An original oil on board portrait study by West Yorkshire artist Joseph (Joe) Pighills. Not signed but came directly from a portfolio of Joe’s original work. This would have been a study he did during an art class. Measures 49cm x 35.5cm.
Joseph or Joe as he was often known, was born in 1901 at Marsh, Oxenhope, near Keighley, to parents, John, a wool-sorter, and mother, Sarah Ann. He became an apprentice pattern maker and worked at a Bradford engineering firm until he retired at 63. He married Mary Cartwright and they raised their son John in a cottage only a few doors away from Joe’s childhood home.
Joe had always had a natural talent for art but he didn’t study it until a little later in life when he attended evening classes at the Keighley School of Art. He became a member of the Keighley Art Club, and the Bradford Art Club and regularly exhibited his paintings at local shows.
Joe’s artwork was well received, with his popularity soaring in the 1960s. He had a number of successful exhibitions and gained a following of local and regional collectors of his work.
An original oil on board portrait study by West Yorkshire artist Joseph (Joe) Pighills. Not signed but came directly from a portfolio of Joe’s original work. This would have been a study he did during an art class. Measures 49cm x 35.5cm.
Joseph or Joe as he was often known, was born in 1901 at Marsh, Oxenhope, near Keighley, to parents, John, a wool-sorter, and mother, Sarah Ann. He became an apprentice pattern maker and worked at a Bradford engineering firm until he retired at 63. He married Mary Cartwright and they raised their son John in a cottage only a few doors away from Joe’s childhood home.
Joe had always had a natural talent for art but he didn’t study it until a little later in life when he attended evening classes at the Keighley School of Art. He became a member of the Keighley Art Club, and the Bradford Art Club and regularly exhibited his paintings at local shows.
Joe’s artwork was well received, with his popularity soaring in the 1960s. He had a number of successful exhibitions and gained a following of local and regional collectors of his work.