Three men with flat caps

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John Thompson (British, b.1924)
Three men with flat caps
signed 'JOHN THOMPSON' (lower right), and inscribed 'For Linda/from John/Aug 1993' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
20¼ x 16¼ in. (51.4 x 41.3 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in August 1993.

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Lot Essay

John Thompson was born in Oldham in 1924. He is self-taught and paints groups of figures, cloth capped, and anonymous. He is compared to better known northern artists such as Theodore Major, Harold Riley and L.S.Lowry.
A book on Johns' life and work entilted JOHN THOMPSON -"Do you like 'em then" was published and launched at a major retrospective exhibition in Manchester in March 2006.

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