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David Tovey has curated, or assisted with the curatorship, of a number of
exhibitions devoted to St Ives art.
1. Dawn of a Colony : Picturing the West (St Ives
1811-1888)
on show at Tate St Ives from 24th May to 21st September 2008
(curated with Sara Hughes of Tate St Ives)
Artists featured include J M W Turner RA, Edward Cooke RA, James Clarke Hook RA,
Henry Moore RA, John Brett ARA, J M Whistler, Walter Sickert, Mortimer Menpes,
Stanhope Forbes RA, Adrian Stokes RA, Marianne Stokes, the Swede Anders Zorn,
the Finn Helene Schjerfbeck and the Frenchman Émile-Louis Vernier, who has been
described as "the person who really discovered St Ives".
Click Picturing the West link for David's article
on the exhibition for the St Ives Times and Echo.
2. Dawn of a Colony : Lyrical Light (St Ives 1889-1914)
on show at Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance from 14th June 2008 to 13th
September 2008
Artists featured include Sir John Arnesby Brown RA, Sir Alfred East RA, Adrian
Stokes RA, Julius Olsson RA, Algernon Talmage RA, William and Jessie Titcomb,
Marianne Stokes, Arthur Meade, John Noble Barlow, Moffat Lindner, Edmund Fuller,
Louis Grier, William Fortescue, William Eadie, John Bromley, Charles Mottram,
Alfred Hartley, the American Sydney Mortimer Laurence, and the Australians
Richard Hayley Lever and Sir William Ashton.
Click Lyrical Light link for David's article on the
exhibition for the St Ives Times and Echo.
3. St Ives - The Cheltenham Connection
at Cheltenham Art Gallery from 20th May to 15th July 2006
This celebrated the exhibitions held by St Ives artists in Cheltenham in 1925
and 1936 and showcased some of Cheltenham Art Gallery's collection of work by
Cornish artists.
Artists featured included Adrian Stokes RA, Julius Olsson RA, Algernon Talmage
RA, Stanhope Forbes RA, Lamorna Birch RA, Dame Laura Knight RA, Bernard
Fleetwood-Walker RA, William Titcomb, Moffat Lindner, George Bradshaw, Richard
Heyworth and Bernard Leach.
4. Creating A Splash : The St Ives Society of Artists - The
First 25 Years (1927-1952)
which commenced at Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance on 21st July 2003 and
toured the Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery,
Hereford City Museum and Art Gallery, Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery and
Newport Museum and Art Gallery before finishing on 10th July 2004
Artists featured included the Royal Academicians Adrian Stokes, Sir John Arnesby
Brown, Julius Olsson, Algernon Talmage, Terrick Williams, Stanhope Forbes,
Lamorna Birch, Dame Laura Knight, Dod Procter, Sir Frank Brangwyn and Bernard
Fleetwood-Walker, with Borlase Smart, George Bradshaw, Moffat Lindner, John
Park, Arthur Hayward, Bernard Ninnes, Thomas Maidment, Leonard Richmond,
Leonard Fuller and the American Elmer Schofield, as well as the further women
artists Mary McCrossan, Dorothea Sharp, Helen Stuart Weir, Marcella Smith,
Pauline Hewitt, Eleanor Hughes, Helen Seddon, Shearer Armstrong, Annie Walke and
Marion Hocken, the Newlyn and Lamorna artists Charles Simpson, Harold Harvey,
Stanley Gardiner and Frank Gascoigne Heath, the etchers Sydney Lee RA, Alfred
Hartley, Job Nixon, Sir Claude Francis Barry, Geoffrey Garnier, William Westley
Manning and Raymond Ray-Jones and the modernists Ben Nicholson, Barbara
Hepworth, Peter Lanyon, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and Sir Terry Frost.
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What Visitors said about Creating A Splash
Best exhibition I have ever seen,
10/10 - K.C., Lincoln
This exhibition is wonderful. The pictures are brilliant and heartwarming -
R.B., Boston, USA
Superbly comprehensive and diverse collection - K.C., London
Thank you for bringing together these gorgeous paintings - best thing I've seen
in ages - K.T., Towcester
Very uplifting, by light, colour and the human story - C.B., Haywards Heath
Refreshing to see so many women artists included...Any plans for a
T.V.programme? - D.K., Nottingham
The best exhibition of minor artists that I have seen in many years. Some fairly
bold realistic statements. Fills a gap in British art between the two world
wars. - T.R., Lincoln
Good to have a new take on the St Ives scene - M.S., Lincoln
Rich and varied with a fascinating historical dimension - A.G., Reading
Second visit - When will we see another exhibition as good as this? Thank you. -
P.U., Llangrove
Astonishing and positive look at natural beauty - G.H., Exmouth
There should be a permanent collection of this art for the Nation in Cornwall - A.T., Penryn
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