A TREASURE trove of work by an artist which was discovered after his death has gone on show.

The George Aspden: Artist, Teacher, Model and Mask Maker exhibition, at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, shows more than 20 crafted masks, sculptures and paintings George created.

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Born in 1926, George was an artist and school teacher who made masks, paper models, and watercolour paintings of sculptures for the books he published.

A book of his, One Piece of Card, is still used for crafts classes in schools.

His artwork was found at his home in Redlam when he died in June 2015, and his niece, Jeny Keen, brought his works to be displayed at the museum.

Mrs Keen, who organised the exhibition with Joyce Fryer, said: “Several of his friends have shown an interest in seeing the masks again and we thought they deserve a wider audience.

“He was an extremely talented artist who made more than 20 masks from household goods and wrote three books, the second of which is still used at craft schools.

“When we went through his stuff we found a lot of paintings children had done during his classes and we have been trying to track them all down.

“He was a lovely man and I feel very happy that we could bring his works to the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.

“All of his masks are beautiful, there is one that looks like Medusa and a metal work one with wings made from spoons.

“These sculptures deserve to be seen and I recommend to head down to see the exhibition for themselves.”

The exhibition will be open to the public between noon and 4.45pm until Thursday, August 11.

Entry to the museum, in Museum Street, is free.