AN internationally renowned Bradford-born artist whose work was exhibited around the world has died, aged 92.

Alan Gummerson, a celebrated painter, printmaker and sculptor, went to Bradford Art College from 1945-47. His work is held in private collections in America, France, Switzerland and the UK, and has been exhibited at the House of Lords.

Mr Gummerson was born in 1928 at Bradford Moor and went to Hanson school. After studying at Bradford Art College, he taught in schools and as a senior lecturer at Leeds Polytechnic and Leeds College of Art from 1957 until he took early retirement in 1984.

He lived in Calverley for much of his life and spent his later years living near Hebden Bridge, where he had a studio and ran art classes. His prolific artwork spanned landscapes, abstracts, life drawing, ceramics and sculpture.

Mr Gummerson’s daughter, Tracey Cockburn, said: “His first one-man show was in Bradford. He started with local landscapes - Yorkshire’s landscape inspired him early on and continued to do so throughout his life - and in the 1950s he developed an interest in modern art.

“A big part of his work reflected his fascination with World War 2.

“He dedicated his life to the arts. He took early retirement to concentrate on his drawings, paintings, prints and sculptures.

“He lived in a farmhouse on moorland near Hebden Bridge with two goats, two dogs and a cat. He loved the dramatic landscape up there and he held life drawing classes in his studio.”

As well as exhibiting around the UK, Europe and America, Mr Gummerson had exhibitions at Bradford’s Lane Gallery and the South Square Gallery in Thornton. His paintings are in collections of Kirklees Museums and Galleries Service and at the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate.

A retrospective exhibition of his work is planned at Dean Clough Gallery in Halifax in 2021.

He leaves four children: Tracey , Trudy, Daniel and Adam, four grandchildren; Ashanti, Benjamin, Liam and Nerae, and three great-grandchildren; Zhanai, Lola and Lottie.

In 2009 the Telegraph & Argus featured a major exhibition of Mr Gummerson’s work, called Now and Then, at Dean Clough.

The artist told the T&A: “All my work is bolstered by family and amazing friends: not that they should be held responsible for my continued urge to make art nor for my inadequacies.

“And as for the inadequacies, they are an essential part of the results. Life would seem empty without the making.”

Vic Allen, Dean Clough’s arts director at the time, said the artist “has ranged with gleeful abandon across disciplines as varied as etching, painting, collages, ceramics, bronzes and assemblages.” He said a series of shows at Bankfield Museum and Oldham Art Gallery had highlighted his “large ‘anti-war, pro-fun’ assemblages generating spontaneous public acclaim.”

Mr Gummerson’s funeral is at Rawdon Crematorium on November 30. His daughter Tracey said: “We plan to have a celebration of his life when Dean Clough holds the retrospective of his work once the Covid situation allows.”