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Born in [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]], England, Major insisted that he was essentially self-taught as an artist{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}. He studied at Wigan Art School between 1927 and 1932, and taught there between 1930 and 1950,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clark-art.com/pages/biography/108_theodore_major.html |title=Clark Art Ltd – Specialists in L.S. Lowry and Modern British Art |publisher=Clark-art.com |date=15 March 2007 |accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> and in 1952 founded the Wigan Arts Club. |
Born in [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]], England, Major insisted that he was essentially self-taught as an artist{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}. He studied at Wigan Art School between 1927 and 1932, and taught there between 1930 and 1950,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clark-art.com/pages/biography/108_theodore_major.html |title=Clark Art Ltd – Specialists in L.S. Lowry and Modern British Art |publisher=Clark-art.com |date=15 March 2007 |accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> and in 1952 founded the Wigan Arts Club. |
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Major established a reputation as a Lancashire artist. He drew cartoons for the ”[[Daily Mail]]” and the ”[[Manchester Guardian]].” He shared exhibitions with his close contemporary [[L. S. Lowry]].<ref name=”independent1″>{{cite web|author=David Buckman |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-theodore-major-1076497.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-theodore-major-1076497.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituary: Theodore Major – Arts & Entertainment |work=The Independent |date=27 January 1999 |accessdate=16 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was a member of the Manchester Group, along with Lowry, exhibiting at the Mid-Day Studios founded and run by Margo Ingham and Ned Owens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/feb/05/guardianobituaries1|title=Obituary, Northern Lights and Darkness|work=The Guardian |date=5 February 1999 |accessdate=8 December 2016 |last1=Morley |first1=By Brian }}</ref> |
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Major became noted for his grim depictions of Wigan streets and factories, pictures of children, of lonely [[seascape]]s, of nudes and nightmare imaginations.<ref name=”independent1″/> |
Major became noted for his grim depictions of Wigan streets and factories, pictures of children, of lonely [[seascape]]s, of nudes and nightmare imaginations.<ref name=”independent1″/> |
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English artist (1908–1999)
Theodore Major (19 February 1908 – 17 January 1999) was an English artist who was considered a great individualist of British Art
Biography
Born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, Major insisted that he was essentially self-taught as an artist[citation needed]. He studied at Wigan Art School between 1927 and 1932, and taught there between 1930 and 1950,[1] and in 1952 founded the Wigan Arts Club.
Major established a reputation as a Lancashire artist. He drew cartoons for the Daily Mail and the Manchester Guardian. He shared exhibitions with his close contemporary L. S. Lowry.[2] He was a member of the Manchester Group, along with Lowry, exhibiting at the Mid-Day Studios founded and run by Margo Ingham and Ned Owens.[3]
Major became noted for his grim depictions of Wigan streets and factories, pictures of children, of lonely seascapes, of nudes and nightmare imaginations.[2]
“To disturb and extend consciousness in the mind of the viewer” was his declared aim. He declined to sell pictures, “not to the people who want them, the rich people”.[2] He eventually had to buy the house, next door to his studio in Appley Bridge, as a store.[4] He used a small front bedroom, with a good light, as a studio.[2] He kept around 3000 of his pictures back from sale, saying that they were painted for ordinary people, not money.[5] He used the house next door as a gallery and the general public were welcome to view his paintings free of charge.
The art critic and novelist John Berger has described Major’s pictures as “among the best English paintings of our time”.[5]
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