Michael Rothenstein

William Michael Rothenstein RA (19 March 1908 – 6 July 1993) was a British printmaker, painter and art teacher.

During the late 1930s the artist's output was mainly Neo-Romantic landscapes and in 1940 he was commissioned to paint topographical watercolours of endangered sites in Sussex for the Recording Britain proanised by the Pilgrim Trust.

At Great Bardfield there was a small resident art community that included John Aldridge, Edward Bawden and Kenneth Rowntree.

Thanks to his contacts in the art world (his older brother, Sir John Rothenstein, was the current head of the Tate Gallery) these exhibitions became nationally known and attracted thousands of visitors.

Not long after the 1958 Great Bardfield summer exhibition the couple moved to the nearby village of Stisted, Essex.