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Post by kerouac on Apr 26, 2022 10:57:35 GMT
Anyone familiar with this man?
A north staffs artist circa the ‘50’s who was a friend of my grandad,he actually gave him a painting that we’ve still got in the family.A guy from the Trent gallery came over to see it recently….apparently an interest has been sparked by the lead singer of OMD,Andy mcCluskey,who’s really into him.I think his paintings are superb too.
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Apr 26, 2022 12:12:38 GMT
I'm recently familiar with him. Trent Art are exhibiting some of his works until the end of this week I think.
It would seem Wade was never a celebrity and a very private man - and although he was known and respected in art circles and exhibited in London he went about almost completely unknown in his native Stoke on Trent. Bizarrely Hanley museum have 3 Wades but don't even display them such is the lack of interest.
Given that there are almost 400 works attributable to him and the vast majority are landscapes within a 5 mile radius of Longport it's high time he was given the credit he deserves - as although the styles are different I don't think it is any exaggeration to say that he should be regarded by Stoke on Trent as Lowry is to Manchester.
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Post by yeokel on Apr 26, 2022 12:21:56 GMT
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Post by kerouac on Apr 26, 2022 12:29:13 GMT
I'm recently familiar with him. Trent Art are exhibiting some of his works until the end of this week I think. It would seem Wade was never a celebrity and a very private man - and although he was known and respected in art circles and exhibited in London he went about almost completely unknown in his native Stoke on Trent. Bizarrely Hanley museum have 3 Wades but don't even display them such is the lack of interest. Given that there are almost 400 works attributable to him and the vast majority are landscapes within a 5 mile radius of Longport it's high time he was given the credit he deserves - as although the styles are different I don't think it is any exaggeration to say that he should be regarded by Stoke on Trent as Lowry is to Manchester. Absolutely…! They’ve got such a melancholy about them,kind of stark but soft at the same time,I’m trying not to come across all wanky,but I love them. The guy curating the exhibition is called Henry,he was saying how much he deserves to be recognised more than he is,but like you say,was a very private man and his family seem to be the same. My brother went over to the exhibition and bought me the book “Silent Landscapes”….again,it’s beautiful. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 26, 2022 12:55:13 GMT
I'm recently familiar with him. Trent Art are exhibiting some of his works until the end of this week I think. It would seem Wade was never a celebrity and a very private man - and although he was known and respected in art circles and exhibited in London he went about almost completely unknown in his native Stoke on Trent. Bizarrely Hanley museum have 3 Wades but don't even display them such is the lack of interest. Given that there are almost 400 works attributable to him and the vast majority are landscapes within a 5 mile radius of Longport it's high time he was given the credit he deserves - as although the styles are different I don't think it is any exaggeration to say that he should be regarded by Stoke on Trent as Lowry is to Manchester. Absolutely… They’ve got such a melancholy about them,kind of stark but soft at the same time,I’m trying not to come across all wanky,but I love them. The guy curating the exhibition is called Henry,he was saying how much he deserves to be recognised more than he is,but like you say,was a very private man and his family seem to be the same. My brother went over to the exhibition and bought me the book “Silent Landscapes”….again,it’s beautiful. They are stark, it's a good word to use. I watched that Midlands Today clip with Andy McCluskey at the time and, having seen Wade's pictures, it put me in mind of an OMD album cover - Dazzle Ships, which may have been influenced by Wade's use of stark lines and darkness. The album cover is more colourful than Wade's pictures, at least those that I've seen, but this image may have been seen by McCluskey and influenced his thinking. It's by Edward Wadsworth and has a similar kind of industrial starkness to it:  |
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Apr 26, 2022 13:05:38 GMT
