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Framed Up Gallery services
Picture Framing Services
Framed Up Gallery has over 25 years of experience providing a bespoke picture framing service for both public and business services throughout the UK.We are based in Wigan and have recently moved from our town centre Gallery to a purpose built Framing Studio located close to Wigan Infirmary.Taking ourselves off the high street has enabled us to have a more free approach to peoples working life.All the framing is done onsite by us .Appointments can be made out of normal working hours 7 days a week.We frame Artwork, Photographs, Memorabilia.We can frame absolutley anything, Football shirts and Rugby shirts framed. We use high-quality conservation materials,prices to suit all budgets. Our expert guidance ensures your cherished items are framed to the highest standards.Please ring for a no obligation quote or to make an appointment.
Memorabilia-Football shirts,Medals ,Gloves,etc
Do you have something you’d like to have framed but you’re not sure if it’s possible? We are the perfect picture framers to use i have worked with a huge range of specialist and memorabilia objects from ballet shoes,Formula 1 overalls,boxing gloves ,shirts framed,memorabilia framed and everything in-between! We will work with you to offer you the best options for your item so that you are fully satisfied with the finished product.We know how important your treasured items are and we take excellent care of them all through the framing process. Please let us know if your picture or print is valuable or a limited edition as some framing processes can decrease the value.
Framed Up Gallery products
Glazing
Choosing the correct glazing for your picture will make a big impact in the final result of your job. At Framed Up we use a clear colour Water White non reflective glass which is specially made for picture framing and offers an extra clear view of your picture keeping its original colours. This also comes as a UV protecting option, providing 99.9% UV protection, helping to avoid paper discolouration and fading.
Mounting
We pride ourselves on full conservation framing and so we only use acid free mount boards that match the standards of conservation framing. These can be used as bevel mounts, float boards or a mix of both with a ‘float mount’.
Hand Finishes
For a more bespoke finish we use a variety of different types of wood. These include beech, maple, obeche. The advantages of these materials are that they can be stained and waxed, hand painted or sprayed or even left natural to fit the clients desire.
Theodore Major & James Lawrence Isherwood overview
Northern Art School Artist
Over the last 25 years we have sold numerous works by all the collected Northern Artist -LS Lowry,Theodore Major,James Lawrence Isherwood,Roger Hampson Arthur Berry,Liam Spencer,Ben Kelly to name a few.If you have any works you are considering selling please get in touch.from time to time we get various works in by the above artist.Please contact the Gallery for details or to book an appointment 07541126625
Theodore Major 1908-1999 Two Friends Meeting Wigan. Oil painting.
Theodore Major was essentially self-taught as an artist. Born in humble circumstances in Wigan, Lancashire, settling there from 1950 with his painter wife, Kathleen at Appley Bridge. He attended the local art school between 1927-1932, and taught there between 1930-1950.Theodore Major retrospectives of his work were held at Salford Museum and Art Gallery in 2003 and Gallery Oldham in 2008.Haigh Hall is currently undergoing a £50million refurbishment which will hold a permanent exhibition of Theodore Major paintings.
Please contact us if you would like to be informed of available paintings by Theodore Major paintings or prints for sale
We are always looking to buy Theodore Major paintings or prints
Image opposite Theodore Major -2 Friends meeting Wigan
James Lawrence Isherwood 1917-1989 Rooftops Wigan Skyline. Oil painting.
James Lawrence Isherwood was an English artist born in Wigan, Lancashire, in 1917. He was a prolific impressionist/expressionist painter. Jim (as he was known) travelled extensively hosting over 200 shows, including colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He was an eccentric, controversial character best known for his Northern industrial landscapes. Wigan figures and London street scenes feature heavily in some of his most sought after works.
Please contact us if you would like to be informed of available paintings by James Lawrence Isherwood paintings or prints for sale
image opposite JL Isherwood -Wigan Rooftops with Parish Church
Roger hampson,Jl Isherwood,Arthur Berry works for sale
James Lawrence Isherwood 1917-1989 Wigan.
