Now, there is a family joke that on any one day, depending on which bit of family history pops into my head, I can wax lyrical about south east London, Naples, Cologne, Seaham Harbour, along with the Highlands, and even Derby.
Or to mangle a song …. where ever the family lived ….… that’s my home.
And so today it is Newcastle, or though strictly it should be Gateshead, but enough of the diversion.
Yesterday I discovered Exploring Newcastle Through Art, and a collection of 12 paintings with accompanying notes by Shane McCorristine, which capture the history of the city.*
Leaving me just to lift the sleeve notes and urge you to follow the link to the 12 paintings and lots more
Newcastle is a city of change and transformation whose inhabitants have one eye on engineered futures, while another eye looks at the ruins of the past (the train tracks cutting through the grounds of the castle symbolise this point).
As historians we are excited to be based in the city and we hope you are too. Although it is still surrounded by parts of the old Roman wall, Newcastle has long expanded past its traditional core hugging the River Tyne at the base of the Castle.
It is no surprise then that Newcastle - its places and people - have featured prominently in art. This digital exhibition offers a taster of the kind of visual sources available to students and some suggested walks in the city.
Artists featured in this Curation: Derek Albert Hedgecock (1932–1999), Thomas Miles Richardson I (1784–1848), Louis Hubbard Grimshaw (1870–1944), George Balmer (1805–1846), British (English) School, James Russell Ryott (c.1788–1851), unknown artist, Henry Perlee Parker (1795–1873), John Wilson Carmichael (1799–1868) and Richard Flynn
Location; Newcastle
Pictures; The Black Gate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, George Balmer (1805–1846) (attributed to) Lady Lever Gallery, and St Nicholas Street, Newcastle upon Tyne 1902, Louis Hubbard Grimshaw (1870–1944), Laing Art Gallery
*Exploring Newcastle Through Art, https://artuk.org/discover/curations/exploring-newcastle-through-art/slide-page/9
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