Listed as an artist in drawing and landscape in the 1851 Census for Cornwall, George P Marrack's address was given as either 1 Regent Square, Madron or 1 Morrab Place, Penzance. At the date of the census he was 20 years old and unmarried, the Falmouth-born son of Mary Marrack, innkeeper. The Slater's Directory of Cornwall (1852/53) described him as a landscape architect. Later he became a victualler.
A correspondent (2019) has been in touch with further information obtained while researching his ancestor George Marrack, who emigrated to Australia, and subsequently moved to the USA, settling in San Francisco.
Charles Marriott was born in Bristol in 1869, one of the younger sons of William and Lucy Marriott, his father being a brewer and maltster of comfortable means. For many years he worked as Art Critic for The Times, writing numerous books and articles about the British arts and crafts [See Open Library for list of publications]. In 1889 he came to Cornwall for the first time, and the county began to gain hold of his interest and imagination.
His 'Memories of Cornwall's Art Colonies' was published in the Cornish Review in Spring 1950, and at the time of writing the article he was living in Somerset, where he died (article reprinted in Hardie 2009). It was Charles Marriott who lived in Flagstaff Cottage, Lamorna, prior to moving to St Ives, thereby making way for the tenancy to be given to Samuel John Lamorna BIRCH, in whose family the house has remained to this day.
Marriott died in Somerset at Weston-super-Mare in 1957 (GRO).
A son of potter William MARSHALL who joined him in his new pottery, after the latter retired from the LEACH POTTERY.
From his earliest potting, he has regarded slipware and stoneware of equal importance, and has made both, alongside one another. 'He grew up surrounded, as it were, by Korean and Japanese potters, by figures such as Kosanjin as well as any number of unknown masters, not to mention his father William Marshall. He later studied in depth Flemish and German slipware, and Moravian country pottery alongside that made by such Japanese masters as Hakeme and Karatsui.' (Cornishman, 2011)
Marshall was born in Leeds but worked mainly from addresses in London, despite travels elsewhere to study and paint (primarily in watercolour). In 1868 he obtained a Travel Grant to view architecture in Britain and abroad, and also studied architectural drawing with Questel in Paris. He exhibited at the Paris Salons in 1889 and 1906, but primarily exhibited with the Old Watercolour Society in London.
Marshall became the Professor of Landscape Painting at Queen's College, London. Any artistic work that he achieved locally in Cornwall is not documented, although a mention in Whybrow suggests that he might have visited the marine painter Tollemache prior to St Ives becoming the destination for artistic spirits from about 1880 onwards.
Born in St Ives, Bill Marshall began assisting in the Leach Pottery at the age of fourteen, becoming its first full-time apprentice. He stayed for thirty-nine years (apart for the years during WWII), became Foreman in 1947, and continuing working until 1977. Initially he trained and then worked with David LEACH, until David left to set up his own pottery in Devon. Bill then worked (as Foreman) alongside Bernard LEACH, and helping teach many of the students who passed through the Pottery. Whybrow especially notes the influence of the work of Shoji HAMADA upon Marshall, in terms of 'skill, values and working ethic.'
Marshall's own skills were displayed particularly in the expressive art of throwing, and as Bernard grew older, Bill would throw pots to his design, leaving only the neck and the decoration to be finished by Leach; he became quite literally 'the hands of Leach'. William left in 1977 to set up his own pottery in Lelant, where he was joined by his son Andrew MARSHALL.
His work was very highly regarded and much sought-after, in sales of work and exhibitions.
Alli Marshall creates wild landscapes using the gum arabic and ink technique. She was a student at Falmouth School of Art and has pursued a career assisting disabled students.
Her work is permanently represented at the Tamarisk Gallery on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.
Marshall was born at St Just in Penwith, and is a painter working from Trevelloe Farm, Lamorna within the studio complex of artists and craftsmen who work there.
He is part of what is known as the Lamorna Valley Group. In the summer of 2011, his work was shown at the Academy Gallery, Bath, Ontario, curated by Simon ANDREW. The others included in the exhibition, 'Painters 4 - UK to CA', were Kevin EDWARDS, Tamara MAZURENKO and Jim WOOLLEY.
Scott has the distinction of being the last apprentice potter to emerge from the Leach Pottery, having started at the age of fifteen in 1951 and serving five years (prior to staying for a further five). His two uncles were at the Pottery with him - Phil Whiting and Kenneth QUICK - alongside David LEACH and Michael LEACH, the two sons of Bernard LEACH. He learned to throw pots to a precise size and weight and produce a precise replication of domestic items, working from a drawing or photograph in the spirit of creating that which is both functional and beautiful.
In 1961 he opened the Boscean Pottery in St Just with Richard JENKINS, and built a large oil-fired kiln similar to the Japanese climbing kiln that used to hold 1,500 pots at the Leach Pottery. He subsequently set to work on his own, using a smaller electric kiln.
