West Yorkshire

November 2007
This catalogue includes some 3,000 full colour reproductions over 430 pages. The dimensions are 29.5 x 23.5 cm and the catalogues typically weigh between 1.8 - 2.8 kg.

This West Yorkshire volume reveals all the oil paintings in public ownership in the county outside Leeds (this city was the subject of an earlier volume in the series, West Yorkshire: Leeds). By far the largest collection in this catalogue is that of Cartwright Hall in Bradford with its extensive holding of nineteenth and twentieth century works. Other large collections shown include Bankfield Museum in Halifax, Huddersfield Art Gallery and Wakefield Art Gallery. In total, some 3,000 paintings are reproduced in this catalogue.

Collections included

Bradford Museums and Galleries; Brontë Parsonage Museum; Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; Colne Valley Museum; Her Majesty’s Courts Service; Kirklees Museums and Galleries; National Coal Mining Museum for England; National Media Museum; Ossett Town Hall; Otley Museum; Peace Museum; Pontefract Museum; SDC Colour Experience; The Hepworth Wakefield; University of Bradford Permanent Art Collection; University of Huddersfield; Wakefield County Hall; Wakefield District Civic Portraits; Wakefield Town Hall; Wetherby Town Council; Woolley Hall; Yorkshire Sculpture Park