Absolutely… They’ve got such a melancholy about them,kind of stark but soft at the same time,I’m trying not to come across all wanky,but I love them. The guy curating the exhibition is called Henry,he was saying how much he deserves to be recognised more than he is,but like you say,was a very private man and his family seem to be the same. My brother went over to the exhibition and bought me the book “Silent Landscapes”….again,it’s beautiful. They are stark, it's a good word to use. I watched that Midlands Today clip with Andy McCluskey at the time and, having seen Wade's pictures, it put me in mind of an OMD album cover - Dazzle Ships, which may have been influenced by Wade's use of stark lines and darkness. The album cover is more colourful than Wade's pictures, at least those that I've seen, but this image may have been seen by McCluskey and influenced his thinking. It's by Edward Wadsworth and has a similar kind of industrial starkness to it: I doubt it. Dazzle Ships is a fairly early OMD album (83?). McClusky only discovered Wade about 10 years ago. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 26, 2022 14:17:52 GMT
They are stark, it's a good word to use. I watched that Midlands Today clip with Andy McCluskey at the time and, having seen Wade's pictures, it put me in mind of an OMD album cover - Dazzle Ships, which may have been influenced by Wade's use of stark lines and darkness. The album cover is more colourful than Wade's pictures, at least those that I've seen, but this image may have been seen by McCluskey and influenced his thinking. It's by Edward Wadsworth and has a similar kind of industrial starkness to it: I doubt it. Dazzle Ships is a fairly early OMD album (83?). McClusky only discovered Wade about 10 years ago. Fair point, perhaps it's just his taste in art generally? I've no idea what other artists he collects. |
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Post by kerouac on Apr 26, 2022 15:12:51 GMT
I doubt it. Dazzle Ships is a fairly early OMD album (83?). McClusky only discovered Wade about 10 years ago. Fair point, perhaps it's just his taste in art generally? I've no idea what other artists he collects. Regardless of timescale etc it’s obvious this is the style of painting he likes….me too. There’s more to Wades paintings than Lowrey in my opinion. |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Apr 26, 2022 15:36:37 GMT
Fair point, perhaps it's just his taste in art generally? I've no idea what other artists he collects. Regardless of timescale etc it’s obvious this is the style of painting he likes….me too. There’s more to Wades paintings than Lowrey in my opinion. There's no tweeness or sentimentality to Wade's paintings,which i find some of Lowry's tend to,they are lugubrious,and one or two of them even possessed an almost memento mori quality for me. Can't recall the exact quote,but it's along the lines of "My paintings have no place for people" and it's this sense of absence which prevents his work from sliding into mawkishness,imho. Had a nice chat with the owners'/curators',about Wade's apparent obscurity in comparison to the likes of Lowry certainly,and perhaps Arthur Berry et al. |
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Post by Seymour Beaver on Apr 26, 2022 15:49:08 GMT
Fair point, perhaps it's just his taste in art generally? I've no idea what other artists he collects. Regardless of timescale etc it’s obvious this is the style of painting he likes….me too. There’s more to Wades paintings than Lowrey in my opinion. The Lowry reference was purely to do with the sense of association with place - not comparability of style. |
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Post by kerouac on Apr 26, 2022 16:00:41 GMT
Regardless of timescale etc it’s obvious this is the style of painting he likes….me too. There’s more to Wades paintings than Lowrey in my opinion. There's no tweeness or sentimentality to Wade's paintings,which i find some of Lowry's tend to,they are lugubrious,and one or two of them even possessed an almost memento mori quality for me. Can't recall the exact quote,but it's along the lines of "My paintings have no place for people" and it's this sense of absence which prevents his work from sliding into mawkishness,imho. Had a nice chat with the owners'/curators',about Wade's apparent obscurity in comparison to the likes of Lowry certainly,and perhaps Arthur Berry et al. Yes that’s the quote that appears in the book I mentioned. I was born in the Potteries but we moved to the Holme valley in Yorkshire(holmfirth) when I was young, but going back every other weekend to the match,the little time we spent around the canals etc,the feeling and vibe I got from there is perfectly captured by him. |
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Post by kerouac on Apr 26, 2022 16:01:11 GMT
Regardless of timescale etc it’s obvious this is the style of painting he likes….me too. There’s more to Wades paintings than Lowrey in my opinion. The Lowry reference was purely to do with the sense of association with place - not comparability of style. Yes I get you. |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Apr 26, 2022 19:18:17 GMT
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 29, 2022 9:54:13 GMT
