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.