Painter in oil and watercolour and printmaker dealing with landscape and architectural subjects. Born in Brighouse, Yorkshire, Sharp studied art at Bradford School of Art, Leeds School of Art, Royal College of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. He exhibited at RA, RBA, RI, ROI, RBSA and had a number of one-man shows, including Foyles Gallery. He was principal of Nuneaton Art School, 1925–52. Work in about a dozen public collections, mainly in the north of England, including Rotherham Museum and Art Gallery, Yorkshire, and Bootle Museum and Art Gallery. Lived at Exmouth, Devon.