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This lecture looks at the first ten years of the new Garden City of Letchworth, in Hertfordshire, and shows that it attracted an unusually large number of architects, artists and designers, in search of the ‘Simple Life’.

After a brief introduction tracing the history of the world’s first Garden City, It looks in more detail at the artistic life of the town, and its importance to the founding residents. It will show examples of work by a range of architects, artists and craft workers, including woodworker Stanley Parker (brother of architect Barry Parker); lustre pottery by architect W H Cowlishaw; textiles by Edmund Hunter of the St Edmundsbury Weavers; sculpture by Onslow Whiting; paintings by the Camden Town artists William Ratcliffe, Spencer Gore and Harold Gilman; and advertising by Percy Gossop (first British art director of Vogue).

ARTS AND CRAFTS SERIES — Ros Allwood : ‘Innate Bohemians All’; Arts & Crafts in the early Garden City

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Event Type(s) Talks and Debates
Admission / Cost FREE

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Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain

About SAHGB brings together all those with an interest in the history of the built environment – academics, architects, heritage experts and the wider public. We believe that appreciation of architectural history plays a vital role in understanding our culture, past and present. With the help of our members, we publish new research, organise a range of events, provide educational opportunities and advance the understanding of the built histories of all periods and places, in Britain and beyond.
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