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David Tovey was born in 1953 and was educated at his father's preparatory school,
Tockington Manor, near Bristol and at Clifton College, Bristol, before reading
Jurisprudence at Pembroke College, Oxford.
After twenty years as a Solicitor, he
returned to University to read History Of Art at The University Of Warwick.
He is now an independent art historian, specialising in Cornish art.
His particular interest in St Ives art derives from the fact that his
great-grandfather, William Titcomb, was one of the early settlers in the colony.
However, he also has an extensive knowledge of artists of the Newlyn School and
other artists working in the Cornish art colonies at Lamorna and Falmouth in the
years prior to 1950.
Since 2000, David has written a number of highly acclaimed books on Cornish art
(see St Ives Art Books) and has curated, or assisted with the curatorship of, several
exhibitions on behalf of Tate St Ives, Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance
and Cheltenham Art Gallery (see St Ives Art Exhibitions).
He is now recognised as the leading authority on early St Ives art.
David lectures widely on Cornish representational art, particularly to members
of The National Association for Design and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) and to
Friends organisations of Public Art Galleries (see Cornish Art Lectures). |
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