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Bowie's St Ives

David Bowie was a keen fan of 20th Century British Art, and in the early 90s he bought a house in St Ives overlooking Porthmeor Beach. He died in January 2016 and when, at the beginning of November, his art collection was put up for auction at Sothebys, around half the lots were by artists associated with Cornwall. Some of the best examples are shown below.

 

 

Peter Lanyon: Inshore fishing

 

Alexander Mackenzie: Green Coast

 

Bryan Wynter: Cornish Harbour

 

Peter Lanyon: Trevalgan

 

Wilhelmina Barnes-Graham: Glacier (Bone)

 

John Tunnard: Morvah

 

Bryan Wynter: In the stream's path

 

Peter Lanyon: Bantam on guard

 

Winifred Nicholson: St Ives Harbour

 

William Scott: Two Black Forms

 

Peter Lanyon: Witness

 

Denis Mitchell: Botallack

 

Bernard Leach: Vase with leaping fish design

 

Patrick Hughes: Liquorice Allsorts

 

Images courtesy Sotheby's auctions.