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Description: | -Oils, watercolours, lithographs, prints, and linocuts by artists who have lived and worked in North West Essex, particularly thos who lived in and around Great Bardfield and Finchingfield between the early 1930's and the death of John Aldridge in 1983. Artists represented include John Aldridge,Edward Bawden, Chloe Cheese, Sir George Clausen, Olive Cook, Thomas Hennell, Walter Hoyle, Sheila Robinson, Eric Ravilious, Michael Rothenstein,and Kenneth Rowntree.;Photographs by Edwin Smith (1912-1971) and by other artists associated with North West Essex.;Sculpture, ceramics and designs, notably wallpaper designs by artists living and working in North West Essex from the 1930's.The Gallery has a particularly important collection of the works of Edward Bawden, including linocuts, lithographs, designs for posters and wallpapers and pencil sketches. The collection also includes a photographic record of Bawden's house and studio by Roy Hammans, 1989, and an oil portrait of him by his grandson, Tom Russell (1989-91).;Ceramics designed by Eric Ravilious, principally for Wedgwood.;Wallpaper designs by John Aldridge and by Edward Bawden
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Bridge End Gardens
Castle Street
Saffron Walden Essex United Kingdom,
CB10 1BD | Telephone: | 01799 513 779 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6556 | Go to resource |
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