The Beaford Archive

Oak tree, Marsland Valley, Near Welcombe, West Devon, 1997. The tree reminded Ravilious of Mondrian’s drawings of an apple tree, which are progressively more and more stylised

People and place: an outstanding archive of rural Britain

4 November 2017 9:00 am

In 1970 I wandered around an unfamiliar part of West Devon. Down a grassy lane I came across a farmyard…

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