I have a book called The Great Sheffield Picture Show which was apparently produced in conjunction with an art show at Kelham Island.
Has anybody else ever heard of it?

Yes, I have a copy and it is excellent.

It is a pity that it is limited in the number of Sheffield painters work that is displayed.

Maybe it is time a more comprehensive book is due.

I'm sure there is enough interest to make it worthwhile.

Happy Days

can you tell me who the author is and any names of the painters that are in it please,this is a long shot but I am hoping that my dad might be in it as he use to do a lot of paintings of sheffield he also use to do a very lot of old sheffield in pen and ink and pencil my dad as been dead for about 9 years now so any help would be much appreciated if you are wondering why I need to know I havent seen my dad for nearly 20 years and how do I know that he is dead because a very good friend of my dad came to tell me because my stepmum had told me my dad was already dead 15 years ago so I had the right took away from me to see my dad when he was alive.

The paintings are only old ones, from between 1800 and 1910 ish. if there is still a chanve your dad could have been one of them (I obviously have no idea of your ages). post again and I will give you further details.

There was a chap used to earn his beer money by sketching the pub landlord's and wives.He was a painter & decorater.
You would often see these sketches hanging over the bar.
His name escapes me.
I was a painter and in anecdotioal conversations with other painters,they talked of this chap coming to work in the morning,having forgoten his glasses ,then leaving at lunch time to retrace his steps of the night before to find them.
He never did return to work that day.
He was a first class sketch artist.
He could have had the job on 'The Star' doing the caricature's except for his drinking