An original portrait study by West Yorkshire artist Joseph (Joe) Pighills. This was amongst a portfolio of early work by Joe. It’s a mixed media including pastel, charcoal and a touch of gouache. Titled ‘John’ on the front. Signed on the front. Notes on the back show it wasn’t intended for sale and was to be kept in a personal collection. It’s frame in a dark wood frame with anti-glare glass (matte finish).
Frame measures 62cm x 51cm.
Aperture measures 50cm x 40cm.
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 portrait study by West Yorkshire artist Joseph (Joe) Pighills. This was amongst a portfolio of early work by Joe. It’s a mixed media including pastel, charcoal and a touch of gouache. Titled ‘John’ on the front. Signed on the front. Notes on the back show it wasn’t intended for sale and was to be kept in a personal collection. It’s frame in a dark wood frame with anti-glare glass (matte finish).
Frame measures 62cm x 51cm.
Aperture measures 50cm x 40cm.
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.