Large original oil painting of a traditional allotment scene of Pigeon Coups and Chicken Sheds in Mow Cop by Jack Simcock 1961.
Pigeon Coups and Chicken Sheds. Signed Simcock 1961.
Size: 36" x 24" / 91cm x 60cm Framed.
Framed in wooden frame with dark metallic finish.
This painting was painted from his address and studio in Primitive Street, Mow Cop. This painting includes the use of red to show a painted stripes on home made sheds of the day. Jack didnt use colour in his traditional oil paintings of the area very often if at all. The subject has been confirmed by JAck Simcocks daughter to be of a place in Mow Cop where they played as children. It was located at the top of Primitive Street over the hill and in a field on a slope which was filled with buildings for Pigeon Fanciers and keeping chickens.
Jack Simcock attended The Burslem School of Art but for reasons which were probably beyond Jack's control did not pass his national diploma.
In his autobiography Simcock Mow Cop he talks about his life and inspirations and how he came to paint what he painted. This includes recognition in his early days of the contribution made by Arthur Berry who was instrumental in helping him to develop a style which would be of interest to the London Art scene and of Reginald Haggar who recognised his talent and ensured his submission and inclusion to the Staffordshire Society of Artists exhibitions held at the time, mostly made up of the art school lecturers while Haggar opened the door to a student Simcock and included the display of many of Simcock's painting over and above the allocation. According to Simcock it can be taken from his writings that he may be hinting that this favouritism may have been why he was not given his diploma at the time, however it is very true that Simcock went on to develop a successful London and international art following leaving many of his paintings in public and private collections around the world.
Simcock died in 2012 the evening before he was about to show in an exhibition titled The Boys at The Chancellors Gallery at Keele University, of his paintings which he had selected alongside Arthur Berry and Enos Lovatt.