Fully updated edition of the standard reference work on the painters, sculptors, draughtsmen and women, printmakers and stained-glass artists and illustrators of Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland and Tyne & Wear. The number of artists now totals well over 1,000 and, significantly, artists born 1900–1950 are included for the first time. This sumptuously illustrated volume is essential reference for art historians, curators, collectors, dealers and fine-art auctioneers. A commentary covers the broad trends of artistic endeavour in the north east, with map, extensive bibliography and notes on the principal national and local exhibiting venues.