This book tells the story of Great Bardfield and its artists, and their famous 'open house' exhibitions, showing how the village and neighbouring landscape nurtured a distinctive style of art, design and illustration from the 1930s to the 1970s and beyond.
A chronicle of the artistic community of Great Bardfield in Essex, which was founded in 1925 by the artists Edward Barden and Eric Ravilious, who were later joined by Kenneth and Diana Rowntree, Michael Rothenstein, Walter Hoyle, Marianne Straub and many others. Ranges from the 1930s to the 1970s and beyond.
