Thomas MAIDMENT

Thomas MAIDMENT
1871
1959
Death date after 1959

Born in London, Maidment was a student of the Royal College of Art in early years. With talents in draughtsmanship, he won a travelling scholarship.

Living first in Newlyn from before WWI, he worked and remained there until 1932 when he moved to St Ives, joining the St Ives Society of Artists (1932-59).   In 1944 he moved to Helston and later to Torquay, in 1952; but he kept his working and exhibiting ties in St Ives.

Maidment is especially noted for his detailed paintings of the many quaint houses and byways of St Ives.  He was included in the exhibition to celebrate the Centenary of Cornwall County Council: A Century of Art in Cornwall 1889-1989.

media

Painter of landscapes and townscapes

works and access

Works include: Old houses in Newlyn (1920); Drying Nets (1920); The Stennack, St Ives; Old Houses, St Ives;

Access to work: Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead; Brighton Corp; Manchester; St Ives Town Council

 

exhibitions

NAG  (2) September 1920, Summer 1921, Spring 1926

RA (21)

STISA Touring

memberships

Newlyn Society of Artists

STISA 1932 onwards

references

Cornishman 24 & 31March 1926 (See Hardie 1995 for reprints)

Buckman (2006) Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945

Hardie (1995) 100 Years in Newlyn: Diary of a Gallery

Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall

Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly: Oil Paintings in Public Ownership (full page illus p170)

Tovey (2003) Creating a Splash (pp 132-3)