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Book SynopsisThis is the remarkable story of the colony of artists who were inspired by the people, landscape and light of West Cornwall. Now internationally celebrated, they are forever to be associated with the small fishing ports of Newlyn and St Ives. Arriving from the artists'' colonies of France, the Barbizon and Pont-Aven, and the painting schools of London and Paris, they set up their studios in the cottages and net lofts overlooking the sea. Here they painted; their subjects centred on the working life and conditions of the people they lived amongst, and the stark beauty of the rugged Cornish landscape. Challenging the accepted styles of the Victorian masters, their bold work, full of light and colour, often drew upon the working life of the fishermen and their families, recording the tragedies and simple pleasures of their lives.In The Shining Sands, Tom Cross records the life and work of these artists, from the earliest arrivals in the 1870s through to the decade preceding the Second Wor
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Pursuit of Realism Chapter 2: Artists from the Midlands Chapter 3: 'A Breath of Fresh Air' Chapter 4: Friends from the Slade Chapter 5: An International Community Chapter 6: The Royal Academy and the New English Art Club Chapter 7: Changes in Newlyn Chapter 8: A Romantic Vision Chapter 9: The Lamorna Valley Chapter 10: Modernism Chapter 11: A Holiday Paradise Chapter 12: A Meeting in St Ives Index
