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Construction of Thompson's Shipyard, Southwick, 1944 (oil on canvas)

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SUN429434
Image title
Construction of Thompson's Shipyard, Southwick, 1944 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Allan, Griselda (b.1905) / British
Location
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1944 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
50x79 cms
Image description

This picture shows the construction of Thompson's Shipyard at Southwick, Sunderland. The National Shipbuilding Company's Yard opened in 1943 to increase wartime shipping output. It was built on the site of Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson's former shipyard. In this powerful image, the strong vertical lines of the girders contrast with the horizontal beams and the metal plates stacked in the foreground. Griselda Allan taught at Ruskin College, Oxford. She painted scenes in the North East while on holiday, and later moved to Sunderland;

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© Sunderland Museums / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
20th century / worker / steel / labourers / shipbuilding / steelwork / girder / industry / labourer / industrial / Painting / Mzpainting
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