| Peter Lanyon |
| Biography |
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1918-1964 English painter and sculptor. After private lessons with
Borlase Smart (1881–1947) in 1936, he trained at the Penzance School of
Art (1936–7). In 1937 he met Adrian Stokes, who is thought to have given
him his first introduction to contemporary painting and sculpture.
Lanyon's work is central to any assessment of St ives painting, since he
experienced at first hand the invigorating influence of Ben Nicholson,
Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo, when they moved to St Ives in 1939.
Private lessons with Nicholson led Lanyon to make reliefs and
constructions. Lanyon also made a number of constructions directly
inspired by Gabo's poetic spatial forms, or indirectly perhaps also by
Hepworth's more figurative curving forms. After World War II he was
actively involved with the Crypt group and the Penwith School of Art. |
The Returned Seaman from Penwith Portfolio 1973 Lithograph ed 90 with studio stamped signature 63x70 £850 SOLD |
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