Community News
March 2019
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Capturing the spirit of an artistic Eden Benton End House in Hadleigh was for many years the home of Sir Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines. As the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing, it influenced the careers of many artists including the young Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Maggi Hambling, all of whom were students there. Lett-Haines died in 1978 and Morris in 1982; both are buried in Hadleigh. There is growing appreciation of their art and of the historical significance of the School. Morris was well-known in the town and a generous teacher of artists young and old. Not only an important influence on mid-20th Century British painting, he was also a gifted plantsman and an expert on the cultivation of irises. He developed more than eighty new cultivars, now much prized by horticulturalists and whose variety and beauty inspired many wonderful paintings. Benton End House has been purchased on behalf of a new charitable trust and will be recreated as an artistic and horticultural hub, inspired by Morris and Lett-Haines’ ethos of ‘encouraging freedom of invention, enthusiasm and enjoyment’. The Benton End House Trust will support, educate and encourage artists and gardeners of all levels of experience, with particular emphasis on the inspiration of young people from Suffolk. Beginning in 2020, the Trust will offer day and residential courses, both as implementation of the vision and as part of the fundraising required to assure Benton End House’s long-term future. Cllr. Dr. Sian Dawson, sian.dawson@babergh.gov.uk, who was the charity’s first contact-point in Hadleigh, said: ”This is an exciting opportunity for Hadleigh which I have closely followed from its inception - it will certainly benefit the town and has my enthusiastic support. Please come along to the Q&A session and join me in supporting this wonderful project.” Friday 15th March, 7pm at St Mary’s Church Please come along to learn about the Benton End House plans from representatives of the Trust.
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