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Don Breckon
Don Breckon was born in 1935 in Northamptonshire and is married with three children. He trained at the Bath Academy of Art and went to teach art at schools in Bedford and Reading. His painting during this period ranged from city scapes to abstracts and other experimental work. He contributed regularly to local galleries and to open exhibitions and in 1969 he reduced his teaching to part time in order to develop his own painting. His work was then becoming related to railway themes and was included in two travelling exhibitions at the Industrial Artists Group. Today his work is entirely involved with the railway scene and he has appeared on television and had two books published on his work. |
Don Breckon Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings |
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Beside the Pond by Don Breckon. A 1930s steam locomotive on the Great Western Railway passes through a level crossing, while a family sit on the embankment with their blue Austin 7 parked nearby. Published in 1993. |
Number 33 Tram by Don Breckon. A Birmingham tram picks up passengers on a foggy morning. No.723 was one of a batch built in 1925 - 1926. The distinctive tall and narrow trams of Birmingham - guage 3ft 6in - ran for the last time in 1953. Original painting painted in 1979, prints published around 1980. |
Club Run by Don Breckon No text for this item |
Morning Delivery by Don Breckon. The painting shows a quiet country railway crossing as a train passes through while a local postman chats to the occupant of the house near the crossing. The steam engine is the 1521 which was built in 1909 and 1521 appeared in Southern livery from 1923 to 1947. |
Saturday Night by Don Breckon. The No.26 tram to Burnside passes the bustling Umbrella at Bridgeton cross on a rainy Saturday night in Glasgow, 1955. In the background, the Olympia cinema is showing the latest big movie - Young at Heart starring Doris Day and Frank Sinatra. |
Along the Fowey by Don Breckon This is a sold out edition at the publisher. We have the last remaining copies. |
Calling at Kettering by Don Breckon. Jubilee class 4 - 6 - 0 locomotive no. 45684 Jutland at Kettering, with a northbound express from St Pancras. Boys from the town school mingle with porters and passengers enjoying the atmosphere of a main line station. The engine was built for the LMS in 1936 and withdrawn from service at the end of 1965. |
Racing the Train by Don Breckon. Probabaly set in the 1930s or 40s, a young boy runs along the pathway near the railway line as the steam engine passes, one of the classic railway locomotive images by one of the leading railway artists. |
City Trams by Don Breckon. Trams in a classic British city street scene - we have been informed it is Leeds - but is reminiscent of any big British city of this era. The 'Star and Garter' pub is to the left of the picture as the No.156 tram passes on the number 14 route. |
Evening in Castle Street by Don Breckon. Liverpool English Electric tram no.762 turns into Castle Street on an Autumn evening in the 1950s. No.762 was one of twelve bogie cars built in the 1930s. On 14th September 1957, the last of the pool trams were withdrawn. |
Winter Steam by Don Breckon. No text for this item |
Much Wenlock by Don Breckon. This superb Don Breckon painting painted in 1988 was released as a print in around 1990, and these are much sought after. The last train pulled out of Much Wenlock railway station in 1962. The old railway house is now a private residence. The railway was opened in 1861 to serve the local industries (moulting and tanning) and also brought thousands of visitors to the Much Wenlock Olympic Games founded by William Penny Brooks in 1850. He campaigned around the world for the revival of the great ancient Greek games. |
In Town Tonight by Don Breckon. The destination of the tram is East Hill which would make this location Wandsworth in London. |
Skye Boat Train by Don Breckon. An LMS Black Five 4.6.0 locomotive heads the boat train to Kyle of Lochalsh along the southern shore of Loch Carron. After the 82 mile rail journey from Inverness the train would connect at Kyle with the boat fro the crossing to the Isle of Skye. The line was completed in 1897, the last 10 miles requiring 31 rock cuttings and 29 bridges. The Black Fives worked passenger and freight trains on the line from the 1930 to the end of steam. |
Country Connection by Don Breckon. Only 26 prints available of this sold out edition. |
Cross Country by Don Breckon. Great Western Railway 2-6-2 T Prairie Tank locomotive no.4571 heads a two coach local train through hilly countryside on a cross-country route. The driver of an Austin saloon car has pulled in off the road just in time for his sons to scramble up the bank to have a closer look at the passing train. No.4571 was withdrawn in 1961 after nearly 37 years in service. |
Preservation Pioneer by Don Breckon. The first train run by the Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society arriving at Rhydyronen Station on Whit Monday, 14th May 1951, hauled by locomotive No.2 Dolgoch, built for the railway in 1866. |
Day Trip by Don Breckon. SOLD OUT. |
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