Month: October 2019

  John Butterfield (1913 – 1997) began to paint seriously and professionally in 1978 when he retired from his own wool firm. John was born in Clayton, Bradford, and attended Thornton Grammar School. At school he developed an interest in painting, but limited family finances prevented him from pursuing a…

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  The artist, illustrator and printmaker, Steven A. Spencer, was born 1959 in Bradford.  After leaving school he worked in the local textile industry, but became involved in several large scale mural projects in two Bradford nightclubs, prompting a return to education to study art and design at Bradford School…

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