Peter Lanyon

1918–1964

Peter Lanyon, ‘Lost Mine’ 1959
Lost Mine 1959
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  • Patrick Heron, Garden Leaves 1955

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    Abstraction sans frontières

    Éric de Chassey

    International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives 1915-65
  • Peter Lanyon, ‘Porthleven Boats’ 1950–1

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    Penwith Society of Arts

    Penwith Society of Arts is an artists' society formed in 1948 at St Ives, Cornwall, Britain by artists working in …
  • Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, ‘Glacier Crystal, Grindelwald’ 1950

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    St Ives School

    Although they did not see themselves as part of a group or school, the term St Ives School is often …
  • Peter Lanyon in a glider at Perranporth Gliding Club, c1963–4, photographed by Kerry Dundas

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    Toby Treves on Peter Lanyon

    Toby Treves

    In 1959 Peter Lanyon (1918–1964) learned to fly a glider, an activity that transformed his understanding of the air and …
  • Patrick Heron Peter Lanyon and Giles Heron on a rooftop in San Gimignano 1953

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    Cornwall inside out: Peter Lanyon

    Toby Treves

    He was the only native-born Cornishman of the post-war St Ives group of artists, and his work reflected the local …
  • Sven Berlin, John Wells and Peter Lanyon hanging their work for the first St Ives-based Crypt Group of Artists exhibition 1946

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    The Real St Ives story

    Michael Bird , Anthony Frost , Andrew Lanyon and Rose Hilton

    For a few extraordinary years in the post-war era, the small town of St Ives was an art centre of …
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    A celestial journey: Clouds

    Richard Hamblyn

    Richard Hamblyn looks at the use of sky to load meaning in painting since the Renaissance, including the work of …

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