A community of artists who lived in and around village of Great Bardfield in north Essex from the 1930s to 1970s. At its heart during the 1930s were friends Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious with their artist wives Charlotte Epton and Tirzah Garwood, who lived for a time together at Brick House. The community held a number of exhibitions in their homes in the 1950s and the Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden opened in 1987 to largely honour them. Developed in association with Grant Waters, Art Detective Group Leader: South East England, East England and the Midlands.
Brick House, Great Bardfield 1955
Edward Bawden (1903–1989)
Watercolour on paper
H 44.3 x W 56 cm
Fry Art Gallery
Two Women Sitting in a Garden 1932
Eric Ravilious (1903–1942)
Watercolour on paper
H 45.4 x W 55.8 cm
Fry Art Gallery
Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden 1933
Michael Rothenstein (1908–1993)
Watercolour on paper
H 55.8 x W 70.3 cm
National Portrait Gallery, London

Great Bardfield 1938
John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 35 x W 45 cm
William Evans Bequest, Bangor University
Sheila Robinson (1925–1988)
Linocut on paper
H 57 x W 39.5 cm
Fry Art Gallery
Summer Gardens, Bardfield 1940s
Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 57.4 x W 77.8 cm
Chelmsford Museums
The Wrestlers c.1944
Audrey Cruddas (1912–1979)
Gouache & mixed media on paper
H 55 x W 55 cm
Fry Art Gallery
Harbour and Figures 1956
Stanley Clifford-Smith (1906–1968)
Oil on hardboard
H 113.5 x W 82.5 cm
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
Great Lodge Farm 1953
Walter Hoyle (1922–2000)
Watercolour on paper
H 28 x W 37.5 cm
Fry Art Gallery
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Stanley Clifford-Smith (1906–1968)
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Duffy Ayers (1915–2017)
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Charlotte Bawden (1902–1970)
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Audrey Cruddas (1912–1979)
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Marianne Straub (1909–1994)
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Michael Rothenstein (1908–1993)
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Sheila Robinson (1925–1988)
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John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge (1905–1983)
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Denise Hoyle (b.1935)
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Walter Hoyle (1922–2000)
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