Fine Art

Portrait photo of Jordan Hutchins

Interview with artist Lothar Götz

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With Leeds Art Gallery's crowdfunding campaign at full steam ahead, we sat down with the artist behind the campaign Lothar Götz to find out more about him, his work and his vision for the iconic Victorian Staircase.
A sketched pencil drawing of a fishing boat tipping over amidst strong waves.

Working with the John Sell Cotman Collection: Shelter from the Storm

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Resident artist Hondartza Fraga begins her 'Cotmania' blog series by exploring the collection and it's context, ahead of Leeds Art Gallery's reopening in Autumn.
Etching on Paper of Kirkstall Abbey, with cows drinking water from the lake at the front.

Re-thinking John Sell Cotman

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Project Archivist Jane Speller explores'Re-thinking John Sell Cotman', the major project currently taking place at Leeds Art Gallery.
Grimshaw's painting of a lake scene with a fairy image glowing against a pink and brown colour scheme

‘Iris’ (1886) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

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Local historian Eveleigh Bradford explores one of Atkinson Grimshaw's most entrancing paintings
An image of Woodrow's 'Alexander Street'. The drawing is in black and white, and shows a street with a road and a building at the end, using harsh, sketchy lines.

Joash Woodrow – A Hidden Life in Pictures (Part 3)

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Liz Kay's final instalment in her 3 part series about the life and work of artist Joash Woodrow looks at his later years in Leeds. In 1955 Woodrow returned to his family home, which would evolve into his unique artistic studio and retreat from the world, where familiar surroundings provided limitless fuel for his creativity.