An intimate and sprawling chronicle of artistic and rural life in the mid- 20th century will come to Petersfield in 2025.
From the Museum and Art Gallery’s archive, over 1000 negatives capture the life of an artistic circle in Petersfield between the two world wars. Taken mainly by Winifred Joseph (1894-1966) at the home of Dr Harry Roberts, an East End-based doctor, the house in Hampshire named ‘Oakshott Hangers’ became a much-used country retreat from the capital.
Over the years, artists and architects including Geoffrey Lupton, the poet Edward Thomas and artist Flora Twort as well as a wide range of Petersfield residents came to the house. Joseph documented it all, from daily life tending to horses and raising children, to playful pets.
With over 16 albums that have been carefully preserved, the exhibition will offer a unique glimpse into 20th century rural life, and the people that enriched it.
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