Editing Lake District (section)

=== Visual arts ===
[[File:DV342 Ullswater from above Pattersdale.png|thumb|[[Ullswater]] painted by [[John Parker (cleric)|John Parker]] 1825]]
The Lakes have been an inspiration for many notable artists. Two of the most famous artists to depict the region in their work were [[Alfred Heaton Cooper]] and [[William Heaton Cooper]].

The German artist [[Kurt Schwitters]] visited the Lake District while in exile in Great Britain and moved there permanently in June 1945, remaining there for the rest of his life.

Film director [[Ken Russell]] lived in the Keswick/Borrowdale area from 1975 to 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thelakedistrict.info/2008/11/coombe-cottage.html |title=Coombe Cottage |publisher=Thelakedistrict.info |date=11 July 2006 |access-date=21 April 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218052207/http://www.thelakedistrict.info/2008/11/coombe-cottage.html |archive-date=18 February 2009}}</ref> and used it in films such as ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'' and ''[[Mahler (film)|Mahler]]''.

The [[Keswick School of Industrial Art]] at Keswick was started in 1884 by [[Canon Rawnsley]], a friend of [[John Ruskin]].

The base of contemporary art commissioner and residency base [[Grizedale Arts]] since 2007, Lawson Park now hosts artists' residencies, opens to the public on occasion, and has developed a significant garden that includes artworks alongside extensive plantings. Grizedale Arts has produced many internationally significant cultural projects and has proved instrumental in the careers of several [[Turner Prize]]-winning artists, making Laure Provoust's winning installation 'Wantee' at Lawson Park, and bringing the exhibition to Coniston's [[Ruskin Museum]] in 2013. It also supported the refurbishment of the historic [[Coniston, Cumbria|Coniston]] Institute and developed an Honest Shop there (opening in 2012), an unstaffed shop stocking local crafts and produce.