Lucy Kemp-Welch students
18th October 2025 to April 2026
Lucy Kemp-Welch ran the Bushey School of Painting and later the Kemp-Welch School of Animal Painting. Sadly, no records remain but thanks to research by Grant Longman, we know the names of a number of her students. The artists practiced many different styles, subjects and media, and many of their artworks are part of our collection.
Exhibition Organisers: Frances Agnew and Irene Simonaro
Bushey Performing Arts Festival Exhibition
Late Summer 2025 ->
The Bushey Performing Arts Festival was a free community event which took place on 8th June 2025. It took place in the Mary Forsdyke Gardens, Warren Lake, Bushey Heath. It featured Music, Poets, Comedy, Art, Fun for the kids, Entertainment, Face painting etc. The artwork produced and the photographs taken on the day - including music, poets, comedy, art, fun for the kids, entertainment etc. - will be displayed in the Jubilee Room in late summer.
Portraits of Hubert von Herkomer
24th January 1926 – July 2026
Hubert von Herkomer became a very wealthy man and was able to make Bushey the centre of his school, build a Gothic mansion and for Bushey’s well-being, finance the village nurse, as well as being instrumental in arranging water and electrical supplies. His wealth – and hard work – came from his painting of portraits.
Herkomer portraits can be found in a great many County and Town Halls, Museums, Resource Centres, Colleges, Stately homes, Municipal Art Galleries, Academies, Archives, Libraries. Oxford University alone – according to Art UK – are proud of at least 17 portraits, and Cambridge University 7 portraits. This is apart from those portraits that are in private collections. Portraits in the Hebrides and Wells, Somerset; Wick in the north of Scotland and Bromley in Kent; Llandudno and Norwich. He was the most prolific portrait painter and it is Bushey Museum and Art Gallery’s intention to celebrate this in January. A number of the portraits are very big so help will be required in the mounting of the Exhibition – also we need as much publicity as possible nationally and internationally so please Friends spread the word.
Exhibition Organisers: Hannah Schonholz and Pat Woollard