Curations

What Are Art Collections For?

Janine Sykes

Huddersfield Art Gallery

This is a Blended Curation, meaning the interpretation and selections of fifty paintings were composed collaboratively with invited guests, partners and followers of Huddersfield Art Gallery.


The paintings featured on @huddersfieldartgallery Instagram from June 2024 – Oct 2024, as part of the Cultures of Creative Health Programme, the University of Huddersfield.


Works were selected while thinking about art and health and commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Kirklees Art Collection in 2024.


Together with publics we explored the purposes of public art collections and if they are good for our health and wellbeing. The discussions are intertwined in the curation.


Dr Janine Sykes
Curator (Visual Arts) Huddersfield Art Gallery

Artists featured in this Curation: Malcolm Jones, John C. M. Lyons (b.1933), Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941), Philip Connard (1875–1958), Mary Lord (b.1931), Peter Brook (1927–2009), Terry Frost (1915–2003), Mark Senior (1864–1927), Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976), Alan Gummerson (1928–2020), and 29 more
43 artworks
Storyline Album Showcase
Dewsbury Market
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Dewsbury Market

Malcolm Jones

Oil on board

H 35 x W 45 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Self Portrait with Jumbie Bird and Alter Ego
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Self Portrait with Jumbie Bird and Alter Ego 1990

John C. M. Lyons (b.1933)

Oil on canvas

H 181.8 x W 152.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

The Brigand's Mill
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

The Brigand's Mill

Wynford Dewhurst (1864–1941)

Oil on canvas

H 55.5 x W 46.3 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Bathers at Dieppe
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Bathers at Dieppe exhibited 1928

Philip Connard (1875–1958)

Oil on canvas

H 50.7 x W 68.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Oakwell Hall
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Oakwell Hall 1993

Mary Lord (b.1931)

Oil on canvas

H 57.4 x W 82.3 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Sugden's Brighouse Mill
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Sugden's Brighouse Mill

Peter Brook (1927–2009)

Oil on board

H 54 x W 66.4 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Lemon and White
© estate of Terry Frost. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Lemon and White 1961

Terry Frost (1915–2003)

Oil on canvas

H 121.5 x W 63.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Filey Bay
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Filey Bay

Mark Senior (1864–1927)

Oil on panel

H 20.5 x W 25.7 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Huddersfield
© Kirklees Museums and Galleries. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Huddersfield 1965

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)

Oil on canvas

H 59.5 x W 75 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Low Hill, Baildon
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Low Hill, Baildon 1957

Alan Gummerson (1928–2020)

Oil on canvas

H 50.5 x W 75.8 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Batley Kids
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Batley Kids

Tony Noble (b.1958)

Oil on canvas

H 92 x W 92 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

The Fabric of Batley
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The Fabric of Batley

David S. Prudhoe (1948–2009)

Oil on board

H 114 x W 88 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Harry Roebuck
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Harry Roebuck 1927

Frank Thomas Copnall (1870–1949)

Oil on canvas

H 81 x W 65 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Union Men
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Union Men 1975

Harold Blackburn (1899–1980)

Oil on board

H 45.5 x W 56.2 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Daisies in the Piazza
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Daisies in the Piazza 1974

Harold Blackburn (1899–1980)

Oil on board

H 45.8 x W 61.2 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

The Telling of the Stories
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

The Telling of the Stories 1939

Charles Reginald Napier (1910–1989)

Oil on canvas

H 135 x W 241 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Ripon Market
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Ripon Market mid-20th C

unknown artist

Oil on panel

H 60 x W 49 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Dewsbury Landscape
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Dewsbury Landscape

Gerald Park (b.1937)

Oil on board

H 34.5 x W 44.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Cloth Hall Mills, Dewsbury
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Cloth Hall Mills, Dewsbury

Noël Spencer (1900–1986)

Tempera on paper

H 46.8 x W 31 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Last of the Kilpin Hill Handloom Weavers
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Last of the Kilpin Hill Handloom Weavers 1903

Joseph Pinder

Oil on canvas

H 67.5 x W 86.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Children and Chalked Wall No. 4
© the Eardley estate. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Children and Chalked Wall No. 4

Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)

Oil & collage on board

H 60.5 x W 74 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Diptych for a Tame Spider
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Diptych for a Tame Spider 1967

Alan Davie (1920–2014)

Oil on canvas

H 61 x W 101 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Kate and Another
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Kate and Another

Madeline Green (1884–1947)

Oil on canvas

H 42 x W 52 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Mary and 'Vulcan'
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Mary and 'Vulcan'

Arnold Hyndman (1884–1964)

Oil on canvas

H 77.3 x W 64.3 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Cyclamen in a Bowl with a Pipe
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Cyclamen in a Bowl with a Pipe

Christopher Wood (1901–1930)

Oil on canvas

H 45 x W 53.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

J. Y. M. Seated
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

J. Y. M. Seated

Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024)

Oil on board

H 71 x W 61 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Figure Study II
© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2025. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Figure Study II

Francis Bacon (1909–1992)

Oil on canvas

H 145 x W 128.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Yellow and Grey
© the artist's estate/courtesy Flowers Gallery, London. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Yellow and Grey 1962

Michael Kidner (1917–2009)

Oil on canvas on board

H 121 x W 101 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Limner
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Limner 2001

Arturo di Stefano (b.1955)

Oil on linen

H 146.8 x W 100.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

A Different Ball Game
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

A Different Ball Game

Balraj Khanna (1939–2024)

Acrylic & sand on canvas

H 179.6 x W 180.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Fusion
© the estate of Denis A. Bowen. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Fusion 1959

Denis A. Bowen (1921–2006)

Oil on canvas

H 91.5 x W 71.2 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

To Get to the Other Side III
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

To Get to the Other Side III

David Wood (b.1937)

Oil on canvas

H 100 x W 151 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Woman Asleep
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Woman Asleep 1938

Geoffrey Arthur Tibble (1909–1952)

Oil on canvas

H 69.3 x W 50.9 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Huddersfield Railway Station
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Huddersfield Railway Station 2002

Arturo di Stefano (b.1955)

Oil on linen

H 150.2 x W 183 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Shipwreck on a Rocky Coast
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Shipwreck on a Rocky Coast 19th C

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 30.7 x W 25.6 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Sea Rise and Fall
© the artist's estate/courtesy Flowers Gallery, London. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Sea Rise and Fall 1959

Jack Smith (1928–2011)

Oil on canvas

H 90 x W 90 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Light and Reflections II
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Light and Reflections II 1962

Peter Downing (b.1929)

Acrylic & sand on board

H 79.7 x W 110.2 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Moon Rising
© the estate of Denis A. Bowen. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Moon Rising 1989

Denis A. Bowen (1921–2006)

Oil on canvas

H 137.7 x W 122.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Slab Built Ceramic
© the artist. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Slab Built Ceramic

Dennis Farrell (b.1949)

Ceramic

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

White-Eyed Buzzard
© the estate of William Crozier. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

White-Eyed Buzzard 1962

William John Crozier (1930–2011)

Oil on canvas

H 91.5 x W 76 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Sleeping Calf
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Sleeping Calf c.1959

Georg Ehrlich (1897–1966)

Bronze

H 18 x W 39 x D 32 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Hedge Sparrow's Nest
Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Hedge Sparrow's Nest 1870

Abel Hold (1815–1896)

Oil on canvas

H 24.5 x W 29.5 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Jetty
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Jetty 1929

John Armstrong (1893–1973)

Oil on canvas

H 51.5 x W 72 cm

Kirklees Museums and Galleries

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    Michael Kidner (1917–2009)
  • Spring
    Mark Senior (1864–1927)
  • Slab Built Ceramic
    Dennis Farrell (b.1949)
  • St James's Park
    William John Crozier (1930–2011)
  • Green, Black and White Movement
    Terry Frost (1915–2003)
  • Abstract
    unknown artist
  • Miners
    David S. Prudhoe (1948–2009)
  • Performance
    John C. M. Lyons (b.1933)
  • JYM1
    Frank Helmuth Auerbach (1931–2024)
  • Sacrifice
    Alan Davie (1920–2014)
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