Artist, teacher and musician, George Edward Brumfitt (1917-1993) was born in Bradford, the son of Fred and Pauline (nee Aspinall). The family later moved to Windhill, near Shipley, and George showed an early talent for both visual art and music. He attended the Salts School and was a member of the…
The painter/teacher, Herbert Scarfe, was born in 1920 in Shipley. His father, also Herbert, was a widower when he married his dead wife’s sister, Francis Scholefield, and he and Frances raised two children of their own, including Herbert, alongside two from his earlier marriage. Laurence Scarfe, a child from Herbert (senior’s)…
Ken Woods is an artist/printmaker, particularly applying pochoir, screenprint and digital techniques to his work. He works from a studio at Keighley Creative and is also a founder member of Trapezium Arts , Kirkgate, Bradford – an accessible gallery space for local visual artists in the city centre, holding regular…
Shiraaz Ali, from Bradford, is a visual artist and architect characterised by his distinctive design ideas. He writes: My work process is rooted in a simple admiration for nature; from the cells that form our physical bodies to the sacred geometry guiding our solar system and universe. The intention…
Henrietta Gottschalck was a watercolour artist from Shipley who enjoyed some modest success in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with work exhibited with the RBA and elsewhere.
