Unveiled: Broomfield artists in the Basildon Deanery

 

Broomfield artists in the Basildon Deanery 

Friday 6 December, 7.00 pm

St Andrew’s Church, 11 London Road, Wickford SS12 0AN

Find out about artworks in Basildon and Nevendon by Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones and Rosemary Rutherford. 

Rutherford, Huxley-Jones & Gwynneth Holt were artists based in Broomfield who undertook many commissions in Essex.  

An illustrated talk by Jonathan Evens. 

Part of ‘Unveiled’, the Friday night arts & performance event at St Andrew’s Church.

Broomfield in Essex became a village of artists following the arrival of Revd John Rutherford in 1930. His daughter, the artist Rosemary Rutherford, also moved with them and made the vicarage a base for her artwork including paintings and stained glass. Then, Gwynneth Holt and Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones moved to Broomfield in 1949 where they shared a large studio in their garden and both achieved high personal success. My poem 'Broomfield' reviews their stories, work, legacy and motivations. For more on the artists of Broomfield, all of whom are commemorated there with blue plaques, see here, here, here, here and here.

I will also be speaking about Huxley-Jones and Holt at Broomfield Parish Church on Saturday 8 February at 2.00 pm as part of their 'People and Stone' programme.

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