Title: Benton End Remembered

Cedric Morris, Arthur Lett-Haines and the

East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing.

Compilers: Gwynneth Reynolds and

Diana Grace

List price: £25.00

ISBN: 0 906290 69 4

Contents: Benton End was an exotic world apart where, art, literature, good food, gardening and lively conversation combined to produce a stimulating environment for amateurs and professionals alike. Visitors included Victoria Sackville- West, Elizabeth David, Francis Bacon, John Nash, Randolph Churchill, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Among the students were Lucian Freud, Lucy Harwood, David Carr, Glyn Morgan, Kathleen Hale and Maggie Hambling. Without formal teaching they were free to pursue their own enthusiasms while Cedric’s other skill as a plantsman and noted breeder of irises, contrasted with Lett’s intellectual sophistication and interest in food, wine and artistic experimentation.