Artist: Ann Arnold

Title: The Brotherhood of Ruralists at Coombe

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 45cm x 55cm

Date: 1977

Source: {A2~B22}

Copyright: Ann Arnold

Exhibited

The Brotherhood of Ruralists
Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 11 April 1981 - 16 May 1981
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 28 May 1981 - 28 June 1981
The Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 18 July 1981 - 28 June 1981
Camden Arts Centre, London, 19 August 1981 - 27 September 1981

Reproduced

Arnolfini Review, April 1981
The issue which co-incided with the exhibition at the Arnolfini, Bristol
The work is reproduced in monochrome.

The Ruralists, A Celebration
Peter Nahum, Jerrold Northrop Moore, Laurie Lee
Ruralist Fine Art, 2003
Page 52

Supplementaty Information

The "Coombe" of the title refers to the Coombe Valley in Cornwall, an area approximately 4 miles north of Bude. The Ruralists spent many holidays together here in the early years.

The subjects are, from left to right:

David Inshaw, Graham Ovenden, Juliette Liberty Blake, Annie Ovenden holding Emily Ovenden, Jann Haworth, Peter Blake holding Daisy Blake, Edmund Ovenden (in tree), Friend of David Inshaw (on swing), Graham Arnold, Ann Arnold.