Painting by leading Hungarian Jewish artist must stay on site in Oldham, campaigners insist
A disused 1950s brick-built church languishing behind metal fencing in one of the most deprived areas of the country is not a place anyone would expect to find an art treasure. But taking up an entire wall inside the Holy Rosary church in Oldham – and at increasing risk of being lost for ever – is a rare mural by a leading 20th-century artist.
Now a campaign to save The Crucifixion by George Mayer-Marton, who fled to Britain from Austria in 1938, is gathering pace with an application to have the artwork listed amid concerns that the building will be demolished or redeveloped.
