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Norman Neason

Teacher and Artist

Norman Neasom was a local artist and teacher who
grew up on Birchensale Farm in Brockhill Lane on the
outskirts of Redditch,

He produced many works both of local scenes and of
subjects further afield.

He was also in demand as an illustrator. 1915 - 2010
Source/Researched by: Redditch Advertiser
Norman Neason
(Source: Redditch Advertiser)

Watercolour by Norman Neasom - Fort Charles, Salcome. Drawing by Norman Neasom of the effect of the
(By kind permission of Neasom Fine Art) wartime bomb which fell on Glover Street in 1939

Life and Times of Norman Neason

Norman Neasom RWS, RBSA (7 November 1915 - 22 February 2010) was an English
painter and art teacher.

Norman grew up on Birchensale Farm in Brockhill Lane on the outskirts of the town. On
finishing his schooling at Redditch County High School (the local grammar school in
Easemore Road, now Trinity High School) at the age of 16, he won a place at the
Birmingham College of Art where, from 1931, he studied under Bernard Fleetwood-
Walker, Harold Holden, Henry Sands, Michael Fletcher and William Colley.

During World War II, his work on the family farm was a reserved occupation and he also
undertook St John's Ambulance and Civil Defence duties. His memories of this time
allowed him to produce the sketch of the result of the bomb which fell in Mount Street
(right) which resulted in the only loss in life due to German bombing on the town.

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