Doris Hatt
A Winter's Day, Thaxted, 1929
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Inscribed to stretcher verso
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Provenance
Private collection
Note: This important early work by Hatt marked the occasion that she attended one of Conrad Noel's Thaxted festivals in the late 1920s. She became deeply influenced by Noel's Socialist ideas and his belief in the the great value of art, craft and music as a vital means of enriching human life.
Literature
'The Art of Doris Hatt', Denys J. Wilcox, 2019, South West Heritage Trust, p. 29 (illustrated in colour).