About this artwork
This photograph was taken for a photo essay titled ‘A School Where Love is a Cure’ which appeared in ‘Picture Post’ in 1949. It covered the work of the Camphill School at Bieldside, near Aberdeen. Established in 1940 by an Austrian exile, Karl König, the school offered residential accommodation for children with learning disabilities. Tudor-Hart’s imagery expresses an acute understanding of the experience and ideas that underpinned König’s practice. He stressed the value of a healthy environment and close contact with children who often found it hard to communicate. Only one of these photographs was used in the ‘Picture Post’ spread, which presented a rather romantic vision of the school’s methods.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Edith Tudor-Hart (1908 - 1973) Austrian
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title:Woman and Child, Camphill School, Bieldside, Aberdeen
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date created:Photographed 1949
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printed by:Owen Logan (born 1963) Scottish
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:27.60 x 27.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Printed 2004 from original negatives held in the Edith Tudor Hart Archive
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accession number:PGP 279.42B
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Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart
Edith Tudor-Hart, née Suschitzky, was one of the most significant documentary photographers working in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Vienna, she grew up in radical Jewish circles. Edith married Alex Tudor-Hart, a British doctor, and the pair moved to England. There she worked as a...