Painter of urban life whose background and education remain obscure. He was born at Preston, near Hull, Yorkshire, having family roots in that area, but settled in Manchester where he showed frequently with the MAFA and at the Salon Club Gallery. Richardson had a solo exhibition at the Salon Club, Art at an Artisan’s Wage, in 1932, where his picture Albert Square impressed visitors. A newspaper review noted that he “deliberately priced his works so as to be within the limits of the wage-earner’s purse, and his price in some cases barely covers the cost of canvas and frame.” The singer and actress Gracie Fields had by then bought his work. Albert Square was included in an exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery in 2003 related to the work of Adolphe Valette, L S Lowry’s teacher at the local Municipal College of Art.