A request for help!
During the war the Vicar and Rector of Longstanton was called Rev John Goodchild. His wife Lillian Clark Goodchild came from a family of renowned artists; her father and her brother both being members of the Royal Academy. Lillian was an amateur artist who painted a number of scenes from the village. Although we have digital copies of her work the location of her original paintings of the village are not known. Now we have received a request from a member… of the public regarding one of her pictures. Her request is as follows:
“the owner of this much loved watercolour by Lilian Clark Goodchild is keen to find out more about it and the artist including where the scene was painted. There are no details on the back. All I have is the date and signature and a bit about her through the longstanton society so any information is welcome”.
My thoughts on this are that the family lived in a village near Huntingdon before coming to Longstanton in the 1930’s so this painting pre-dates them moving here. It is therefore possible that inspiration for the picture could be the coast in Suffolk as the Clark family home was near Ipswich.
If anyone can help provide more information on this picture or the missing Longstanton paintings we would be most grateful. Please message me via our Facebook page or via email if you can be of assistance.
Thank you.
Note: I have just noticed that the signature on this painting has Lillian spelt with one L. I will leave my spelling as it is for now but it may be possible that we have recorded the spelling of her name incorrectly.
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