Artist:

ANN ARNOLD (born 1936)

Title:

The Hill in Spring ( 1987 )

Medium:

Oil on board

Signed:

Signed lower right, signed and dated 1987, and inscribed with title on the reverse

Dimensions:

55.50cm wide   45.70cm high (21.85 inches wide  17.99 inches high)

Literature:

Christopher Martin, The Ruralists, Academy Editions, London, 1991, illustrated page 93
Jerrold Northrop Moore, Laurie Lee, Peter Nahum, The Ruralists: A Celebration, Ruralist Fine Art, 2004, illustrated page 52
Peter Nahum, The Brotherhood of Ruralists and the Pre-Raphaelites, 2005, The Leicester Galleries exhibition catalogue, illustrated, number 15
Jerrold Northrop Moore, The Green Fuse, Pastoral Vision in English Art 1820-2000, Antiques Collector's Club, 2007, illustrated plate 200, page 247
Anne Anderson, Robert Meyrick, Peter Nahum, Ancient Landcapes - Pastoral Visions: Samuel Palmer to the Ruralists, Southampton City Art Gallery, April-June 2008; then touring Victoria Gallery Bath, Falmouth Art Gallery and Cube Gallery Plymouth until 19 December 2008, pages 62 and 74, catalogue number 45

Exhibition:

Ancient Landcapes - Pastoral Visions: Samuel Palmer to the Ruralists, Southampton City Art Gallery, April-June 2008; then touring Victoria Gallery Bath, Falmouth Art Gallery and Cube Gallery Plymouth until 19 December 2008

Description:

This is a view of a spectacular hill near Ann and her husband Graham’s house in Shropshire. The artist explained that she and Graham once owned the hill and had planted many trees there. Ann described how the spiralling flight of the buzzard that nested nearby and was often seen circling overhead, evoked a great sense of freedom. Nicolas Usherwood describes how she paints scenes that are very much part of her daily life, but seen at a particular and intense moment.(1) A member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists, the spirituality of the English landscape is perhaps the most important element within Ann Arnold’s work.

Ann Arnold was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the daughter of naval architect Edmund Telfer. She studied at Epsom School of Art from 1956-9 and began her career as an art therapist, becoming a founder member of the Association of Art Theapists. In 1961, she married fellow artist Graham Arnold. The couple moved to Ashington in Sussex, where they lived until 1974. Ann and Graham Arnold were fonder members of the Brotherhood of Ruralists with Sir Peter Blake, Graham & Annie Ovenden, David Inshaw and Jann Haworth in 1975. They currently live in Shropshire. Ann has frequently visited France researching the Celts. She was elected as Academician at the newly formed South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts, in 2000.


(1) Christopher Martin, The Ruralists, Academy Editions, London, 1991, page 91

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