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Artists Who Painted Birmingham Landscapes

from memory it is an interpretation of a phyllis nicklin photograph...think its hampton st newtown
 
We had a bin like that at the pre-fab Lyn and it was for coke. You got into it through a sort of trap door at the top. Not sure you'd have a communal coke bin though.
 
While searching for Aston Villa history in me scrap book I found this, a print issued in the Sunday Mercury (not sure of date but probably in the 1970s?).

Summer Lane Post Office and the only pub that was really in Summer Lane, being The Vine on the junction of the Lane and New John Street West, in the 30s.....Ron Smudge Smith.

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Bernard Sleigh (1872-?) is mentioned on other threads, here is a small piece about him from The Iron Room of Birmingham Libraries...

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Bernard Sleigh

As we have just passed the Midsummer Solstice, I thought it an apt time to look at the work of the Birmingham artist Bernard Sleigh who was known as “the man who mapped fairyland”. Sleigh was born …
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Yes, the Smethwick must be an old view - long before everywhere became soot encrusted.
My choice, as far as hanging pictures on walls, would be Sarehole MIll. That one is delightful.
 
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The Smethwick one is on the "web" as Smethwick Old Church and vicarage. The Church is still there! My mother used to go there when she was young and one evening her hat blew off over the wall and into the churchyard, she was frightened to go and fetch it!
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I spent a good couple of hours on this wonderful thread yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. I learned such a lot about Birmingham artists and marvelled at the talent shown (Including our own Cookie!).
Seeing some of the images brought to mind a painting that I used to see at School every day hanging outside the main assembly hall. It was by an artist named William Midgley (1899 - 1933) who lived and taught in Birmingham and was a leading light in the Royal Society of Birmingham Artists.
The title of the painting is "Non Angli sed Angeli". A beautiful work of art that was later sold by the school in 1988.
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Yes that was the full comment, but I only referenced the painting title. However, no doubt they were soon converted.
 
I have recently bought at auction an oil painting of Gas Street basin signed by Tom Bower 1985, can anyone identify the artist? I can find no listing for him or other works by him.
 
Possibly this man?

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Tom Bower

This is the website of Tom Bower, an internationally published illustrator and author (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, China, Canada, Sweden, Holland, Korea). He spends a good part of his working week doing illustration specialising in cd covers,children's books and limited edition prints. Work
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Possibly this man?

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Tom Bower

This is the website of Tom Bower, an internationally published illustrator and author (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, China, Canada, Sweden, Holland, Korea). He spends a good part of his working week doing illustration specialising in cd covers,children's books and limited edition prints. Work
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I wrote to this Tom Bower but despite being in Birmingham in the 80's it is not his painting which is why I restarted my search via this thread
 
The only information I’ve been able to find is this description which accompanied an auction of the painting: Tom Bower, 20th Centuary British School. Not much I’m afraid. Viv

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It is delightful. I believe it to be a copy of an earlier photo or print (possibly on BHF). The date appears to be 57 (1957?) as I don't think it was done in 1857. Anyway we have a few artists here so maybe they will make comment.

It might be George Cecil Busby who lived in the West Midlands.
 
It was my late friend and colleague the late George Busby from Solihull, we were both members of the BWS, George was also a member of the RBSA, sadly he died some years ago of cancer at about 70 years old, his paintings were in great demand, he also illustrated calendars and books, particularly railway books, have attached an example of a Welshpool scene. I have a number of his prints. Ericimg20191017_10341125.jpg
 
Yep, I thought it might be George Busby, but can't find a definite copy of this in his stuff on the internet...hopefully something will turn up....? Many thanks though RR......
 
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It was my late friend and colleague the late George Busby from Solihull, we were both members of the BWS, George was also a member of the RBSA, sadly he died some years ago of cancer at about 70 years old, his paintings were in great demand, he also illustrated calendars and books, particularly railway books, have attached an example of a Welshpool scene. I have a number of his prints. EricView attachment 138279
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Eric, my hero, thanks so much......! He was nearly as good as you my friend! So sad we have lost such a talent....I posted it on a FB blog and got so many likes it was unreal, and lots of requests for copies, framed or otherwise.....may I put some of yours up for admiration?
 
Dennis with pleasure but George was a vastly superior painter than I. He was an elected member of other societies including the Society of Railway Artists. He taught me a lot about watercolour techniques a most difficult medium to master (I used to be an Oil painter). He was certainly the best watercolourist in the BWS. One of my paintings once was taken for a George Busby at an exhibition, that made my day. Eric
 
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