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| + | Biography as known by [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joan_West Joan West]. | ||
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| + | I first met [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Benedict_Rubbra Benedict Rubbra] and his wife Tessa at an exhibition of his paintings in [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Valley_Cottage Valley Cottage], [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Highwood_Bottom Highwood Bottom]. | ||
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| + | His parents were [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Edmund_Rubbra Edmund Rubbra], a famous composer, and Antoinette, a pianist and violinist, who lived in Valley Cottage, where Benedict was born in 1938. | ||
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| + | Benedict had always loved painting and was a professional artist by the time he married Tessa in 1960. They were now the ones to live in Valley Cottage. | ||
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| + | Benedict built an annex to the cottage as a studio and gallery and there he held an exhibition every two years. | ||
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| + | He painted some paintings of the local area which were to me full of emotional feeling. However he told me that he loved doing those but his "bread and butter" came from painting portraits, of which he listed many famous people of the day. | ||
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| + | '''Tessa Rubbra.''' Tessa Rubbra had a pottery workshop. She liked the things that she made to be useful. | ||
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| + | '''Moved to Devon.''' In 2001 the family moved to Devon. There Tessa's work was recommended by one outlet thus "Tessa Rubbra's pottery realises elegant shapes with distinctive colour combinations in a gorgeous variety of unique designs". (Put 'artist' in Search for other creators) | ||
Revision as of 12:59, 6 January 2024
click Families for other local families.
Biography as known by Joan West.
Benedict Rubbra
I first met Benedict Rubbra and his wife Tessa at an exhibition of his paintings in Valley Cottage, Highwood Bottom.
His parents were Edmund Rubbra, a famous composer, and Antoinette, a pianist and violinist, who lived in Valley Cottage, where Benedict was born in 1938.
Benedict had always loved painting and was a professional artist by the time he married Tessa in 1960. They were now the ones to live in Valley Cottage.
Benedict built an annex to the cottage as a studio and gallery and there he held an exhibition every two years.
He painted some paintings of the local area which were to me full of emotional feeling. However he told me that he loved doing those but his "bread and butter" came from painting portraits, of which he listed many famous people of the day.
Tessa Rubbra. Tessa Rubbra had a pottery workshop. She liked the things that she made to be useful.
Moved to Devon. In 2001 the family moved to Devon. There Tessa's work was recommended by one outlet thus "Tessa Rubbra's pottery realises elegant shapes with distinctive colour combinations in a gorgeous variety of unique designs". (Put 'artist' in Search for other creators)