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Format:	Hardcover	Publication Year:	1993
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	--	Language:	English
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A BRUSH WITH LIFE

By Frank Sidney Smith

With 130 Colour Illustrations

160 paged hardcover book with dustjacket in good condition

Frank Smith was driven to paint his life story both by his creative urge
and by the need to come to terms with the trauma of an emotionally
gruelling life. His work is increasingly admired for its raw vitality, its
portrayals of moments of emotional significance and its vivid details of
little known byways of social history.
He was born in the Thanet Union workhouse in 1928, just when that
oppressive system was ending. He never knew who his father was and
was raised in a children's home, while his mother remained in the
workhouse. He was a wartime evacuee. After eight years in the Army
(in Palestine and Korea), he spent his working life in car factories. His
wife, a schizophrenic, died from lithium poisoning after being steadily
overdosed by her hospital. His son, also a schizophrenic, committed
suicide by throwing himself from a block of flats.
The paintings reflect the sorrows of his life; but they also reflect
other aspects of his character. He has retained a childlike zest and a
rare ability to remember joyful times. Miraculously, he early
developed a sturdy individualism that enabled him to come through
crisis without rancour. He is one of life's survivors.
This is a suprising human document and an uplifting success story.
It is also a compelling example of the beneficial effects of
acquiring self-knowledge and emotional stability through creative
endeavour.

CONTENTS:

A LIFE MADE WHOLE

YEARS OF JOY AND SORROW

CHAPTER 1 - WORKHOUSE CHILD
Minster, Manston, Ramsgate and Margate 1928-39

CHAPTER 2 - THE WAR YEARS
Birmingham and Tamworth-in-Arden 1939-44

CHAPTER 3 - CIVVY STREET
Birmingham 1944-6

CHAPTER 4 - ARMY DAYS
Palestine, Corfu and Portsmouth 1946-53

CHAPTER 5 - THE MAYPOLE
Birmingham 1953-92

EPILOGUE
Return to the Workhouse

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