Artist: Ann Arnold

Title: The Brotherhood of Ruralists at Coombe

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 45cm x 55cm

Date: 1977

Source: {A2~B22}

Reproduced

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.