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April 25, 2024
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LATEST ACQUISITIONS Other recent acquisitions include two watercolour portraits of Thomas Cooper Gotch and Caroline Gotch by William Wainwright, kindly donated by Pep and John
GET TO KNOW OUR NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ruth Towse – Vice Chair A lifelong academic, I have worked in universities in the UK and abroad,
Latest Acquisitions The latest acquisition to Penlee’s collection comes courtesy of long-time benefactor, George Bednar. This 1908 painting by Lamorna Birch is the fifty-second item
The image is of Thomas Maddrell, sometime Canon of Truro Cathedral and vicar at Gulval for twenty years until his death in 1932 This wood-block
The latest acquisition by the Friends of Penlee House is a delightful oil on panel by Elizabeth Forbes, entitled Autumn Breeze.The painting was last exhibited
Have five minutes while you’re waiting for the bus? Micro-volunteer by tagging artworks with descriptive words. Penlee House is joining in with Art UK’s Tagger
One lesser-known aspect of the Lamorna story that will feature in the Lamorna Colony Pioneers exhibition will be a display of Lamorna Pottery.There have been
Two portraits of local artist Midge Bruford were on display at Penlee’s exhibition, Artists by Themselves. In the first, possibly dating from the late 1930s,
Thanks to the generous support of the Friends, the Gallery has been able to add this remarkable work to the collection. Entitled ‘Something Wrong’, the
The Friends of Penlee House is a registered charity (No: 1001644), the object of which is to support the aims and activities of Penlee House Gallery and Museum, home to the county’s best known collection of work by artists of the Newlyn School.
