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lost artist found |
All his life Joash Woodrow has
painted in obscurity. Now, by chance, his work has been found and
is to be exhibited for the first time, writes Dan Carrier
ANDREW Stewart was on holiday in Harrogate. A picture- restorer
by trade, he also collects books and likes nothing more than browsing
through dusty volumes hidden in second hand bookshops, hoping to
uncover the occasional rare gem to either add to his collection
or sell on.
He had spent a happy hour wandering through a four-storey book shop
and was about to leave when he noticed a five volume set of books
focussing on Victorian engravings.
He was curious, so he pulled one of the sets down and opened it
up. What he saw inside set off a chain of events that led to the
discovery of an artist experts believe is one of the 20th-century’s
finest unknown British painters – and to saving nearly 5,000
of his paintings, moments before they were due to be thrown out.
Inside the anthology, the engravings had been altered: hundreds
of drawings had been done over the top of the art – and
what amazed Stewart was the careful eye and draughtsmanship.
He took the books to the counter, and pretending to be nonchalant
– and therefore keep the price reasonable – he asked the
bookseller where they had come from.
He was told they had been taken from the clearance of a small terrace
in Leeds. The picture-restorer bought the volumes and contacted
an art historian friend, Nicholas Usherwood. |
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