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 Kitching, Marie-Louise Pierrepont, William Rothenstein, Doris (Dorie) Schrecker, William Shackleton, Ernest Sichel, John Sowden, Frederick Stead, Henry La Thangue, and John Hunter Thompson.
There are over 100 mainly colour illustrations, including images of artworks in private collections and the biographical profiles draw on original research by the author and other local history and art history contributors.
Artist: William Rothenstein. ‘The Old Gardener’. Image: Bradford Museums and Galleries
Specification: Soft laminated covers, spiral binding, A4 size, p.76, 114 illustrations.
As with all the other books in the Not Just Hockney series, all profits from the book go to support the community-run Silsden Town Hall to help it survive and flourish as a central social and cultural venue for the town.
Artist: Arthur Kitching. ‘Jean Henderson’. Image: Arthur Kitching Collection.