On Thursday evening, David Boswell presented a fascinating and well illustrated appreciation of the work of Kettering-born artist Arthur Bell (1897-1995) ...
Arthur Bell was born in Kettering and originally studied in the town before attending Bournemouth School of Art after the Great War. He subsequently had a long and well respected teaching career, first in the South West, then moving to Gloucestershire and the Cheltenham Colleges.
There are a number of Bell's works on the BBC yourpaintings resource
Arthur Bell was elected an associate of the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol (RWA) in 1935 and exhibited regularly there until 1994. He specialised in etching and watercolour and had work selected on a number of occasions for the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition.
The talk was illustrated both with slides and a large number of items and illustrated booklets for people to browse and gave an engaging impression of the life and work of one of Kettering's less well-known artists.
A great contribution to the life of the Alfred East Gallery courtesy of the Friends.
(Arthur Bell: Tuscan watercolour)
