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A Snowy Day, High Street, Great Bardfield, Essex

Edward Bawden, 1955

A Snowy Day, High Street, Great Bardfield by Edward Bawden
© Estate of Edward Bawden. Courtesy of Fry Art Gallery

In the mid-1920s, there was an influx of artists to Great Bardfield in Essex, among them Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood.

They have been compared to the Bloomsbury Group, similarly escaping the hustle and bustle of London for a quieter life.

A Snowy Day, High Street, Great Bardfield, Essex is a wintery scene by Bawden of the village’s snow-covered high street. Villagers are passing through, catching up with neighbours, and one man is clearing the heavy snowfall with a shovel into a wheelbarrow. They're all wrapped up in coats and hats to fend off the cold.

With Art Fund support, the work has been acquired by Saffron Walden’s Fry Art Gallery, joining their collection with strong holdings of work by the artists who lived in northwest Essex during the early and mid-20th century.

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Title of artwork, date

A Snowy Day, High Street, Great Bardfield, Essex, 1955

Date supported

2023

Dimensions

43 x 56 cm

Total cost

29480

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