Lewis Hazelwood-Horner painting of ‘genuine people with knotty hands’ at James Smith & Sons wins Columbia Threadneedle prizeAn oil painting of a workshop scene at Europe’s oldest umbrella shop has won one of the most prestigious prizes for figurative art. The Columbia Threadneedle prize was created in 2008 to breathe life into a more traditional art genre which,with the strength of summary, conceptual and performance art, or was falling out of fashion.
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Source: theguardian.com