Andrew Burgess studied at Falmouth School of Art, then worked as an interior decorator in Cornwall and London before returning to north Cornwall to live.
Burke completed a Foundation course at the Falmouth College of Art before going on to Teacher Training and a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting at Central St Martin's College of Art.
The artist is listed as a member of NSA (2011).
Billy A K BURMAN is a watercolourist who has lived and painted in the Penzance area for the past 30 years.
Valerie Burn trained in Fine Art at Leicester and Nottingham Colleges of Art and Design. This was followed by a career in art education for over thirty years. Her style and technique is eclectic and diverse. Her work has a decorative quality which reflects her interest in light and colour. Her fabric work includes silk painting. Valerie holds workshops at her studio in Saltash. She has exhibited at Drawn to the Valley.
Altarnum-born, he only came further west than Falmouth to end his days in Redruth workhouse. In Altarnum he began carving with local materials - Delabole slate and 'Cornish marble' - and entered pieces for exhibitions at the Royal Polytechnic Society at Falmouth, winning Bronze medals, and a Silver for his Laocoon.
The president of the RCPS, Sir Charles Lemon MP, introduced Burnard to Sir Francis Chantrey, London's most famous sculptor who in turn introduced him to London Society and later to Queen Victoria, to sculpt a bust of the six-year old Prince of Wales.
In London, Burnard was employed initially as a carver for Henry Weekes, and also assisted Chantrey. By 1841 he was an independent sculptor with a studio and an established reputation. At the death of his daughter, however, he drowned his sorrows in drink and lost his wife and family in his disintegration. He returned to Cornwall, and literally became a wandering tramp and homeless person. Taken finally to the Redruth workhouse, he died there, and was buried in an unmarked grave in Camborne cemetery.
In 1954, the Old Cornwall Society righted this oversight with a slate memorial to the sculptor, remembered as one of Cornwall's most outstanding.
The self-trained artist was born at Laneast, the son of Richard P and Elizabeth Burnard. Initially he was a housepainter in Truro, and married Jenny Chapman of Altarnun in 1822, with the permission of her parents as she was a minor at the time. With her he had 4 children. In this period he also began a side career as a limner (a portrait painter) and travelled around Cornwall and nearby Devon painting children and animals, much as John OPIE. the Cornish wonder had done before him.
A rare example and a most remarkable one of his paintings of John Gubbins Newton and Mary Newton of Devon is part of the Mellon Collection at the Yale Centre of British Art, and considered unique portraiture in 19th century painting.
His wife Jenny died, and in 1832 Burnard remarried to Elizabeth Stodden of Gerrans. Altogether this couple were to have 10 children, and in 1839 the family moved to south Australia, where they settled at Adelaide. There Burnard continued to paint portraits, and also taught art.
Born in Birkenhead, the daughter of an actuary, her training was at Birkenhead School of Art, Liverpool School of Architecture and Munich Kunstlerinnen Verein. She also studied under Hermann Groeber at Munich. In addition to oils and watercolours, she also produced lithographs and block prints.
Her first local exhibit was in 1899, and she appears to have moved to Carbis Bay in 1914 but there is no mention of her work in the St Ives Times until 1920. In 1924 at St Ives Show Day she exhibited 'effective' pictures of Sennen, Carbis Bay and Conway, and also A Woodland Lane. In 1926 she is recorded as exhibiting at NAG. In Who's Who in Art (1934) she was listed as living at 'Sunset', Porthmeor.
Janet Burnett is a ceramicist with a studio very close to the edge of Bodmin moor. Previously she lived in Wiltshire, where she had a 25 year career in commercial design and illustration.
There was an exhibition of his unspecified work at Market Hall, Penzance in 1917 in the Great Exhibition and Sale of Work (28 April-5 March).
Heather Burns works from the Lifeboat Art Studio in Porthleven. Her colourful paintings, which focus on her interpretation of the weather and environment, are semi-abstract and lyrical. She is a former member of Taking Space.
Louie Burrell was a painter of portraits whose life and career were marked by a succession of struggles and setbacks, relieved by intermittent periods of fame. Her early promise was acknowledged by Hubert von Herkomer. who offered Burrell a three year scholarship to his art school in Bushey. Financial constraints prevented her from accepting his offer straight away, so she took up a teaching post in Truro during the late 1890s, in order to save enough to finance her studies. During this time she used local people as subjects for the portrait miniatures which would pave the way for prominent commissions later in her career. In 1902 her miniature 'The Red-Haired Girl' was accepted by the Royal Academy, and today hangs in the Victoria & Albert Museum.
In 1904 Burrell left Bushey for South Africa, where she married. During her pregnancy, her husband died suddenly. In order to provide for her young daughter, the artist sought work abroad, spending some years in Canada and the USA. Her social connections ensured that she was awarded commissions to paint portraits of figures prominent in royal and political circles, both in the UK and abroad. A second marriage in London failed after a few months, so she and her daughter Philippa set sail for India where her work received a mixed reception.
