Streets are picture of success after installation of artworks

The Gallery Town project started in September last year, with Rotherham Council saying the idea would help to regenerate the town centre and increase the number of visitors.

By the end of this month, more than 90 pieces of artwork will have been put up around the town, with the latest appearing on the side of the Corn Law Rhymer pub, in High Street.

The work, by French Post-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat, is entitled Bathers at Asnieres and joins pieces both by other world-famous artists and local painters.

Nick Cragg, a Rotherham businessman who has helped to organise the project along with officers from the council, said: “There is a definite link between art, culture and regeneration.

This is an exciting time for the Gallery Town project and for Rotherham town centre with recent figures showing a continued increase in shopper footfall.

“Along with new shops and high profile events, in the town centre I’m confident that the artwork has played a part in bringing more people in, improving Rotherham’s vibrancy and economic vitality.