Bawden, Ravilious and the Artists of Great Bardfield
Malcolm Yorke and Gill Saunders
In 1925 the artists Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious moved to the Essex village of Great Bardfield, at first sharing lodgings. Over the course of several years and encouraged by Bawden and Ravilious' work, other artists came to live in the village, forming a community of artists and designers that has continued to today. Among the firs
Gill Saunders is Senior Curator in the Word & Image Department of Victoria and Albert Museum, specialising in 20th-century and contemporary prints and drawings. Dr Malcolm Yorke is a freelance writer and art historian with a special interest in twentieth-century British art.