The son of a South Norfolk farmer, Edward Barker studied at the Norwich Technical Institute in the 1930s, later serving in the North Norfolk Observer Corps during the war. He worked as a senior graphic designer in the Display Department of Mackintosh’s chocolate factory on Chapelfield and simultaneously played a significant role in raising the profile of contemporary art in and around Norwich.

Edward joined the newly-formed Norwich Twenty Group in 1949 and in the spirit of post-war optimism, epitomised by the 1951 Festival of Britain, went on to arrange exciting and controversial exhibitions of painting and sculpture, provoking heated discussion in the correspondence columns of the Eastern Daily Press!

Edward developed as a skilled and sensitive draughtsman and sculptor who exhibited his work both locally, nationally and internationally. This illustrated lecture will briefly explore his early influences of the natural world before focusing on the important contribution to art Edward and his fellow artists made to this region.

Note £5 charge to all!

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