, Brian Needham, who died in 2006, aged 69, was was well-known and regarded for his paintings of wild life. But he was also a respected art teacher, and a prolific painter of pub signs. He had developed a talent for art from an early age but, as a professional artist,…
When the Keighley-born George Frederick Demaine began his course at the Royal College of Art in 1914, he had reached an important cross-roads in his life. At 22 years of age he was a little older than most of the other first year students. And, from a working class…
John Keith Byass (1920-2009), who lived at Bingley for over 50 years, started painting professionally, when, aged 60, he took early retirement from his job as a Transport Manager. He specialised in painting ships, locomotives and aircraft, which proved popular with collectors. Keith – the name he was better known…
The painter, Kenneth (Ken) McBurney (1944 -2006) was born at Tyers Hall, near Barnsley, where his parents, father, also named Kenneth, and mother, Mary, lived at that time. It was a stone house, originally a farm house, divided into three and the family rented the middle property. His…
The artist and educator, Mark (‘Mack’) Manning, was born in Keighley. His father was the artist and teacher, Charles Desmond Manning, (see photograph of Mark and his father below. Mark is also a direct descendant of the Italian artist and publisher, Bonifacio Mus (later changed to Musso). Mark…
The painter, Thomas (Tom) Durkin (1928-1990) was born in Bingley, but lived in Haworth with his family for over 20 years, where he owned a small art gallery and studio on the Main Street. Tom studied at Bradford School of Art in the mid 1950s and was a…
Anita Gwynn studied Printmaking and Community Arts at Bradford School of Art, graduating in 1983. She moved to London, where she lived for 40 years before returning to Bradford in 2021. She now lives at Heaton, where she tends an allotment, which also serves as a source for her current…
Paul Town is a Bradford-born artist who specialises in painting sport and sport stadium scenes. He has built a successful business with sales of his paintings and prints, and for commissioned work. These have included commissions from football, rugby and other sporting clubs, as well as from sports related…
Annie Fforde is an artist, printmaker and freelance tutor with strong study, work and exhibition links with the Bradford district. She is a Leeds graduate in fine art and has also studied printmaking at Bradford School of Art. Annie lived in France for seventeen years until 2018, where she…
Charles Desmond Manning (1925 – 1977) was a local teacher and freelance artist, who exhibited and sold his work within the Yorkshire region. He was born in Sheffield in 1925 and saw active war service as an air gunner in the RAF in 180 squadron, 2 TAF stationed in Belgium…