A nice story in amongst the cost of living crisis, warfare, government parties etc... I was watching the C4 News recently and caught the tail end of an interview with Rishi Sunak. On the wall behind him were a couple of paintings, one of which caught my eye. On a complete whim I googled Treasury art collection in the vain hope that I might be able to find what this painting was. No joy, but I did stumble across this site which might interest art lovers: artcollection.culture.gov.uk/ You can explore the collection at your leisure - there is a lot, perhaps not surprisingly I couldn't be arsed to go through the entire 600 pages trying to find this piece of art so, again in a vain hope, I emailed the contact on that website and described in rather vague and helpless terms, a description of the interview and the assumption that it had probably taken place in the Treasury offices. I couldn't even describe the painting that well, other than it was in portrait orientation and somewhat abstract in form. Not for one second did I think I'd get a reply or that any help would be forthcoming on the basis of that vague description. Two days after my email, I got a very pleasant surprise and a very nice email from a gent who works on the government's art collection, suggesting that it was the picture below. It was indeed. I have no idea how he managed to identify it from the crap description I'd provided and I presume he must have done some sleuth work of his own to work it out. Very impressed. I mention that because it might interest some people to look at the collection, but also because the piece itself isn't all that far removed from some of the styles we've been discussing. I'm no art expert but it's considered an early form of the cubist style, which you can see. I really like it. Forgot to say - the artist is Christopher Nevinson for those who want to look into his other stuff - it's good, imo.  Looks better on a wall I think... (19).jpg) |
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Post by kerouac on Apr 29, 2022 22:37:25 GMT
A nice story in amongst the cost of living crisis, warfare, government parties etc... I was watching the C4 News recently and caught the tail end of an interview with Rishi Sunak. On the wall behind him were a couple of paintings, one of which caught my eye. On a complete whim I googled Treasury art collection in the vain hope that I might be able to find what this painting was. No joy, but I did stumble across this site which might interest art lovers: artcollection.culture.gov.uk/ You can explore the collection at your leisure - there is a lot, perhaps not surprisingly I couldn't be arsed to go through the entire 600 pages trying to find this piece of art so, again in a vain hope, I emailed the contact on that website and described in rather vague and helpless terms, a description of the interview and the assumption that it had probably taken place in the Treasury offices. I couldn't even describe the painting that well, other than it was in portrait orientation and somewhat abstract in form. Not for one second did I think I'd get a reply or that any help would be forthcoming on the basis of that vague description. Two days after my email, I got a very pleasant surprise and a very nice email from a gent who works on the government's art collection, suggesting that it was the picture below. It was indeed. I have no idea how he managed to identify it from the crap description I'd provided and I presume he must have done some sleuth work of his own to work it out. Very impressed. I mention that because it might interest some people to look at the collection, but also because the piece itself isn't all that far removed from some of the styles we've been discussing. I'm no art expert but it's considered an early form of the cubist style, which you can see. I really like it. Forgot to say - the artist is Christopher Nevinson for those who want to look into his other stuff - it's good, imo. Looks better on a wall I think... Amazing....now you'd better buy yourself a massive print of it Ive just looked at some of his other stuff....he definately wasn't a one trick pony. |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Apr 30, 2022 9:06:35 GMT
A nice story in amongst the cost of living crisis, warfare, government parties etc... I was watching the C4 News recently and caught the tail end of an interview with Rishi Sunak. On the wall behind him were a couple of paintings, one of which caught my eye. On a complete whim I googled Treasury art collection in the vain hope that I might be able to find what this painting was. No joy, but I did stumble across this site which might interest art lovers: artcollection.culture.gov.uk/ You can explore the collection at your leisure - there is a lot, perhaps not surprisingly I couldn't be arsed to go through the entire 600 pages trying to find this piece of art so, again in a vain hope, I emailed the contact on that website and described in rather vague and helpless terms, a description of the interview and the assumption that it had probably taken place in the Treasury offices. I couldn't even describe the painting that well, other than it was in portrait orientation and somewhat