Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

====Creations====
Marine painter [[John Ward (painter)|John Ward]] (1798–1849) was born, worked and died in Hull and a leading ship artist of his day.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/oil-painting-may-have-been-stolen-from-museum-to-order-1-2361373
 |title = Oil painting may have been stolen from museum to order
 |work = [[The Yorkshire Post]]
 |date = 8 July 2009
 |access-date = 1 December 2013}}</ref>
Artist and Royal Academician [[David Remfry]] (born 1942) grew up in Hull and studied at the Hull College of Art (now part of Lincoln University) from 1959 to 1964. His tutor, Gerald T Harding, trained at the Royal College of Art, London and was awarded the Abbey Minor Travelling Scholarship in 1957 by the British School in Rome.<ref name="In the studio: David Remfry">{{cite news
 |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3648553/In-the-studio-David-Remfry.html
 |title = In the studio: David Remfry
 |work = The Daily Telegraph
 |date = 6 December 2005
 |access-date = 21 February 2009
 |location = London
 |first = Harry
 |last = Mount}}
</ref> Remfry has had two solo exhibitions at the Ferens Art Gallery in 1975 and 2005.<ref name="In the studio: David Remfry"/>
[[File:William the Third (King Billy) Statue (geograph 6477660).jpg|thumb|King Billy Statue]]
Hull has a number of historical statues such as the Wilberforce Memorial in [[Queen's Gardens, Hull|Queen's Gardens]] and the gilded King William III statue on Market Place (known locally as "King Billy"). There is a statue of Hull-born [[Amy Johnson]] in Prospect Street<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=108&master=454
 |title = Amy Johnson (part 2)
 |work = Hull Museums Collections
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |year = 2008
 |access-date = 18 June 2010
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927044156/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/museumcollections/collections/storydetail.php?irn=108&master=454
 |archive-date = 27 September 2011
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> and Hull's Paragon Interchange has a statue of [[Philip Larkin]], the latter unveiled on 2 December 2010.<ref name="Larkinstatue">{{cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/humberside/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_9252000/9252600.stm
 |title = Philip Larkin statue unveiled in Hull
 |work = BBC News
 |publisher = BBC
 |date = 2 December 2010
 |access-date = 2 December 2010}}
</ref>
 
In 2010 a public art event in Hull city centre entitled ''Larkin with Toads'' displayed 40 individually decorated giant toad models as the centrepiece of the [[Larkin 25]] festival. Most of these sculptures have since been sold off for charity and transported to their new owners.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Toads-finishing-touches-hop-place-streets-Hull/article-2407474-detail/article.html 
 |title = Larkin toads get finishing touches 
 |date = 13 July 2010
 |work = Hull Daily Mail 
 |access-date = 7 January 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120503101809/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Toads-finishing-touches-hop-place-streets-Hull/story-11972100-detail/story.html 
 |archive-date = 3 May 2012
 |url-status = dead 
}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-11411417
 |title = Hull's Larkin toads make £60,000 at charity auction
 |date = 26 September 2010
 |work = BBC News
 |publisher = BBC
 |access-date = 7 January 2017}}</ref>
 
