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Penlee House is a museum and art gallery located in the town of Penzance in Cornwall, and is home to a great many paintings by members of the Newlyn School, including many by such luminaries as Stanhope Forbes, Norman Garstin, Walter Langley and Lamorna Birch. [1]

18 relations: Art museum, Charles Thomas (historian), Cornwall, Cornwall Council, England, Lamorna Birch, Market Building, Penzance, Museum, Newlyn School, Norman Garstin, Painting, Penwith, Penzance, Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Stanhope Forbes, The Cornishman, Walter Langley, World War II.

Art museum

An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.

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Charles Thomas (historian)

Antony Charles Thomas, CBE, FSA (26 April 1928 – 7 April 2016)Who's Who was a British historian and archaeologist who was Professor of Cornish Studies at Exeter University, and the first Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies, from 1971 until his retirement in 1991.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council (Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for the county of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own council.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Lamorna Birch

Samuel John "Lamorna" Birch, RA, RWS (7 June 1869 – 7 January 1955) was an English artist in oils and watercolours.

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Market Building, Penzance

The Market House in Penzance is a Grade I listed building situated at the top of Market Jew Street, Penzance.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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Newlyn School

The Newlyn School was an art colony of artists based in or near Newlyn, a fishing village adjacent to Penzance, Cornwall, from the 1880s until the early twentieth century.

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Norman Garstin

Norman Garstin (28 August 1847 – 22 June 1926) was an Irish artist, teacher, art critic and journalist associated with the Newlyn School of painters.

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Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (support base).

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Penwith

Penwith (Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name.

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Penzance

Penzance (Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom.

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Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society

Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society (1839–1961) was a local society founded in Penzance in Cornwall, England, UK, whose aim was "the cultivation of the science of Natural History, and for the investigation of the Antiquities referring to the early inhabitants.".

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Stanhope Forbes

Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947), was an artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters.

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The Cornishman

The Cornishman is a weekly newspaper based in Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom which was first published on 18 July 1878.

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Walter Langley

Walter Langley (8 June 1852 – 21 March 1922) was an English painter and founder of the Newlyn School of plein air artists.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penlee_House

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