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Description: | -Bushey has a unique history in the field of fine art as the village has been the centre for the Monro Circle, Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA, the Herkomer Art School, Lucy Kemp-Welch's Bushey School of Painting, Marmaduke Flower's Bushey School of Portraiture, the Frobisher Art School and others, mainly from 1883-1960. Dramatic arts, music and pageant have also been associated with the art colony.
The collection includes 1,200 framed works, and a larger number fo unframes watercolours, drawings and fine art prints represnting the works of 'Bushey artists', artists who have spent a year or more at a local art school or lived locally. A particular strength is the collection of works and other artefacts associated with Sir Hubert von Herkomer; other artists represented include Lucy E Kemp Welch, Louie Burrell, Kate Cowderoy, Hugh Boycott-Brown, Albert Ranney Chewitt, Alice B Woodward, Robert Morton Nance, Lily Gill, Gordon Davis, and Charles E Browne.
There is also a collection of artists accessories. ;The museum holds collections of arts and crafts of the Bushey art colony, including items from Herkomer's home and works by H Washington and Myrtle Broome. It also has a significant loan collection of sculpture by Charles E Browne.
- | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Rudolph Road
Bushey Hertfordshire United Kingdom,
WD23 3HW | FAX: | 020 8420 4923 | Telephone: | 020 8420 4057 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6441 | Go to resource |
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