The Art of Cornwall
The much-loved county of Cornwall has been a rich source of inspiration for generations of artists, with its stunning scenery, spectacular coastline, busy harbours and fishing communities and unique quality of light. The late 19th and early 20th Centuries constitute a golden age when Cornwall was at the forefront of British art and painters from home and abroad gathered here to set up their studios and schools of art in Newlyn, Lamorna, St. Ives and Falmouth. Many of these artists had trained together in the ateliers of Paris and Antwerp and arrived in Cornwall enthused by the latest European ideas and techniques of painting outdoors, capturing the movement of their subjects and translating impressions of colour, light and shade onto their canvases with quick, square-brush strokes. The result is a rich artistic heritage that can still be enjoyed today.
Daffodil Time, Lamorna
Samuel John Lamorna Birch
(1869 – 1955)
Springtime, Lamorna
Denys Maurice Orlando Prideaux Law
(1907 – 1981)
Harbour Reflections, St. Ives, Cornwall
Richard Hayley Lever
(1875 – 1958)
Morning, Cawsand
John White
(1851 – 1933)
St. Michael’s Mount
19th Century English School
Flower Field, St. Michael’s Mount
Julie Brett
(1939 – 2010)
A Cornish Farmstead
Harold Charles Francis Harvey
(1874 – 1941)
St. Ives, Cornwall
Richard Hayley Lever
(1875 – 1958)
Plymouth Sound from Mount Wise
Nicholas Matthew Condy
(1816 – 1851)
Holywell Bay, Cornwall, 1915
Arthur Wilde Parsons
(1854 – 1931)
On the Pier, St. Ives
Walter Henry Sweet
(1889 – 1943)
The Lamorna Stream
Denys Maurice Orlando Prideaux Law
(1907 – 1981)
White Barque, Falmouth
Henry Scott Tuke
(1858 – 1929)
A Swedish Barque off Falmouth, 1924
Henry Scott Tuke
(1858 – 1929)
Preparing the Stew
Henry Scott Tuke
(1858 – 1929)
A Ship and a Barque at Anchor in Carrick Roads, 1927
Henry Scott Tuke
(1858 – 1929)
Summer, St. Ives
Richard Hayley Lever
(1875 – 1958)
Home from the Fields
Harold Charles Francis Harvey
(1874 – 1941)
St. Ives Bay Railway
Albert Moulton Foweraker
RBA (1873 – 1942)
Moonlight, Skidden Hill, St. Ives
Albert Moulton Foweraker
(1873 – 1942)
Bluebell Time, Lamorna
Denys Maurice Orlando Prideaux Law
(1907 – 1981)
My Studio, Lamorna
Samuel John Lamorna Birch
(1869 – 1955)
Spring Morning in Rocky Lane, Lamorna
Samuel John Lamorna Birch
(1869 – 1955)
A Summer Evening
Gertrude Charlotte Annie Rowe Talmage
(1866 – 1941)
Through the Dunes, Hayle
Julie Brett
(1939 – 2010)
Wave-washed Sands
Julie Brett
(1939 – 2010)
Blue Pool, Porthcothan
Julie Brett
(1939 – 2010)
A Walk on the Beach
Julie Brett
(1939 – 2010)
Cadgwith, Cornwall
20th Century British
On The Tamar, 1905
George Henry Jenkins
(1843 – 1914)
Plymouth from The Tamar
Frederick John Widgery
(1861 – 1942)
The Harbour Entrance, Mousehole
Walter Henry Sweet
(1889 – 1943)
Mousehole, Cornwall
Walter Henry Sweet
(1889 – 1943)
The Inner Harbour, Polperro
Duncan Palmar
Polperro Harbour, with Chapel Rock
Duncan Palmar
St. Michael’s Mount
John Clarke Isaac Uren
(1845 – 1932)
Porthgwarra
John Clarke Isaac Uren
(1845 – 1932)
Perranporth
Arthur Suker
(Exhibited 1882 – 1902)
Fish Sale on the Beach, St. Ives
Hely Augustus Morton Smith
(1862 – 1941)
A Summer Cove
Garnet Ruskin Wolseley
(1884 – 1967)
The Fishing Fleet, St. Ives
William Cox
(1866 – 1939)
Weighing the Catch, Polperro
Herbert Edward Butler
(1861 – 1931)