James Lawrence Isherwood was an English artist born in Wigan, Lancashire, in 1917. He was a prolific impressionist/expressionist painter. James Lawrence Isherwood travelled extensively hosting over 200 shows, including colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. He was an eccentric, controversial character best known for his Northern industrial landscapes. Wigan figures and London street scenes feature heavily in some of his most sought after works
We are always looking to buy works by James Lawrence Isherwood
Roger Hampson 1925-1996 The Old Print Shop Bolton . Oil painting.
Roger Hampson was a painter, printmaker and teacher, born in Tyldesley, Lancashire. Roger Hampson was noted for his straight forward depictions mines and miners. He studied at Manchester College of Art, 1946–51, with Paul Keen and Norman Jaques. Roger Hampson began teaching at Bolton Secondary Technical School, 1951–3; lectured at Hereford School of Art, 1953–4; was a graphic designer, 1954–61; was at Bolton College of Art & Design, eventually as principal, 1961–7; He was principal of Loughborough College of Art & Design, 1978–86. Roger Hampson was a member of MAFA, being its president, 1969–76, Roger Hampson took part in over 100 group shows including Tib Lane Gallery
Roger Hampson art for sale
Roger Hampson "The Old Print Shop Bolton"oil on board 24x16 £POA
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Arthur Berry -Figures walking along a terraced street.
Arthur Berry was born 1925 in Smallthorne, North Staffordshire. He studied at Burslem and the RCA.
Arthur Berry taught at North Staffordshire Polytechnic, Manchester College of Art and Chelsea School of Art and was also a poet and playwrite.
His autobiography “A Three and Sevenpence Halfpenny Man” gives an interesting insight into the events, which impacted on his life. Retrospective exhibitions were held at Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery in 1984 and The Gallery, Manchester in 1995. A major National Exhibition showcasing Lowry and Berry: Observers of Urban Life was held at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in 2015.Arther Berry art for sale
Arthur Berry-Figures walking along a terraced street.27x22 mixed media on paper signed £POA
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Framed Up Gallery books for sale
THEODORE MAJOR (1908-1999) His Life and works , MARY GASKELL (Theodore Majors Daughter)
THEODORE MAJOR (1908-1999) Northern Artist, THEODORE MAJOR HIS LIFE AND HIS WORKS, no publisher’s details stated, circa 1980s
A very rare book £180
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We are always looking to buy works by Theodore Major
Roger Hampson : A Lost Landscape
Roger Hampson : A Lost Landscape - Softcover
Stephen Whittle
£25 please contact to view
A NORTHERN SCHOOL: HARDBACK BOOK 1989 BY PETER DAVIES
A Northern School : Lancashire Artists of the 20th century 1st edition by art historian Peter Davies.
Hardback book with dust jacket with 248 pages and colour and black and white illustrations and images.
Published 1989 by Redcliffe Publishing Ltd.
This book was written in 1989 and is known to have kickstarted the idea of a lesser discussed school that of the Northern School of British Art. This helped to create a collected school of artists which expanded the Northern School well beyond that of the most well known from Salford, LS Lowry and Theodore Major
The book is in mint conditionas new not a page turned £80
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The Northern School: A Reappraisal
The first attempt to define the Northern School, and explain that far from being comprised of Lowry copyists, it was a coherent school depicting the changes wrought in the North-West by the collapse of Lancashire’s heavy industries and the impact of two World Wars. The School was about more than simply preserving a lost landscape, it was an artistic celebration of a people facing and adapting to the consequences of irreversible global change. It was a school that mourned the past and yet looked to the future, tentative but confident and willing to use the tools supplied by its major influences, most notably Edgar Degas, Walter Sickert and L S Lowry and Theodore Major. The Northern School has become one of the most commercially successful art movements in the UK, and the book explains its origins, influences and possible future. This was a school inter-connected with the main movements in Modern British and European Art and the book examines the work of its greatest pupils in this context. £20
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We are always looking to buy works by Northern artist