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- Created in 1957 by Harold Stanley ‘Jim’ Ede, Kettle’s Yard was established as a home to live in with his wife Helen, but also a space in which a wide public (particularly students) could enjoy art in a domestic setting.
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Here, they renovated four derelict cottages to create Kettle’s Yard, where they lived from 1957 to 1973. When he left, Jim created a recorded lecture about Kettle’s Yard, from which extracts have been taken for this website. Jim and Helen Ede retired to Edinburgh, where Helen died in 1977.
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The Edes moved to Cambridge in 1956 and renovated four...
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The Edes moved to Cambridge in 1956 and renovated four derelict cottages to create Kettle’s Yard. Jim and Helen Ede left for Edinburgh in 1973, where Helen died in 1977; Jim spending the last years of his life as a hospital visitor until his death in 1990. About Helen Ede.
Sep 13, 2023 · In the 1950s, Jim Ede came to Cambridge to look for a stately home that he and his wife Helen could move into with their amazing art collection. But when funds did not stretch this far, they eventually settled on four almost derelict cottages that were to become Kettle’s Yard.
Harold Stanley Ede (7 April 1895 – 15 March 1990), also known as Jim Ede and H. S. Ede, was a British curator, collector of art and friend to artists. He was the creator of Kettle's Yard in Cambridge.
Jul 21, 2023 · 21 July 2023. Jim Ede in the dining room at Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge. Photo: public domain. In 1925, Harold Stanley Ede (1895-1990), renamed Jim by his wife Helen, was a...
At Kettle’s Yard Jim Ede carefully positioned artworks alongside furniture, glass, ceramics and natural objects, with the aim of creating a harmonic whole. These clips explore works in the Kettle’s Yard collection and Jim’s ‘philosophy’ of art and life.
Harold Stanley [‘Jim’] Ede was born on 7 April 1895 near Cardiff. Jim met Helen when they were both art students, and they married in 1921. While working at the Tate in the 1920s and 1930s, Jim formed important friendships with Ben Nicholson, David Jones and other artists.
