Graham Arnold (1932 – 19 March 2019) was an English contemporary fine artist, working primarily in oil and mixed media. Arnold, along with his wife and fellow artist

Ann Arnold Ann Arnold Telfer, (4 January 1936 – 28 December 2015) was an English fine art and figurative artist and a member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists. Ann Arnold was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and studied at Epsom School of Art (1956–1959 ...

, was a founder member of the

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, with Sir Peter Blake,

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and

Annie Ovenden Ann Dinah Ovenden ( Gilmore, born 1945, Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is a British fine artist and a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists. - From Martin, Christopher ''The Ruralists. Art and Design'' (1991) She is a figurative artist. Ove ...

. Arnold's work contains a combination of realistic and surrealist elements. Subjects often include still life and landscapes. Themes such as

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and

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inspired his work and that of the Brotherhood as a whole. Arnold's paintings are held in a number of public collections, including the

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

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and the

British Museum The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It docum ...

References

External links

Brotherhood of Ruralists web site

''Homage To Eve'' show at Wiltshire Heritage Museum
1932 births 2019 deaths British contemporary painters Brotherhood of Ruralists English painters People from Sydenham, London {{UK-painter-20thC-stub