The Great Atlantic Galleries

john thompson

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Group Series 2739
54 x 74cm mixed media on paper £3,700

John Thompson (born 1924)

Born into a working class environment in Oldham and essentially self-taught, John Thompson paints groups of figures, cloth capped and anonymous, that loom, loiter, parade and parley in that obscure way that baffles children.

He is now compared to other, better known northern artists such as Theodore Major, Harold Riley and the man himself, L. S. Lowry. This recognition has taken time to develop, for John is now past eighty and although he now devotes all his time to painting, this has not always been the case during a career where the need to earn a crust in paid employment was uppermost.

John has achieved great success and critical acclaim over the last few years, his work is widely collected both at home and abroad. He has had successful one man shows in Manchester and in 2002 three of his paintings were purchased by the House of Lords in London and are now hanging in the Committee Rooms. A book on Johns’ life and work entitled JOHN THOMPSON - “Do you like ‘em then?” was launched at a major retrospective exhibition in Manchester in March 2006. 350 people attended and nearly 200 paintings were sold. The event attracted massive local and national publicity, The Guardian and The Independent covered the exhibition and both Granada TV and Channel 4 ran features on John Thompson and his work. Since then, his fame has spread far and wide and nearly 700 of his paintings have been snapped up. John’s exhibition at The Great Atlantic Arwenack Street Gallery in Falmouth earlier this year broke all records in terms of interest and sales.

This small collection of paintings featuring his groups of working men and nostalgic landscapes will be snapped up by John’s admirers.

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