AN ART collection owned by renowned artist David Blackburn is going under the hammer.

Bonhams in Chester will next week auction off pieces from the Huddersfield artist’s personal collection.

It features work the artist admired, including photos of LS Lowry and paintings collected during different phases of his career.

David, 73, who was born in Huddersfield and lived at Crosland Moor, won a scholarship to Huddersfield School of Art in the mid 1950s.

Four years later he went to study textile design at the Royal College of Art in London.

He is now well known for his vibrantly coloured pastel landscapes of the Yorkshire countryside.

His work featured at the Hart Gallery, Islington, in 2010, in the exhibition, David Blackburn: Works From The Last Decade.

He currently lives in the Meltham area.