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Herbert Cooper

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Herbert Cooper

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life. 1960s/70s.

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-001

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-002

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-003

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-004

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-005

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-006

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-007

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-008

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-009

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-010

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-011

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-012

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-013

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-014

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-016

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-017

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-015

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-018

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-019

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-020

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-021

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-022

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-023

Herbert Cooper II — Herbert Cooper II

The work of a North East ‘Primitive Painter’. Since retirement, Herbert Cooper has set out to document events and memories of his life in a Durham pit village. A vivid record of working class life.

Ref: LVC-3006-024

The Blacksmith (1) — The Blacksmith (1)

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The Blacksmith (1) — The Blacksmith (1)

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Washing Day — Washing Day

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Feeding the Birds — Feeding the Birds

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Making a Mat — Making a Mat

Somebody’s old coats etc., made the clippings (‘… picture is nearly complete, a woman making a mat, with the children dressed up in grown-up clothes dancing in the foreground…’).

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Pay Pennies — Pay Pennies

Pay Pennies. Every Pay day we went to Grandma’s.

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Pay Pennies - detail — Pay Pennies - detail

detail

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The Trap to Durham — The Trap to Durham

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Ref: LVC-3005-008-1

Children eating Lollipops. — Children eating Lollipops.

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Ref: LVC-3005-009-1

A Lost Game — A Lost Game

Dodgems’, ‘Hobby Horses’ — I knew it during the Great War at school.

Ref: LVC-3005-010-1

Shabby Wedding — Shabby Wedding

Or ‘Hoy a ha’penny oot’

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Two Turnip Heads — Two Turnip Heads

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Ref: LVC-3005-012-1

Paying the Rent — Paying the Rent

My grandmother lost her first husband at work somewhere about 1877. She Couldn’t pay the rent. She ended up by flinging the key on the table and walking out.

Ref: LVC-3005-013-1

Paying the Rent - detail — Paying the Rent - detail

detail

Ref: LVC-3005-014-1

Sledging — Sledging

Great times, no motor cars.

Ref: LVC-3005-015-1

The Widow's Mite — The Widow's Mite

Father dead- and he takes over to get the money. Quite common in my young days.

Ref: LVC-3005-016-1

Moonlight — Moonlight

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Ref: LVC-3005-017-1

Two Boys Mending a Bike — Two Boys Mending a Bike

Graeme and Jeremy Bradley

Ref: LVC-3005-018-1

Cows — Cows

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Ref: LVC-3005-019-1

The Tanky — The Tanky

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Ref: LVC-3005-020-1

Royal Dinner — Royal Dinner

I couldn’t paint faces, so practised some cut-outs of magazines. When people recognised the Royal Family, it gave me great pleasure.

Ref: LVC-3005-021-1

Playing in the Yard — Playing in the Yard

Girls wore hob-nailed boots in those days– just like us.

Ref: LVC-3005-022-1

Playing in the Yard — Playing in the Yard

Detail

Ref: LVC-3005-023-1

The Cobbler — The Cobbler

A dying trade — it is as much my portrait as I’ve painted.

Ref: LVC-3005-024-1