The Holly Leaves 
The "Holly Leaves" was the Christmas Edition of Sport and Country
to which Joe was a regular contributer
This site will feature work published in "Holly Leaves" along with Joe's Sketches where appropriate.
Although not published in Holly Leaves until 1960 Joe's Sketches indicate that it was probably painted in 1953.
This is only one of two of Joe's paintings that I would consider buying back into the family if it came onto the open market.
This painting appeared in a Joshua
Tetley Annual Report of 1953 and has since hung in the Public Bar of the Fox and
Hounds, Bramhope, somewhat nicotined - but all that might change!
Joe's Sketch Books indicate that it was painted in 1953.
The family in the left corner is of course "The Appleyards". The dog however was not ours, as we lived in a flat where pets were not allowed.
CASE STUDY 3
The
Fourth Test England v Australia, Headingley, 1954
Mr. Joseph Appleyard
of Otley Road, Leeds, seen putting the finishing touches to his oil
painting
of the Fourth Test Match at Headingley in July.
The picture is to be submitted today to the committee choosing exhibits for the Yorkshire Artists' Exhibition which opens on September 19th at Leeds Art Gallery.
"I was watching the
Yorkshire Colts playing Durham when the idea occurred to me that the
test would make a good picture".
"Racing, hunting and polo - anything to do with horses - is more in
my line. although I did some paintings of boxing while in the
army."
The painting shows
Hutton and Edrich batting, with Edrich receiving the ball from
Lindwall.
It gives a vivid impression of the whole field on the alert.
Mr. Appleyard worked from the Kirkstall Lane end.
The painting will be
catalogued at 80 guineas.
The above extracts are
from newspaper clippings of the time.
This sketch is from a "Roses" Match
Yorkshire v Lancashire, with Hutton batting.
Primarily an equine and landscape artist this painting was undertaken
as a result of his love and interest in all sports.
Joe was also a "commentator" for the blind at Headingley Cricket
Ground, a voluntary service he undertook through
his involvement with the Rotarian Club.
This was Joe's first attempt at cricket and proved profitable as it was sold for 80 Guineas unseen following a Newspaper Article in The Yorkshire Post. It was subsequently sold at auction in Middlesborough in September 1985 for the princely sum of £1,050.00.
Article from The Yorkshire Post Weekend Magazine, Saturday, October 6 2018
Bedale Market Place painted for and reproduced in "Holly Leaves" the Christmas Edition of "Horse and Country".
Bedale Market Place taken from Joe's Pencil drawing in his unpublished book of 1947, "Riding Through the Ridings".
These pictures were made for Joe's book "Riding through the Ridings", which never got published.
Otley Market Square
Details from Otley Market Square
I always thought that this painting was done in 1953, but now believe it was done in 1952.
I am not sure of the background to this painting but I think it found it's way from the The White Horse in Otley, which I believe closed in the early sixties to become a bank and ended up across the road in The Black Horse.
In the early nineties I discovered it in the Area Managers' Offices at Tetley's Brewery, Leeds on one of my visits to those offices when I had my Pub Design Business.
Putting out a few enquiries to possibly buying it I was pleasantly surprised when it was offered to me as a gift.
CASE STUDY 6
The
Finish of the 1959 St Leger at Doncaster
Joseph Appleyard's
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