Live Auction 258820th Century British Art
Theodore Major (1908-1999)
Lot 109

Theodore Major (1908-1999)

Industrial Landscape with Telegraph Poles

Closed12 October 2011

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GBP 30,000

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Theodore Major (1908-1999)
Industrial Landscape with Telegraph Poles
signed 'MAJOR' (on the reverse)
oil on board
29 x 37 in. (73.7 x 94 cm.)

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Specialist note

The industrial nature of Wigan with its many factories was the subject matter of many of Major's paintings. Mervyn Levy commented that a northern industrial town may be seen as 'ugly' by many yet Major managed to transform the scene 'into a pattern of startling and moving beauty' (Exhibition catalogue, Theodore Major Centenary, Oldham, 2008, unpaginated).