Posted in Art at 12:00 on 30 September 2026
Other well-known artists apart from Hockney are on display in the Cartwright Memorial Hall in Bradford. There are two works by L S Lowry.
“Industrial Landscape ‘Ashton-under-Lyne'”:-

“Haworth Church”:-

Paul Nash is known for his war paintings but “View from a Window in Nice” represents his surrealist side:-

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Posted in Art, Trips at 14:00 on 29 September 2026
More Hockney in the Cartwright Memorial Hall, Bradford.
“Bradford Indoor Market” and “Artist’s Family at Tea”:-

“A Bounce for Bradford,” part of a morale boosting campaign for the City in 1987 after the fire at Valley Parade:-

“Autumn” from 1954:-

“Moorside Road” from 1955:-

Untitled late work made on an iPad:-

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Posted in Architecture, Exhibitions at 12:00 on 17 August 2026
Named after Edmund Cartwright and situated in Lister Park this was home to the Bradford Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1904. Due to my interest in such exhibitions of the early twentieth century this was one of the reasons we visited. The Hall now acts as Bradford’s civic Art Gallery.
Hall facade:-

Rear of hall. (Stitch of two photos):-

Model of hall inside the hall:-

Statue of Edmund Cartwright:-

Plaque commemorating the Bradford Exhibition of 1904:-

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