Welcome to the official Joe Scarborough Art
Recognised and supported website by the artist himself.
Born 1938 in Pitsmoor, a district of Sheffield. Joe was brought up on a diet of National Dried Milk and the necessity of coupons for everything. Austerity, rock and roll and latterly service in the R.A.F. have been factors in his lifestyles and attitudes. His horizons are not the wide vistas of Nash or Constable, but the crazy chimney pot skylines of J.B. Priestley, The desire to paint is a conscious expression of his love for the Yorkshire culture, best expressed in the music hall like stories in the canvases,- the corner shop, chapel and works crisscrossed with railways and back streets. The scene is set for his tales of the 1950s.
The painting took Joe six years to complete, and is designed as a visual walk through the city through time, starting in 1940. Around the edge of the painting are newspaper headlines and references to current events, music, local companies and institutions- these include workers rolling and hammering steel at Samuel Osborn’s, Pullen’s Fairground, protest marches, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United football clubs and the Madina Mosque.
- 150GSM silk paper
- Approved by Joe!
| Outer Dimensions (LXH) | 128cm x 32cm |
| Inner Dimensions (LXH) | 126cm x 30cm |
Limited Edition Signed Prints
Life in the Big Village with Joe
In this short film, we join Joe on a trip around the city to discover the inspiration behind his bold and colourful paintings.
The Arts Centre is currently ablaze with colour, thanks to an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Joe Scarborough.
Joe Scarborough is pulling in the crowds, breaking records at the city's Mappin Gallery.
"Meet the man they call the new Lowry"
The Sheffield Artist
Joe Scarborough Art
Born in Sheffield in 1938, Joe Scarborough is an artist most famous for bringing to life the everyday scenes of South Yorkshire, painting humorous depictions of Sheffield life. Originally hailing from Pitsmoor, an area to the North of Sheffield City Centre, Joe still lives in his hometown to this day on his much loved narrowboat.
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