The Hillesden Group at the Vicarage
The Hillesden Years
“Dalton’s Weekly, when we consulted it, carried one advertisement for what seemed to be a suitable country house to let.”* The Vicarage, Hillesden, Buckinghamshire. Eric and John caught the train up and it was agreed, so long as electrics could be fitted by the landlord for their kiln. Rent, four pounds ten shillings per week.
Consisting of John and Mary Clarke, Eric and Martina Mellon and Derek and Ruth Davis, their little artists commune, ‘The Hillesden Group’ was founded.
* Quote from John Clarke's notes on Hillesden.
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