Month: March 2023

  Past Portrait Artists of the Bradford District is the 8th book in the Not Just Hockney series commemorating the lives and artwork of visual artists from the Bradford district of West Yorkshire. Thirteen portrait and figurative painters are featured in this book: Cowan Dobson, James Exley, Peter Kenneth (Ken) Jackson, Arthur…

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    The Master Craftsman, Albert Halliday (1882- 1949), was renowned for his award-winning  designs and wrought-iron working, which included a national prize for his designs for Hampton Court Palace. He was born in Baildon to parents, Mark Halliday, a local blacksmith, and mother, Susan.  After leaving school, Albert followed…

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  William Henry Lambert was not a professional artist, but his sketches and paintings of a bygone Silsden have left an important artistic legacy to the town. He was born in April 1861, in Silsden.  He was one of seven children that survived infancy to parents,  Edward, a local blacksmith, and…

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