Tree Dance by Graham Ovenden

The Brotherhood of Ruralists
Information Website

Information for researchers and collectors of
works by this unique group of artists

Rebecca Dreaming at Coombe by Ann Arnolc

The Brotherhood of Ruralists was a group of artists exhibiting together between 1975 and 2007. Initially the group included Ann Arnold, Graham Arnold, Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, David Inshaw, Annie Ovenden, Graham Ovenden. Blake, Haworth and Inshaw left the group in the early 1980s. The remaining four artists continued to exhibit as a group, actively, for another 20 or so years (and were occasionally joined by Blake and Inshaw).

In 2007 a small exhibition of new work and some older chosen pieces was organised at Horsham in Surrey. This was the last exhibition that could be said to have been curated by the group. Subsequent exhibitions, such as the 2008 Ancient Landscapes, Pastoral Visions at Southampton have included their work, ackowledging them as members of the group, and the artists continue to exhibit in solo shows and collaborations.

This website serves as a record of the 30 years that the group exhibited together and as a means of providing information about the current work of the artists. Blake, Haworth and Inshaw were members of the group for a relatively short period and their work outside this time generally stands apart from the work as "ruralists", consequently this site concentrates mainly on the four other artists.

Prince's Trust Evening of Art
Charity Auction, 7 December 2011

Includes a work by Annie Ovenden and a print by Peter Blake

Click Here for the catalogue as a large (4MB) PDF file

Annie Ovenden's work is item 14, pages 22-3 (24-5 in the PDF). Peter Blake'sw work is item 21, page 31 (33 in the PDF).

The British Vision 2011
Exhibition by Clerkenwell Fine Art

This exhibition has now closed, but further information is still available on the dealer's website at Clerkenwell Fine Art

Included work by Graham and Ann Arnold and Annie Ovenden

David Inshaw
Between Fantasy and Reality

Ground-Breaking New Publication   

A stunning new monograph on David Inshaw has just been published by Tabretts. Richly illustrated with a sharp text by Andrew Lambirth is it published in a special edition of only 250 copies, each with a sign print.

For full details and to purchase, visit: tabretts.co.uk

David Inshaw
New Dedicated Website

davidinshaw.net

We are pleased to report that a new website has been created to display works by David Inshaw.

davidinshaw.net contains a wide range of works spanning most of the artist's life together with fascinating and informative commentaries.

Although the site has no direct connection with this one, we do recommend it and look forward to sharing visitors.

Graham Ovenden
Work included in 'Controverses' Exhibition

Controverses: A legal and ethical history of photography

Curated by Daniel Girardin, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, includes images by and from the collection of Graham Ovenden: (Maud Hewes, 1984 by Ovenden and Alice Lidell as a beggar child, 1859 by Charles Dodgson).

Both photographs included in exhibition catalogue:
Controverses Une Histoire Juridique Et Ethique De La Photographie
Published by Actes Sud / Musée de l'Elysée 2003

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