Graham Ovenden (Born 1943 in Alresford, Hampshire, England); English painter, fine art photographer, writer and architect. 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | Towns in Hampshire ... Hampshire (abbr. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Fine art photography, or simply art photography, refers to high-quality archival photographic prints of pictures that are created to fulfill the creative vision of an individual professional. ...

Born in Alresford into a Fabian household, Ovenden attended Itchen Grammar School (1954-59) and was taught music privately by Albert Ketelby. Ovenden went on to be a student at the Royal College of Music, before he eventually turned to the visual arts. Fabian is the English form of the late Roman name Fabianus. ... The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The front facade of the RCM The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London. ...

His 1950s street photographs of London's children's street culture have been published as Childhood Streets (1998). // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Childrens street culture refers the cumulative culture of rhymes, songs, jokes, taboos, games, and places (e. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In his youth he was mentored by Lord David Cecil and Sir John Betjeman. He attended the Southampton School of Art, and graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1968. His main fame has been as a painter, and he seems to have begun painting from 1962/3. Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil (April 9, 1902 – January 1, 1986), was an English aristocrat, literary scholar, biographer and academic. ... Sir John Betjeman (28 August 1906 – 19 May 1984) was a British poet and writer on architecture. ... Civic Centre, Southampton Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Ovenden was a key founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists in 1975, along with: Graham Arnold; Ann Arnold; Sir Peter Blake; David Inshaw and other painters. The Brotherhood is still extant, although three members have left, and in 2005 it had a major London exhibition at the Leicester Galleries. The Brotherhood of Ruralists is a British art group founded in 1975 to paint nature. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This article is not about the late New Zealand yachtsman, Sir Peter Blake. ...

Ovenden is the established authority on Victorian photography, although not one without an impish sense of fun:- he once secreted some masterly forgeries into the National Portrait Gallery, under the name of a mythical Victorian photographer named Francis Hetling. A small scandal ensued and Ovenden actually found himself being prosecuted at the Old Bailey. He was found not guilty. Among his books on Victorian photography are: Pre Raphaelite Photography (1972); Victorian Children (1972); Victorian Erotic Photography (1973); A Victorian Album - Julia Margaret Cameron and Her Circle (1975); Alphonse Mucha Photographs (1974); Clementina Lady Hawarden (1974); Hill & Adamson, Photographers (1973); Lewis Carroll (1984). He also curated the 1993/4 exhibition Recording Angels, The Work of Lewis Wickes Hine. At least three art galleries are named National Portrait Gallery: National Portrait Gallery, Australia National Portrait Gallery, London National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Victorian can refer to: people from or attributes of places called Victoria (disambiguation page), including Victoria, Australia, people who lived during the British Victorian era of the 19th century, and aspects of the Victorian era, for example: Victorian architecture Victorian fashion Victorian morality Victorian literature This is a disambiguation page... The Old Bailey by Mountford (1907) The Central Criminal Court, commonly known as The Old Bailey (a bailey being part of a castle), is a Crown Court (criminal high court) in London, dealing with major criminal cases in the UK. It stands on the site of the mediaeval Newgate Gaol... Julia Jackson 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11, 1815 - January 26, 1879) was an British photographer. ... Alfons Mucha (July 24, 1860 - July 14, 1939) was a Czech painter and decorative artist. ... Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Construction worker on the empire state building some type of wire Lewis Wickes Hine (September 16, 1874 - November 3, 1940), was an American photographer. ...

Ovenden is noted as a photographer in his own right, and his book States of Grace (1993) is highly sought after by collectors and is now almost impossible to obtain.

He is also a writer and contributes to a variety of journals. He has also undertaken stage design and book illustrations.

His work is in a variety of collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Tate, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square An interior courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ... Crowds daily gather on the steps in front of the neoclassical façade The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums, located on the eastern edge of Central Park in Manhattan, New York, United...

Barley Splatt

Since he moved to Cornwall in 1973 with painter Annie Ovenden and his family, Ovenden has been constructing the only current neo-Gothic building in England, "Barley Splatt" near Bodmin in Cornwall. Barley Splatt has featured in a number of architectural journals and magazines. Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Administrative county Traditional county Duchy of Cornwall Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... See also Gothic art. ... Motto: Onan hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Cornwall, England Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Administrative county Traditional county Duchy of Cornwall Region South West England Area - Total - Admin. ...

His daughter Emily grew up at Barley Splatt and is now a writer, and a singer with the Mediaeval Baebes. The Mediaeval Baebes are eight stunning females (once there were twelve) who perform various instruments, sing and dance, backed by various musicians. ...

Further reading:

• Victor Arwas, Laurie Lee, Robert Melville. Graham Ovenden. (Academy Editions, 1987).

• The Brotherhood of Ruralists - A Celebration (2003).

• Christopher Martin (Ed). Art & Design No.23 - The Ruralists (Academy Editions, 1991).

• Hugh Cumming. "Post-Modern Landscape: The Art of Graham Ovenden" in: Art and Design: The Post-Avant-Garde Painting in the Eighties (1987).

Laurie Lee (1914-1997) was a poet and novelist from Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. ...

External links

• Brotherhood of Ruralists.
• Ruralist Fine Arts.