Frank Coleman was an oil and watercolour painter of rural genre and landscape scenes, including some Italian subjects. He lived in Bradford (around 1880) and Ilkley (around 1890/1) and exhibited work between 1885 -1895, most notably at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, and Royal Scottish Academy. He also exhibited at the…
On Friday, September 14th, 1934, the professional watercolour artist, Arthur Reginald Smith, set out early from his home in Grassington, North Yorkshire, to paint the River Wharfe, near Bolton Abbey. Smith was fascinated by the beauty of the river, and the villages along its upper reaches frequently appeared in his work.…
William is seated, left of picture, next to his step-mother, Martha, and some of his siblings. His father, Edward, is standing in the back row. Photograph circa 1886. William Capeling Stevens (1870-1911) – he signed some of his paintings with the middle name, ‘Capling’, but the birth record shows ‘Capeling’ …
John Cousen was born in Bradford on the 19th February, 1804. Having an aptitude for art, he became a pupil of John Scott, a London based engraver, with skill and reputation for his animal engravings. However, John Cousen showed a preference to landscape engraving. The expansion and developments in printing…
David Fawcett was born in Bradford in 1935 and attended Bradford Grammar School, where he met fellow artist, David Hockney. In 1954 , they both joined Bradford College of Art and studied full-time there. After gaining a National Diploma in Design with honours, Fawcett continued his studies at the Birmingham Regional College of…
Greg Learmonth is a largely self-taught professional painter, living in the Ilkley area. His subjects are predominantly impressionistic land, townscape and coastal scenes, particularly of the Yorkshire region. He says of his art: Painting it is something that I really enjoy doing so I would paint anyway! My life…
Branwell Bronte (1817-1848) has a place on this website as his work is exhibited – not just at the Bronte Museum at Haworth – but at the National Portrait Gallery in London. If he could have anticipated this honour in his lifetime, it may have extended his life – which became…
1808 – 1890 John Hunter Thompson was a friend of Branwell Bronte and both were taught art by William Robinson of Leeds. Thompson and Branwell were members of a group of struggling Bradford artists and writers who met regularly for drinking sessions in the George Hotel. Thompson, unlike Branwell Bronte, was…
Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont (nee Butterfield) (1889 – 1984) was the daughter and only child of Frederick and Jessie Butterfield (The ‘Roosevelt’ part of her name came from her maternal grandmother, who was believed to be related to Theodore Roosevelt). Her family had become successful as worsted spinners and manufacturers and owned…
Bruce Rimell is a visual artist and poet living in Shipley. Born and raised in Wiltshire, he has been living with his husband in Bradford for twenty years, and running his arts practice freelance since 2007. Largely self-taught as an artist, his academic background was originally in astrophysics. This…
