Work of the Week 12: Whore of Essex – I Love Thee by Grayson Perry
Glazed ceramic, 1986 It was a force majeure that brought Grayson Perry (b. 1960) from Chelmsford to Great Bardfield when he was 14 years old and his mother and newly acquired stepfather set up house there. It was not to be a happy period, and at the end of which he...
Work of the Week 11: Beslyn’s Pond by John Aldridge
Beslyn’s Pond is an easy walk north from Great Bardfield and became a favourite, inspirational location for Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and John Aldridge (1905 – 1983). Home for Aldridge was The Place in Great Bardfield and he lived there from 1933 until his death...
Work of the Week 10: A Splash in the Pant by Richard Bawden
Linocut, 1992, from a series of 85 A Splash in the Pant by Richard Bawden (b. 1936) portrays Edward and Charlotte Bawden and Eric and Tirzah Ravilious taking a dip on a summer’s day in the river near Great Bardfield and the incident passed into the folklore of both...
Work of the Week 9: The Attic Bedroom by Eric Ravilious
Watercolour c. 1932 – 4 Interiors and views through the window are what landscape artists paint when it is too cold and miserable to paint outdoors. The attic in The Attic Bedroom (Eric Ravilious 1903 – 1942) is at the top of Brick House in Great Bardfield where the...