Returning to England, she began to suffer from poor health and gave up portrait commissions, though she continued to enjoy sketching expeditions to various locations including Cornwall. She was still painting until shortly before her death in 1971 at the age of 98.
Louie Burrell's spirit of adventure and determination to forge a career on her own terms mark her out as exceptional, in an era when women were crippled by social and domestic constraints. In recent years Philippa Burrell has done much to promote awareness of her mother's work.
Born on 26 July 1856 in Bridgwater, Somerset (GRO), the artist studied at South Kensington and at the Slade. He worked in Rome with Cipriani (1878) and in Paris with Lefebvre, Cormon, Boulanger and Bonnat.
He lived for a period (unspecified as yet) in the West Country, and later in the South of France. He was a friend of Stanhope FORBES, from Quimperle, and Forbes encouraged he and his friend Tom Trythall ROWE to visit Newlyn soon after his own decision to stay in 1884.
In September 1884 The Cornishman reported that there were 27 artists working in Newlyn, although Burrington did not turn up until 1885 and remained for a short time only in the West country. He died on 9 October 1924 in Garda, near Verona, Italy. Bednar has secured the Italian certificate verifying his death, and noted his earliest known date of a visit to West Cornwall from Forbes' letters of 1888.
Born in Truro and married to Jane, the 1891 Census lists him as a Photographic Artist living in Trelowarren Street, Camborne. He is considered to be the pioneer of underground photography in mining. At the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, a distinguished collection is that of Herbert HUGHES (died 1937) of Dudley, Worcestershire, who in 1892 befriended Burrow, and they together toured Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly annually .
Burrow's photographs were originally shown at the annual exhibition of the Photographic Society of Great Britain, where he received a medal for his work and much acclaim in the press. His book Mongst Mines and Miners; or, Underground Scenes by Flashlight: A Series of Photographs, (1893) with Explanatory Letterpress, illustrated methods of working in Cornish mines, and included in Part One 'An Account of the Photographic Experiences' by J C Burrow. He was photographer to HRH, the Prince of Wales.
The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) review of oil paintings in Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly, reveals two portraits (oil on canvas) by J C Burrow, indicating that he may also have been a painter, though this may be another (no dates in PCF for artist, though both are painted within the period that the photographer JCB is known to be alive). The portraits are of James Holman (1825-1892) and John Holman (1819-1890) of Cornish engineering fame.
Jenni Burrows was born and educated in Sussex. In 1987 she undertook a Foundation course at Hastings College of Art & Technology. This was followed by an HND Design (Textiles) at Huddersfield Polytechnic, and in 1993 a BA (Hons) in Fine Craft Design at the University of Ulster. The following year she set up a workshop in Plymouth, resuming her studies in 2001 to obtain a PGCE in Art & Design (secondary) at Brighton University. In 2010 she was awarded a Foundation Certificate in History of Art at Birkbeck. In 2013 she completed an MA by Project in Contemporary Embroidery and Threadwork (with Distinction) from the Cass School of Art & Architecture. Since 1994 she has taught and lectured at secondary and higher education institutions. She has received a number of awards and commissions, and her work has been exhibited widely throughout the UK.
While she has a background in textile art and education, Jenni's more recent work has developed into what she describes as 'a form of practical mindfulness, integrating painting, mixed media, drawing, stitching and printing to cope with a diagnosis'. In 2018 she was a visiting speaker and practitioner at the Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation in Washington DC.
Her 2019 film 'How will you wear it?' was selected for the Reel to Real Crafts Council Film Festival.
Based in Hayle, she joined Taking Space in 2019.
Pippa Burrows' harbour scenes are lighthearted and 'naive' in style.
Max Burrows is based on a farm at Crackington Haven. His subjects include animals and humans with an expressive edge.
Paul Bursnall was born in Hayes, Middlesex and moved to Falmouth in 2021.
He paints in a naive style, using blocks of colour and heavy outlines. Since 2006 he has sold almost 2000 paintings around the country, based on his favoured themes. Several UK galleries exhibit his work on a regular basis and these include the Red Rag, Bath, The Wren Gallery, Burford, and The Picture Parlour, Boscastle, Cornwall.
He is a regular exhibitor at STISA open shows.
Although a resident of Leamington Spa, she was a stalwart of STISA for over 30 years.
Brian Busselle was born in Kent. He graduated from Maidstone College of Art with a degree in graphic design, and had a successful career in advertising. He lives and works in Falmouth.
An artist and illustrator, Emma Butcher works from a studio at Grays Wharf, Penryn. In 2018 she graduated in MA: Authorial Illustration at Falmouth University. Her work has been published by the National Trust, Atlantic Press, independent magazines and the audiobook app Audrey.
Her work is mysterious and occupies liminal spaces such as shore and coastline, windows and caves. She is interested in visual storytelling, atmosphere, psychology and space.
Initially trained as an architect, he was a sculptor guest of Patrick HERON in 1951 (working in welded steel). No further information currently is available about his connection to Cornwall.