Beccy Marshall is based in Mousehole. Her paintings are influenced by Scandinavian folk art.
In 1905, George Martin's sending-in address was given as Bradford, when he submitted a painting at Liverpool. By 1939 he was made an Associate and showing at STISA, indicating a local connection with St Ives.
Falmouth-born painter whose primary occupation was gardening. After WWII he took up part-time studies in art at Redruth, and produced a record of rural life in West Cornwall in images.
A woodblock by this artist was employed in the second issue of the short-lived Newlyn journal The Paper Chase, published by Elizabeth FORBES, which had to be abandoned owing to her terminal illness. D L Martin is also listed as a pupil of the FORBES SCHOOL in 1908-9 by Green.
Born at Clifton, Bristol, he studied with Stanhope FORBES pre-1920, and at RA Schools 1920-23. From that time he lived primarily in London, and exhibited at the RA. In 1933 he exhibited Nature morte at the Paris Salon.
Born in Camberwell, London, Martin began adult life as a midshipman, sailing around the Cape of Good Hope to India before 'discovering' Newlyn in 1870. He painted coastal landscapes and scenes of fishing life. He was the only artist listed as resident in Newlyn at the time of the 1871 Census, and the only one of the first-generation of Newlyn artists to be in the vicinity at the time of the 1881 Census.
Martin and his wife, Helen Amy, retained their tenancy at Castle Cliff until 1883, later moving to the Plymouth area: thus he had been painting in Newlyn for up to twelve years prior to the arrival of the main body of artists to the locality.
Two of his paintings were included in the 1889 West Cornwall Art Union Exhibition in Penzance. He exhibited at the NAG Opening Exhibition in 1895, and was described in the reviews as 'the original Newlynite' although he was, by that time, exhibiting from a London address.
The artist married a second time, after the death of his first wife, to Rosina Blake (called Rose) and with her had two children, the second of whom, Nora Kate Lympany, died in 2002, aged 99 years. Martin spent the last years of his life living at 5 Brunel Terrace in Saltash, Cornwall, beside the River Tamar.
Mary Martin is a painter who lives in the Tamar valley.
She studied at the West of England College of Art in Bristol, Gloucester College of Art in Cheltenham, and the Royal Academy Schools in London, graduating in 1975. In 1984 she made a documentary film which was shown on BBC1, entitled 'Daffodils, Bullion and Steam'.
Mary and her husband, James Evans, have rescued from extinction varieties of apples and cherries which were once widespread throughout the Tamar valley. The National Trust at Cotehele has replicated their collection of over 200 cultivars of cherries, apples, plums and pears.
Mary has held exhibitions at Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Institute of Cornwall in Truro, Gallery Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, and further afield in London.
She is a Bard of the Cornish Gorsedd.
After 25 years as an art teacher in east Yorkshire, Russell Martin is now based near Liskeard.
The work of this artist is included in the art Collection of University College Falmouth (UCF).
Nicki Martin describes her ceramics as 'functional and fun to use every day'. Her work has been shown at Trelissick Gardens, and she also exhibits at Spindrift Gallery in Portscatho.
Rosanna Martin makes simply shaped, elegant porcelain pots, decorated with subtle, abstract patterns. Her work has been exhibited at Newlyn Art Gallery and the Spindrift Gallery, Portscatho.
As part of the 'Leach 100' celebration in 2020, Rosanna Martin has been chosen to take part in a collaborative project, producing a piece for display at the Leach Pottery.
Laura Frances Martin gained a BTEC in Art & Design at North Devon College and then graduated with a BA (Hons) in Theatre at Dartington College of Arts. She is a visual artist and performer, with experience in technical and arts management, who has lived and worked in Cornwall since 1996. She is a founder member of ARTiculate and has been a core member of the Truro 'City of Lights' artist team since 2009. Her lantern commissions for City of Lights in 2009 and 2010 were chosen for long-term display in the Lander Gallery in Truro.
Martin's film projects include the female lead in the acclaimed Cornish feature 'Tink's Kitchen' (2008), short films and radio plays. She has recently published a children's book, 'The Mermaid and the Icecream Man'.
Caroline Marwood is a St Ives-based printmaker employing a variety of techniques including linocut, intaglio etching, collagraph and drypoint. She joined Taking Space, a group of women artists, in 2023.
John Maskell is a self-taught painter and woodcarver who was born in Barking, Essex. During the 1960s and 1970s one-man shows of his work were held at London's Toynbee Hall, the East London Gallery, and the Trumpington Gallery in St Ives. During this time, he also enjoyed several two-man shows in London and the south east. Up until the 1990s he also participated extensively in Pentad Art Group Shows at a variety of locations in the UK.
Since settling in St Ives, he has held one-man exhibitions at the St Ives Arts Club in Cornwall.
A landscape painting signed with the name Mason is part of the art collection of St Michael's Hospital (SMH) at Hayle, Cornwall.