A Lost Landscape: Roger Hampson

25 April – 25 July 2009

Roger Hampson was an important painter and printmaker of the post WW2 period. He was born in 1925 and grew up in the working class village of Tyldesley, Wigan.

Hampson’s inspiration stemmed from his childhood and upbringing.  Early experiences of clogs on cobbled streets, mines, factories and grey northern skies shaped the artist’s values in life, beliefs which forged a signature for his art.

Hampson was motivated to paint a landscape and way of life that he knew was fast disappearing. His paintings capture the bleakness of the northern landscape as well as the warmth and humour of its people.

This exhibition features around 80 paintings and prints.  These include the early stark monoprints and linocuts which established Hampson’s reputation as an artist and a broad selection of paintings.

Supported by Capes Dunn & Co, Auctioneers, Manchester

Image: Bessie in Regent St by Roger Hampson