Great Bardfield
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Great Bardfield is a large village in Essex.
Great Bardfield is home to the Bardfield Cage and the Bardfield Museum, a 19th century village lock-up. There is a figure of a man in the cage and an audio tape player. Opening Hours: 3 Apr-26 Sep, Sat, Sun, Bank Hol Mon, 1400-1700.
Bardfield is the home of many important twentieth century English artists who hosted a series of important 'open house' exhibitions in the village during the 1950s. These exhibitions garnered national press attention and attracted thousands of visitors. The Great Bardfield Artists of the 1940s and 1950s were: John Aldridge, Edward Bawden, George Chapman, Stanley Clifford-Smith, Audrey Cruddas, Walter Hoyle, Michael Rothenstein, Eric Ravilious (who lodged with Bawden at Brick House), Sheila Robinson and Marianne Straub. Other artists linked to the art community include Joan Glass, Duffy Ayers, Laurence Scarfe and the political cartoonist David Low. Down the road from Great Bardfield is Little Bardfield.
Another notable son of Great Bardfield is the early 20th century Liberal candidate in several local constituencies, Ernest William Tanner.
[edit] External links
- Great Bardfield Primary School
- Information on Great Bardfield
- The High Barn. One of the oldest and finest timber framed barns in the country. With a theatre, conference facilities and recording studio
- Miles Kelly Publishing
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