Watercolour artist Violet Gertrude Edney (1908-1980) lived in the Cambridgeshire village of Papworth Everard.
The Edney Collection comprises 173 of her paintings from the late 1970s.
Her paintings portray themes of the times such as destruction of the countryside, homelessness, poverty, absurd bureaucracy, labour strikes and reduction of village services such as the closing of shops or the shutting of bus routes. These serious topics are all handled with a light and often humorous touch, with vibrant use of colour and a folk-art style.
Here are four examples:
To view the whole collection, please answer this question: How did V. G. Edney deliberately misspell 'harvest' in the above painting?:
Contact: e [at] edwn.org if you have something nice to say or perhaps know something about the life of the artist, or have some of her paintings.