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Allen Tortice BIOGRAPHY
Born 1948 Wakefield. Known for: Industrial landscape painting.
Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Allen Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987. He held his first one man exhibition the... Read full biography
Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Allen Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987. He held his first one man exhibition the same year and since then has exhibited throughout the North of England. His work is principally... Read full biography
Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Allen Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987. He held his first one man exhibition the same year and since then has exhibited throughout the North of England. His work is principally inspired by the industrial landscape. Finding out late in life that he suffered from Asperger`s Syndrome, Tortice remarked that: ``I was bursting inside to express myself and I found that art was my only... Read full biography
Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Allen Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987. He held his first one man exhibition the same year and since then has exhibited throughout the North of England. His work is principally inspired by the industrial landscape. Finding out late in life that he suffered from Asperger`s Syndrome, Tortice remarked that: ``I was bursting inside to express myself and I found that art was my only friend``.
Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Allen Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987. He held his first one man exhibition the same year and since then has exhibited throughout the North of England. His work is principally inspired by the industrial landscape. Finding out late in life that he suffered from Asperger`s Syndrome, Tortice remarked that: ``I was bursting inside to express myself and I found that art was my only friend``.
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Born into a Yorkshire mining family, Allen Torice worked as a miner himself, followed by a career in the army. He did not start to paint seriously until 1987. He held his first one man exhibition the same year and since then has exhibited throughout the North of England. His work is principally inspired by the industrial landscape. Finding out late in life that he suffered from Asperger`s Syndrome, Tortice remarked that: ``I was bursting inside to express myself and I found that art was my only friend``.