Born in Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland on the 11 January 1858, she studied at the Westminster School of Art with Frank Calderon. Though her sending-in address remained in Ireland throughout, she exhibited with a Newlyn title in 1896, and in the same year The Chantrey Bequest purchased The Morning Bath (RA, 1896).
She studied in the Summer classes of 1894 and 1895 with Norman GARSTIN, though there is no specific information about her visit/s to Cornwall. By 1935 she had moved to Wellington, New Zealand, but returned home to Thomastown by 1941, where she died on 11 October of that year, age 83.
An American artist, described by Stanhope FORBES at the opening of the Newlyn Art Gallery as having given the local artists a vast amount of useful information and advice on the establishment of the scheme for working in the new Gallery. The exhibition plan hit upon, which they had carried out, ‘was not their own invention; it had been carried out with great success in New York, where a large institution was similarly managed.’ It is clear that the informant was Howard Russell Butler (name mis-spelt as ‘Buller’ in newspaper report).
Butler was the first President and founder of the American Fine Arts Society, and was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1902. Born in New York City, he studied at Princeton and Columbia Universities. In 1882, he graduated from law school at Columbia University and practised in New York City, but was unhappy with that career and turned to the development of his painting talents.
In 1884, he and Frederick E Church opened a studio in Mexico. He then studied at the New York Art Students League, and in Paris and Concarneau (at the same time as Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE) where he became active in the American artist colony. Focusing primarily on colour and light, he painted in the French countryside in a loose, impressionistic style, and one of his painting companions was John Singer SARGENT.
By 1886, he had arrived in West Cornwall, staying first with Edward Emerson SIMMONS and Vesta S SIMMONS in St Ives, and then found a studio of his own overlooking Porthmeor Beach. He was engaged on a large seascape at the time (which subsequently received an Honourable Mention at the Paris Salon). Butler was keen on outdoor sport, and was a dedicated member of the St Ives side of the Annual Cricket match between Newlyn and St Ives. Leaving in October for a brief return to the States, he then spent time in Paris and Spain before returning to St Ives in 1887.
Born in Bromley, Kent, Alice studied at St Albans School of Art. Her landscape and flower pictures were considered masterpieces of the miniaturist's art, and in 1933 she was living in Malmesbury, where she ran a studio-shop.
Later she moved to Perranporth, Cornwall, joining STISA. At some point (dates and publishers unknown) in the series of postcard designs now known as the CORNISH LITANY POSTCARDS Alice Butler designed at least three, Pisky Place, Polperro, The Lucky Pisky Well, Polperro and the card entitled Moonlight Frolics at Polperro, all reprinted in Meister's book of her collection (2012). One of her postcard designs, Polperro from Chapel Rock, is currently available from the Millston Card Co. Her skill in sketching is evident in all of these.
Together with Mabel Maud DOUGLAS and Mrs L STANTLAND ROBERTS, she formed a miniaturist tradition within STISA. She married her husband, Maurice Bizley, in 1938. In the name of Alice C Bizley she wrote and illustrated The Slate Figures of Cornwall, a significant contribution to Cornish visual and cultural history.
From the 5th of April until 27 October, the Perranzabuloe Museum are featuring her watercolours, sketches and memorabilia, describing her as a dedicated artist and Cornish historian who was an early supporter of Perranzabuloe Museum Trust. The exhibition will be held at Oddfellows Hall, Ponsmere Road, Perranporth (http://www.perranzabuloemuseum.co.uk/).
Born in Islington and trained at the Royal Academy Schools, he came to Polperro with his artist friend Charles BOUTWOOD where they met their future wives, the Pond sisters, Thirza and Sophia.
Herbert and Sophia married in Talland Church, Polperro, in 1892, leaving immediately for Chicago to join Charles and Thirza Boutwood. They returned to England in 1894 with their first child, Alice. The family settled in Watford, where they had two further children, Mary and Jack. They returned to Polperro in c.1898 and had three more daughters, Ruth, Nancy and Catherine. In later life Nancy described their childhood in Polperro as 'idyllic'. In 1907 Butler established a school of painting there, together with his friend Arthur Romilly FEDDEN.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy (1909) and, as well as the large oil paintings so fashionable with the Victorians, he turned more to smaller watercolours after the First World War. He also illustrated a number of books. He continued to paint with enthusiasm right up until his death in 1931.
He produced the one known Polperro war painting, 'The Homecoming', a large oil showing a soldier being welcomed home by his family in their cottage. This was donated to the Rowett Institute, Polperro, but the painting is now on loan to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro (2022).
Newquay Harbour with Gig, painted in the 1990s by this artist, is an oil painting forming a part of the collection owned by Restormel Borough Council (2007). [Now part of the Cornwall Council Art Collection 2010]
A recent correspondent (2014) had purchased two railway paintings with this signature, in a small shop in Newquay. He reports that the artist ran the shop in Newquay himself, but it is no longer there.