In recent years a number of modern art sculptures and heritage trails have been installed around Hull. These include a figure looking out to the [[Humber]] called 'Voyage' which has a twin in Iceland. In July 2011, this artwork was reported stolen.<ref>{{cite web
 |title = Maritime heritage
 |work = leisure & culture
 |publisher = Hull City Council
 |year = 2010
 |url = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,255392&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |access-date = 18 June 2010
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110222140007/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,255392&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-date = 22 February 2011
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/stole-300kg-fishermen-s-statue/story-13009663-detail/story.html
 |title       = Who stole 300&nbsp;kg fishermen's statue?
 |date        = 26 July 2011
 |work        = Hull Daily Mail
 |access-date  = 26 July 2011
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426080319/http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/stole-300kg-fishermen-s-statue/story-13009663-detail/story.html
 |archive-date = 26 April 2012
}}</ref> There is a shark sculpture outside [[The Deep (aquarium)|The Deep]] and a fountain and installation called 'Tower of Light' outside Britannia House on the corner of Spring Bank.<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/mysterious-structure-spring-bank-created-8639009
 | title = The mysterious structure on Spring Bank created to shoot out a beam of light
 | last = Campbell
 | first = James
 | date = 30 July 2023
 | work = Hull Daily Mail
 | accessdate = 2 October 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Lowgate fish July 2018 2.jpg|thumb|right|Part of the Seven Seas Fish Trail, on Lowgate]]
The Seven Seas Fish Trail marks Hull's fishing heritage, leading its followers through old and new sections of the city, following a wide variety of sealife engraved in the pavement.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,107647&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |title        = Take a stroll
 |access-date   = 8 July 2008
 |work         = Hull City Council
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080701162915/http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/portal/page?_pageid=221,107647&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
 |archive-date  = 1 July 2008
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> Running along Spring Bank there is also an elephant trail, with stone pavers carved by a local artist to the designs of members of the community. This trail commemorates the Victorian Zoological Gardens and the route taken daily by the elephant as it walked from its house down Spring Bank to the zoo and back, stopping for gingerbread at a shop on the way. The animals are further represented on the Albany Street 'Home Zone' a project involving local residents and resulting in sculptures of a hippo ('Water Horse') at the bottom of Albany Street; an elephant balancing on its trunk on an island in the middle; and two bears climbing poles and reaching out to each other to form an open archway across the entrance to Albany Street from Spring Bank. Other sculptural details of animals along the street represent the participation of street residents, either through workshops with artists and makers, or through independent work of their own.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2006/04/04/elephant_walk_feature.shtml
 | title = Jumbo sized history
 | date = May 2008
 | publisher = BBC
 | access-date = 7 January 2014}}</ref>

In 2019 a series of blue plaques appeared around Hull as part of the ''Alternative Heritage'' project.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/people-behind-hulls-alternative-blue-2616117 
 |title = People behind Hull's alternative blue plaques revealed 
 |date = 7 March 2019
 |work = Hull Daily Mail
 |access-date = 4 August 2019
}}
</ref>
The art project was designed to celebrate the little known and quirky facts that make Hull the city it is. A variety of tongue in cheek and humorous blue plaques appeared over night celebrating everything from Chip Spice<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hull2017.co.uk/discover/article/sprinkle-of-spice/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414042402/https://www.hull2017.co.uk/discover/article/sprinkle-of-spice/|archive-date=14 April 2016|title=A Sprinkle of Chip Spice|first=Eleanor |last=Churchill|date=3 March 2016|quote=Originally, John's close friends Rob and Brenda Wilson came up with the idea of using spiced salt and paprika when visiting America during the late 70s |access-date = 4 August 2019}}</ref> to [[The Beautiful South]]. New plaques continue to appear on a regular basis and their content has occasionally divided opinion in the city.<ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/funny-blue-plaques-celebrating-hull-2561628 
 |title = The funny blue plaques celebrating Hull quirks appearing across the city 
 |date = 19 February 2019
 |work = Hull Daily Mail 
 |access-date = 4 August 2019
}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-47638682 
 |title = Ronnie Pickering among Hull's 'alternative heritage' honours 
 |date = 23 March 2019
 |work = BBC News 
 |access-date = 4 August 2019
}}
</ref>
[[File:Dead Bod (geograph 4427797).jpg|thumb|right|"[[Dead Bod]]" mural in original location on a jetty at Alexandra Dock]]
The "Dead Bod", a graffito originally painted on the Alexandria Dock, became a local landmark.<ref name=DeadBod>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Hannah |date=30 January 2017 |title=Dead Bod to go on public view in new Humber Street Gallery |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dead-bod-go-public-view-70304 |work=Hull Daily Mail |access-date=29 July 2018 }}</ref> It is now located in the Humber Street Gallery.<ref name=DeadBod/>