Frank Suddards (1864 -1938) painter and Inspector of Art for the West Midlands and Wales, was born in Bradford, the son of William Suddards, an auctioneer. Frank was educated at Bradford Grammar School and in 1881, at the age of 16, under the tutelage of the pioneering art master, Thomas…
Debs (Debbi) Wilson is a self-taught artist with a studio in Silsden. She works mainly in watercolour, pastel and pencil and has a particular interest in animal and bird subjects, although her range includes human portraiture and landscapes. She also works with ceramics and fused glass to create sculptures.…
Leyla Murr is abstract artist, with a studio in Shipley, who paints in oils, acrylic, watercolours on canvas, glass and wood. She says of her work: I tend to create images which are not directly representing reality, but draw from my own view or feeling of the world. The process is not…
Charles Stephenson (1860 – 1932) was a Bradford-born landscape oil painter and teacher. He was the son of William Stephenson, of Stephenson Brothers (manufacturing soap based agents for the processing of wool, along with Furniture Wax and Polish products), and lived in the Great Horton district of the city. Charles was…
William Scott Wilkinson (1886-1975) was a sculptor, born in Keighley. He worked in bronze, marble, stone and plaster. William was the son of a prominent local musician, music master and conductor of the same name. He was also uncle to Doris Schrecker, another local artist. He studied art first at Keighley School…
