Signed and dated '86, oil on board.

Dimensions: 19cm x 31.5cm (7.5in x 12.5in)

* Crossley was born in Northwich, Cheshire but grew up in Rochdale, the Lancashire town where his father, an engine fitter, worked. Crossley showed in various exhibitions such as the Royal Academy; Society of Graphic Art; Paris Salon and Manchester Academy, being elected a member in 1950. Had a solo show at Crane Kalman Gallery, Manchester, 1959. L.S. Lowry bought a painting from his first major London show at the Reid Gallery in 1960. In 1959 he moved to St. Ives, Cornwall and became a member of the Penwith Society of Arts and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists a year later, his election supported by his friend Terry Frost.

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