Beach Scene by Florence Hess Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby Florence Hess (1891 – 1974) is primarily known for painting coastal scenes, particularly from Yorkshire and Norfolk. She was closely associated with the Staithes Group of Artists and the...
Teatime at Haworth with the Brontës, by Sonia LawsonThe Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate This large painting, measuring 152.2cm (H) x 122.4cm (w), dazzles the viewer with colour. The title refers to the writing family, the Brontës, and an imagined shared meal. However,...
Portrait of Leo Walmsley by Ethel Walker Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby This interesting portrait of the author Leo Walmsley gives us a glimpse into the lives of a group of artists living in Robin Hood’s Bay on the North Yorkshire coast during the 1920s and 30s....
Explore a selection of ‘Fisher Folk’ Having a portrait painted was often expensive, which is why most surviving portraits tend to be of the wealthier members of society. Sometimes portraiture was even used to demonstrate wealth and status, but it could...
