Bishop Bell’s Commissions
with Frances Spalding
Tuesday 9 September
7pm – Berwick Church • Tickets £14.
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester from 1929, was famous for the stand he took against the Nazis and against the saturation bombing of Germany in World War II. He was equally well known for his commissioning of ecclesiastical art and drama.
While Dean of Canterbury he commissioned T.S. Eliot to write Murder in the Cathedral.
As Bishop he commissioned Duncan Grant, Vanessa and Quentin Bell to paint murals in the church at Berwick, and German born Hans Feibusch to paint murals in St Elizabeth’s, Eastbourne. Frances Spalding, art historian and biographer, will talk about his contribution to ecclesiastical art.
For more information about Berwick Church visit www.berwickchurch.org.uk
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| Berwick Church, detail of the murals |
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