This home page gives a brief
preview of the sites we have posted about my late father, Joseph
Appleyard.
Joe, a prolific artist from the
mid 1930's to his untimely death in 1960, kept extensive records
which has enabled us to showcase so much of his work.
These sites contain photographs,
published works, sketches, drawings, book illustrations and newspaper
articles. Our ongoing research we hope will provide continued
pleasure to those of you who choose to explore further and
eventually enable a major
exhibition of Joe's work to be staged.
2006 saw Joe's work brought to a
wider audience with the publication of a short Biography in the "DOWN
YOUR WAY" Magazine, a monthly nostalgic look at Yorkshire.
We would appreciate your comments
and thoughts, both about these sites and particularly about Joe's
work.
If you have, or know of
the whereabouts, of any of Joe's work please contact us on Joe's
e-mail address below
THE POINTING WHITE
HAND
and THE UNDERLINED
WORD
are your links to a wonderful
world of art and information,
whether it's this site, or elsewhere on the net.
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Joseph Appleyard's
Art Gallery Sites
NOVEMBER 2006 SAW US REACH A MAJOR
MILESTONE WHEN WE POSTED JOE'S
300th
EXAMPLE OF WORK
(EXCLUDING SKETCHES)
Joe kept remarkably good records
of his work and with extensive research we have been able to source
over 300 examples of his work.
Much of this coloured work was
published in "Holly Leaves", the Christmas edition of "Sport and
Country" and "Dalesman" Magazines, which can be viewed in Art
Galleries 1 and 2.
Joe's paintings are far flung. One
of his earliest paintings, that of Adel Church, Leeds, known to be in
South Africa in the early nineties, has been rediscovered in his home
county of Yorkshire and only fifteen miles from Adel.
For those of you not
having access to Broadband
we now have a quicker but less graphic access to the subject of your
choice through Joseph
Appleyard's Art Galleries Data Base
This site contains Joe's
full transcript and most of the illustrations for his unpublished
book "Riding through the Ridings", which was to have been published
in 1947 and was still being written in 1959!
Quite why it was taking so
long we don't know - possibly the pressure of family life?
These sites give a more detailed
insight into Joe's life through his manuscripts, newspaper articles,
personal recollections and hopefully other sources yet to be
discovered.
Since these sites were posted in
April 2002, we have managed to obtain information and illustrations
from quite a number of sources and are constantly on the lookout for
more work through the Net, Private Collectors, Auction Houses and
both Private and Public Art Galleries.
