NEWS
BRITA GRANSTRÖM
Tea Towels 2016, Acrylic on canvas 60 x 80cm and Hollyhocks 90 x 122cm, two beautiful paintings for sale, donated by the artist and a private collector to support Maggie's, Newcastle upon Tyne. Price on application, please contact Maggie’s
© Brita Granström
NICO WIDERBERG
NICO WIDERBERG
Essay: Lars Saabye Christensen
Photography: Trygve Indrelid
Publisher: Press
ISBN: 9788232801763
www.nicowiderberg.no
PAINTINGS BY TOM MOORE AT MAGGIE’S NEWCASTLE
Tom Moore Hope Springs Oil on canvas, 146 x 205cm. Price £5,000. Proceeds from the sale to support Maggie’s Newcastle.
WIDERBERG’S HOUSE
In the spring of 2022, Lars Saabye Christensen entered Frans Widerberg's house at Fagerborg, where his sons, Nico and Thomas, have taken over responsibility after their parents' passing. This is a house that, both inside and outside, is strongly characterized by a long life in the service of art: in the garden, on walls, in the studio, and not least in the large warehouse in the basement. How do you manage all this? There are many different answers and strategies associated with that question, but one of them is to create a book about the house and art, to honour their father. To that end, the house and art were photographically documented before a necessary renovation began. And they invited one of Oslo's key writers, someone who grew up in the area – and who is interested in art – to move in and be inspired by their surroundings, capturing the atmosphere and artefacts while they were still relatively untouched.
https://fpress.no/boker/widerbergs-hus
BRITA GRANSTRÖM
Aliums 2009, Acrylic on board 90 x 122cm, gift of the artist to Maggie’s. Price on application, please contact Maggie’s Newcastle.
© Brita Granström
Available from Waterstones £26.00
THE LOST WORLD OF NORMAN CORNISH
Illustrated with over 250 thematically grouped images, this book is an extraordinary and captivating pictorial narrative of the artist’s life and work spanning 70 years. Reflecting on his ever-changing world Cornish wrote, ‘This special world of mine is constantly changing and many of the people who inhabited it are no longer with us. Many of the places that once helped to make up that world have also passed into time… However, in my memory and I hope in my drawings they live on. I close my eyes and they all spring to life.’ William Varley’s accompanying essay offers a fascinating insight into Cornish’s life and his absolute commitment to recording the ‘narrow world’ that he knew. He examines Cornish’s development, encompassing his beginnings at the Spennymoor Settlement, determined self-education and gradual emergence as a national figure.
NORMAN CORNISH
Twelve Heads, Spennymoor Bowling Club, Flo-master pen on paper, 42 x 49cm, framed Price £3,200
An original drawing by Norman Cornish for sale, generously donated by a Private Collector to support Maggie’s, the Cancer Caring Trust at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
All proceeds from the sale to support Maggie’s, Newcastle upon Tyne.