In the midst of last week I found the paintings of Brian Hagger (1935-2006) who painted an intimate, unflinching portrait of urban life in England in the 1960's and 70's, the normal every day scenes so rarely captured. I love the thickly applied paint similar to that gluing the actual buildings depicted together and his drawings are just wonderful in their faithful observation, line and weight. Many of Brian Hagger's paintings are places that I know and have known and that makes them feel like lost friends.
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