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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

Edward Wolfe

Born 1897 – Died 1982

Edward Wolfe was born in Johannesburg. After settling in London in 1916, he studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic and the Slade School of Art. He was employed by the Omega Workshops in 1918–19, and was at the height of his powers in the 1920s, when he was dubbed “England’s Matisse” for his vibrantly coloured portraits. His fame also owed much to regular exhibitions with the London Group and friendship with Roger Fry and the Sitwell family. After 1945 he exhibited widely in England and South Africa. He died in London.