Information shown on Not Just Hockney is not used by the curator of this website for any commercial purpose. Advertising is neither sought nor accepted; the site is currently funded exclusively by its curator, and there is no commercial or other external funding support involved. Any profit made from the sale of Not Just Hockney books is given to the trustees of Silsden Town Hall to help pay for its upkeep.
Local artists who are eligible for inclusion, and who would like to be included on this site, should contact the site curator, Colin Neville, at colinneville1@gmail.com
Artists do not pay, or are paid, to feature on the site. What is shown is freely available to all and is not used for any purpose other than providing information about Bradford district professional artists, past and present.
Biographical profiles of artists can only be written if sufficient reliable information in the public domain, or from interested individuals, is available.
Overview of sources used for biographical information and/or images:
1. Websites
Aire Valley Arts: a collective of visual artists who work along or close to the River Aire in West Yorkshire: Aire Valley Arts
Artist Biographies (British & Irish artists of the 20th century): http://www.artbiogs.co.uk/
Ilkley Arts https://www.ilkleyarts.org/
British Newspaper Archives: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Saltaire Village Website – an invaluable source of information about the history of Saltaire and its past residents: https://saltairevillage.info/
… as well as other relevant professional and/art association sites, e.g. Northern Potters’ Association; LinkedIn etc.
2. Printed Sources (General Reference Works):
Child, D. (1994) Painters in the Northern Counties of England and Wales. University of Leeds, School of Education.
Child, D. (2001). The Yorkshire Union of Artists. Leeds: Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.
Gray, S. (2019) British Women Artists. A Biographical Dictionary of 1,000 Women Artists in the British Decorative Arts. Dark River/Bennion Kearny.
Paulo, D. (1997). The Spirit of Bradford: 18 artists and a City. Aire Valley Arts.
Poovaya- Smith, N. and Hopper, C. (1997) Cartwright Hall Art Gallery and its Collections. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Arts, Museums & Libraries Division.
Roe, S. (ed.) (2007) Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in West Yorkshire. The Public Catalogue Foundation.
Sellars, J. (2014) Art and Yorkshire. From Turner to Hockney. Great Northern Books.
Turnbull, H. (1976) Yorkshire Artists: a Short Dictionary. Bedale: Thornton Gallery, Snape.
Wood, C. (1986). The Dictionary of British Artists 1880 – 1940. Antique Collectors Club.
Local history archives at Bradford Central Library and Keighley Library.
Individuals
Valuable help has also been given by people interested in this project. This help has been greatly appreciated and acknowledged on the pages of the artists concerned.
Can you help?
This site is an ongoing project. If you can offer any more biographical information, or supply images, for any of the artists featured, or if you know of any artists whose work should be featured, please get in touch (see contact page).