Kenneth Rowntree
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Kenneth Rowntree was a British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 artist.

A Quaker, he was a conscientious objector
Conscientious objector
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religion....

 during the Second World War. He worked for the War Artists' Advisory Committee.

He one of the Great Bardfield Artists
Great Bardfield Artists
The Great Bardfield Artists were a community of artists who lived in Great Bardfield, a village in north west Essex, England, during the middle years of the 20th century....

.

Reference:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=108&EventId=661

Obituary: Independent, February 1997
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