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David Tovey lectures extensively on Cornish art and holds
day-long seminars on the art colony at St Ives.
He is included in the Directory of Lecturers approved by The National
Association of Design and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) and lectures regularly to
NADFAS groups and to other organisations, particularly Friends groups of Public
Art Galleries. He has taken part in a number of Symposiums organised by
Tate St Ives. Topics include
General Overviews
Exploding the Whistler Myth - The Dawn of the St Ives Art Colony
The Development of the St Ives Art Colony (1885-1914)
Sea Change - Fine and Decorative Art in St Ives 1914-1930
Creating A Splash - The St Ives Society of Artists (1927-1952)
Social History topics
St Ives - The Artists and the Community (1860-1930)
St Ives - The Artists and the Methodists
St Ives - A History of Artists' studios
Specialist Subjects
Masters and Pupils : Art Schools in St Ives (1895-1924)
Landscape and Marine Painting in St Ives (1885-1914)
The St Ives Fishing Industry pre-1914, as depicted by the Artists
Newlyn School depictions of the faith of the fisherfolk
The life and art of William Titcomb (1858-1930)
Wood, Wallis and the Nicholsons - A Re-Assessment
Bernard Leach and the dawn of the craft tradition in St Ives
Printmaking in West Penwith prior to 1950
International Aspects
The International Influence of the St Ives Art Colony pre-1914
American Artists in St Ives (1878-1948)
Australasian Artists in St Ives (1885-1939)
Cornish Art in Foreign Public Collections (pre-1914)
Cornish Art in Foreign Public Collections (post-1914)
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