluted pool at Maindee

CRABTREE, Jack

© Jack Crabtree/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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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.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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
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Tags

  • Animals And Plants
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Coal Mining
  • Communities And Society
  • Crabtree, Jack
  • Fine Art
  • Industry And Work
  • Landscape
  • Landscape Features
  • Male Figure
  • Painting
  • People
  • Pollution
  • Pond
  • Surrealism
  • Tree
  • Valleys Re-Told

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