Miscellaneous documents – Norman Foster, artist

For records in this catalogue check the section below.

ref no.

D/X 2175

Notes

nan

Date

n.d. [1970],
2000

Era

Late 20th Century (1967 to 2000),
20th Century (1901 to 2000)

Miscellaneous documents – Norman Foster, artist records

id	title id	ref	sorting number	level	title	item physical	item accession no	description
1017340	1017054	D/X 2175/1-7	373089	S	Norman Foster, artist			Norman Foster was born in 1924. He lived in Stanley, near Crook and worked at the local colliery until he was made redundant at the age of 40. He then worked as a driver, later as an assistant for Durham County Library. His work focused originally on planes and locomotives, later branching out into landscapes. He worked in watercolour and also produced ink and pencil drawings. Exhibitions of his work were held in various galleries, including the Durham Light Infantry museum and Art Gallery and Stanhope Town Hall, and he was successful in a number of competitions.
1017341	1017054	D/X 2175/1/1-9	373090	S	Correspondence
1017352	1017054	D/X 2175/1/1	373091	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from the schools museums officer, Durham County Council, to entrants in The Durham Scene – Painting Competition, announcing the winners, Norman Foster has won third prize for his work ‘Miners’ Cottage Early 20th Century’, n.d. [1970]
1017347	1017054	D/X 2175/1/2	373092	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Carreras Rothmans Ltd, McMullen Road, Darlington, to Norman Foster, informing him that his entry into the Rothmans/Northern Echo Arts Awards, ‘Gloucester Gladiator’, has been selected for exhibition, 14 April 1981
1017344	1017054	D/X 2175/1/3	373093	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham to Norman Foster, asking to show a selection of his drawings in their coffee room, 10 May 1984
1017351	1017054	D/X 2175/1/4	373094	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Wearhead County Mixed Junior and Infants’ School to Norman Foster, regarding a possible customer for Norman’s Sunderland Flying Boat picture, 2 September 1985
1017345	1017054	D/X 2175/1/5	373095	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from the Durham Light Infantry Museum and Arts Centre, Aykley Heads, Durham to Norman Foster, asking to show a selection of his locomotive pictures in their coffee room, 11 July 1986
1017346	1017054	D/X 2175/1/6	373096	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Darlington Town Hall to Norman Foster, informing him that two of his entries into the Silver Longboat Art Competition Exhibition, ‘Weardale from Thornley’ and ‘Durham Cathedral – Interior’, have been accepted for exhibition, 22 June 1987
1017349	1017054	D/X 2175/1/7	373097	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Wear Valley District Council to Norman Foster regarding their purchase of an ink painting of North Terrace, Crook, 30 June 1989
1017350	1017054	D/X 2175/1/8	373098	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Wimpey Group Services, Middlesbrough, to Norman Foster, thanking him for a painting of and ex. LNER W1 standing in Durham Station, which he produced for them as a retirement presentation gift, 26 July 1989
1017348	1017054	D/X 2175/1/9	373099	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Wimpey Group Services, Middlesbrough, to Norman Foster, thanking him for two paintings of Durham Cathedral that he produced for them as retirement presentation gifts, 18 December 1992
1017342	1017054	D/X 2175/2/1-2	373100	S	Press Cuttings
1017399	1017054	D/X 2175/2/1	373101	I		1 paper, printed	9851	Press cutting from The Northern Echo regarding Norman Foster’s exhibition of drawings and watercolours of Second World War planes at the Durham Light Infantry Museum, including a photograph of Norman with some of his work, 13 September 1984 This photograph is the same as appears in D/X 2175/3/1.
1017400	1017054	D/X 2175/2/2	373102	I		1 paper, printed	9851	Press cutting from the Wear Valley Advertiser regarding Norman Foster’s exhibition of paintings of trains to be exhibited on the ‘Heritage Line’ train to Stanhope and also at Stanhope Town Hall, including a photograph of Norman with some of his work, 21 July 1988 This photograph is the same as appears in D/X 2175/3/1.
1017343	1017054	D/X 2175/3/1-2	373103	S	Photographs
1017401	1017054	D/X 2175/3/1	373104	I		1 photograph, 25cm x 20cm, black and white	9851	Photograph of Norman Foster with some of his paintings of Second World War planes, n.d. [1984] This photograph is the same as appears in D/X 2175/2/1-2.
1017402	1017054	D/X 2175/3/2	373105	I		1 photograph, 25cm x 20cm, black and white	9851	Photograph of Norman Foster with one of his paintings of Second World War planes, n.d. [1984]
1017403	1017054	D/X 2175/4-6	373106	S	Biographies and Profiles
1017404	1017054	D/X 2175/4	373107	I		1 paper, including photograph mounted	9851	Profile of Norman Foster, including a photograph, used for town twinning art exchange between Wear Valley District Council and Bad Oeynhausen, West Germany, June 1987
1017405	1017054	D/X 2175/5	373108	I		1 paper	9851	Introduction written by Norman Foster to his exhibition, ‘Aircraft and Steam Locomotives of the 1930s and 1940s’, at The Mall, Civic Centre, Crook, includes a list of exhibited works, July 1993
1017406	1017054	D/X 2175/6	373109	I		1 paper	9851	‘An Ode to Norman’, a poem by Peter Wright, November 1987
1018395	1017054	D/X 2175/7	373110	S	Correspondence regarding the collection
1018396	1017054	D/X 2175/7	373111	I		1 paper	9851	Letter from Bill Peat, Wearhead, to ‘Edna’ enclosing a portrait of Norman and his work [no further details given], which he borrowed and forgot to return, 18 October 2000