Cartwright Hall facts for kids
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Cartwright Hall is a public art gallery in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is about a mile from the city centre in an area called Manningham. The building was put on the old site of Manningham Hall. It was built thanks to a generous gift of £40,000 from Samuel Lister. The gallery is named after Edmund Cartwright.
Cartwright Hall first opened its doors in 1904. At the beginning, it showed art borrowed from other galleries and private collections. Later, it bought its own permanent collection of Victorian and Edwardian artworks. This was possible with money raised from the Bradford Exhibition in 1904.
Cartwright Hall is located inside Lister Park. It offers beautiful views of the city of Bradford. The building itself is a great example of a style of architecture sometimes called "Bradford Baroque." It was designed by the same architects, Sir John W. Simpson and E.J. Milner Allen, who also designed Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. That museum is also built in the Baroque style.
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What You Can See at Cartwright Hall
Cartwright Hall was built especially to be an art gallery. It holds many permanent art pieces. These range from very old paintings, known as Old Masters, to British paintings and sculptures from the 20th century.
Special Exhibitions and Art from Around the World
The gallery also hosts special art shows every two years. These shows feature both new and old art. They include works by artists from Bradford, across the UK, and from other countries.
Since the mid-1980s, the Bradford museum group has collected art that connects to the cultures of many people who moved to Bradford after World War II. This includes modern South Asian art. You can see beautiful Islamic calligraphy, which is artistic writing from Islamic cultures. There are also textiles decorated in the phulkari style. This is a type of embroidery from India. The collection also has modern Sikh art, like a painting of Guru Nanak, who was an important religious leader.
Cartwright Hall in Pop Culture
Cartwright Hall has even appeared in movies and games!
On the Big Screen
In 1983, Cartwright Hall was briefly used in a musical scene. This was for the song Every ... is Sacred in the famous Monty Python film, The Meaning of Life.
In a Video Game
In 2003, a map for the video game "Unreal Tournament" was created. It showed the inside of Cartwright Hall. This map was part of a competition for PC Format Magazine.
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These stained-glass panels by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. were acquired by Cartwright Hall in 1917. They are now displayed at Cliffe Castle Museum.