abstract in form. Not for one second did I think I'd get a reply or that any help would be forthcoming on the basis of that vague description. Two days after my email, I got a very pleasant surprise and a very nice email from a gent who works on the government's art collection, suggesting that it was the picture below. It was indeed. I have no idea how he managed to identify it from the crap description I'd provided and I presume he must have done some sleuth work of his own to work it out. Very impressed. I mention that because it might interest some people to look at the collection, but also because the piece itself isn't all that far removed from some of the styles we've been discussing. I'm no art expert but it's considered an early form of the cubist style, which you can see. I really like it. Forgot to say - the artist is Christopher Nevinson for those who want to look into his other stuff - it's good, imo. Looks better on a wall I think... Amazing....now you'd better buy yourself a massive print of it Ive just looked at some of his other stuff....he definately wasn't a one trick pony. I agree, there are a couple of London paintings which are good too. One (the Soho one?) has a kind of Turner-esque dreaminess to it with elements of Lowry in my eyes at least, which are by no means art-literate, it has to be said. |
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Post by partickpotter on Apr 30, 2022 9:28:09 GMT
Anyone familiar with this man? A north staffs artist circa the ‘50’s who was a friend of my grandad,he actually gave him a painting that we’ve still got in the family.A guy from the Trent gallery came over to see it recently….apparently an interest has been sparked by the lead singer of OMD,Andy mcCluskey,who’s really into him.I think his paintings are superb too. Never heard of him before. But very happy to have been introduced to him. The painting that really caught my eye was Tileries at Westport. Any of you who have seen some of my contributions to the post a photo thread will be aware I am a fan of reflections in water. That painting shows what a person of quality can produce in such settings… Just awesome. 0250EC8B-E9D9-4275-9218-C4E0FDDBAA02.webp (42.77 KB) |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on May 1, 2022 15:17:51 GMT
"Exhibition Extended – now ending Saturday 7th May"
Thanks the guy from OMD(exclamation mark)
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Post by supersimonstainrod on May 2, 2022 9:32:47 GMT
"Exhibition Extended – now ending Saturday 7th May" Thanks the guy from OMD(exclamation mark) From talking,albeit briefly,to the owners' of the gallery there is the will on AM's part to stage a bigger retrospective of Wade's art,as they said they'd been approached by other owners MW's paintings with offers of loans for this purpose,the problem seems to be with finding a suitable venue for it. Hopefully it comes to fruition in the not too fistant future,and more of the population is made aware of his work. |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on May 3, 2022 10:08:29 GMT
"Exhibition Extended – now ending Saturday 7th May" Thanks the guy from OMD(exclamation mark) From talking,albeit briefly,to the owners' of the gallery there is the will on AM's part to stage a bigger retrospective of Wade's art,as they said they'd been approached by other owners MW's paintings with offers of loans for this purpose,the problem seems to be with finding a suitable venue for it. Hopefully it comes to fruition in the not too fistant future,and more of the population is made aware of his work. Reading this article, it sounds like McClusky's walls are already very bare due to the current exhibition: www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/18/andy-mccluskey-maurice-wade-artist-silent-landscapes-exhibitionAnd he turned Robbie Williams onto Wade too. |
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Post by potterinleeds on May 7, 2022 19:36:09 GMT
Managed to get down to the exhibition for the last day today, and was really glad I made the effort. I bought a catalogue, as I'm highly unlikely to ever have the cash to own an original, but even a good catalogue reproduction doesn't do the paintings justice. To be able to paint 'ordinary' scenes and find the extraordinary within them, using such a restricted colour palette and without resorting to any kind of nostalgia or sentimentality where the subject is industrial, is a real skill. I'd love to see a bigger exhibition, perhaps a joint one with works by Jack Simcock - another local artist who often used very subdued tones to similar effect.
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Nov 1, 2024 14:29:03 GMT
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Post by UNKLE on Nov 1, 2024 23:32:04 GMT
Thanks for the heads up. I really like his work, and would love to be able to buy prints but have never seen any available other than the one on sale at Trent Art. |
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