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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3c15b670-6beb-47c7-8999-b310ee39d79e/58166266-3B30-4E8F-A3C4-7A9E78877E21/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml" style="font-size: 11px;">www.bbc.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><H2><SPAN>Pictures for the common man</SPAN></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><P class="lead-text">Painting for your audience, rather than for profit, isn’t always possible; after all, an artist has to eat! However, it was one of the goals of Theodore Major, whose paintings are receiving their first commercial exhibition since his death in 1999.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbc.co.uk/img/68DB22F6-3764-4673-88AC-DBC33F6AB72F" alt="Farm At Appley Bridge by Theodore Major" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><P>Major was born in humble circumstances in Wigan in 1908 and it was a place that had a strong influence on both his art and his attitude. He attended the local art school from 1927 to 1932, and taught there for 20 years until 1950.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbc.co.uk/img/216F42ED-934C-4E17-8859-A03601FBA7D1" alt="Dark Industrial Scene by Theodore Major" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><P>He was president of the Wigan Art Club, which he founded in 1952, exhibited in Nottingham, Bolton and Manchester, and had solo exhibitions at Carlisle, Blackburn and Salford Art Galleries, the latter of which now holds his work.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><P>Major was a fervent Lancastrian, standing for all the values that a working class lad from a mill-town has instilled in him early in life; he was against materialism and the sale of his pictures to rich collectors.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbc.co.uk/img/69DF6566-3AA4-475D-9960-3769DCD81124" alt="Still Life with Blue Bottles by Theodore Major" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2007/03/15/130307_theodore_major_feature.shtml"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bbc.co.uk/img/320D1C68-0D3C-445C-BCC0-34A1AA37AA4E" alt="Four Men Walking by Theodore Major" /></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html" href="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.clark-art.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/1C49A2A6-15C3-4FB8-97D2-BEDD29EB4532" alt="Daffodils by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/629432B0-9329-4BE3-AD48-E8971DE5333B" alt="Family Group 2 by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/0C7407E7-118B-42F5-845F-52E0E0FF1284" alt="Industrial Landscape by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/1EB103BB-B521-42D7-90B0-AA42DEE7519E" alt="Flowers in a Vase by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/33FB9284-2D3F-48CB-9CDA-04259973C780" alt="Lancashire Lady by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/911E23F9-1CC2-4E4A-B9D2-4B6479C79DAF" alt="Man Beneath White Sun by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/6B5E744B-A985-4580-83C8-25FC973E81A1" alt="Pink Cyclamen by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/9AA024A0-5063-42D6-8A40-86C332DC0833" alt="Men Under Rainy Sky by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/DF53CCE4-9A5A-4F48-81F2-0296AA4F2F37" alt="Pink Flowers by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/95D67E86-3950-41D4-BEE3-FBA0CEC5C63B" alt="Red Poppies by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/473A3E77-DC86-492B-BE2B-B69E9E4B3A9A" alt="Still Life with White Coffee Pot by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/777B68AE-8C15-4B27-B503-EE720E885B11" alt="Still Life with Jug, Bottle and Fruit by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/2EA1810D-BD94-4B01-8C7F-0EB0172BB8D8" alt="The Loan Figure by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/1FDB3C64-0C23-4AAF-9D8A-992AB5CBBC23" alt="Vision Splendid by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.clark-art.com/img/720E98B7-BEAE-4C8B-9D32-06A92745A2C1" alt="Wigan Landscape by  Theodore  Major   1908-1999" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.clark-art.com/pages/thumbnails/108.html"><B>Wigan Landscape</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; 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