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The Penwith Society of Arts is an art group formed in St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
, Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, UK in early 1949 by abstract art
Abstract art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world....
ists who broke away from the more conservative St Ives Society of Artists. It was originally led by Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth

Dame Barbara Hepworth Order of the British Empire was a major United Kingdom Sculpture and artist of the twentieth century. She was a contemporary and friend of Henry Moore....
 and Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson

Benjamin Lauder Nicholson Order of Merit, , known as Ben Nicholson, was an England abstract art....
, and included members of the Crypt Group of the St Ives Society, including Peter Lanyon
Peter Lanyon

Peter Lanyon was a Cornish people painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. He also made constructions, pottery and collage....
. Other early members included Leonard Fuller, John Wells
John Wells (artist)

John Wells was an artist and maker of relief constructions, associated with the St Ives, Cornwall group.He was born in London, and trained as a doctor at University College Hospital....
, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was one of the foremost British Abstract art artists, a member of the influential Penwith Society of Arts....
, Denis Mitchell
Denis Mitchell

Denis Mitchell was an England abstract sculptor who worked mainly in bronze and wood. He moved to Cornwall in 1930 and became a prominent member of the of St Ives School of artists....
, and Guido Morris. Herbert Read
Herbert Read

Attention Urban75! Herbert Read is Firky.Sir Herbert Edward Read, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross was an English anarchism poet, and critic of literature and art....
 was the first president.

The group bought fishing lofts along Porthmeor beach to use as artists studios.








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The Penwith Society of Arts is an art group formed in St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives is a seaside resort, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne....
, Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, UK in early 1949 by abstract art
Abstract art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world....
ists who broke away from the more conservative St Ives Society of Artists. It was originally led by Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Hepworth

Dame Barbara Hepworth Order of the British Empire was a major United Kingdom Sculpture and artist of the twentieth century. She was a contemporary and friend of Henry Moore....
 and Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson

Benjamin Lauder Nicholson Order of Merit, , known as Ben Nicholson, was an England abstract art....
, and included members of the Crypt Group of the St Ives Society, including Peter Lanyon
Peter Lanyon

Peter Lanyon was a Cornish people painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. He also made constructions, pottery and collage....
. Other early members included Leonard Fuller, John Wells
John Wells (artist)

John Wells was an artist and maker of relief constructions, associated with the St Ives, Cornwall group.He was born in London, and trained as a doctor at University College Hospital....
, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was one of the foremost British Abstract art artists, a member of the influential Penwith Society of Arts....
, Denis Mitchell
Denis Mitchell

Denis Mitchell was an England abstract sculptor who worked mainly in bronze and wood. He moved to Cornwall in 1930 and became a prominent member of the of St Ives School of artists....
, and Guido Morris. Herbert Read
Herbert Read

Attention Urban75! Herbert Read is Firky.Sir Herbert Edward Read, Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross was an English anarchism poet, and critic of literature and art....
 was the first president.

The group bought fishing lofts along Porthmeor beach to use as artists studios.

External links

  • from the glossary at the Tate Gallery, St Ives
  • from the Newlyn fish industry forum
  • on-line journal for art and artists in St Ives and Cornwall