About
The Pitmen Painters:
The Pitmen Painters plays at Duchess Theatre
3-5 Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5LA
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In 1934, a group of Ashington miners hired a professor to teach an art appreciation evening class. Rapidly abandoning theory in favour of practice, the pitmen began to paint. Within a few years the most avant-garde artists became their friends and their work was acquired by prestigious collections; but every day they worked, as before, down the mine.
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