Village to Reveal Its Colourful History ; Leading Artists' Colony Won Global Acclaim

The Journal › September 23, 2010

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PEOPLE are to be put in the picture about a seaside village's past as a leading artists' colony. Cullercoats in North Tyneside acted as a magnet for painters in the 19th and early 20th Centuries.

As well as North East artists, it attracted national and international painters such as the American Winslow Homer, William Orchardson, John Watson and Frank Holl.

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Village to Reveal Its Colourful History ; Leading Artists' Colony Won Global Acclaim

Now, as part of a new and wider strategy to protect and make the most of North Tyneside's heritage, the artistic pedigree of t...

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