Languages & Culture
Care 2: The Art Community of St Ives
Course details
Course code
Q00021819Course date
Start: 07/06/25
End: 07/06/25
Number of classes
1 sessionsTutor
Jolanta JagielloFee:
Free
How you'll learn
Venue
OnlineLevel of study
Availability
You can enrol online for this course
Course overview
This coure is for carers, those who have cared, and the cared for. Study the Artist Communities of Newlyn, and St. Ives, and their Art Societies from their founding in the 20th Century until the creation of Tate St.Ives. We willl look at the work of the founders of the St Ives Artist Communities and identify some of their famous residents such as Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Kit Wood, and Alfred Wallis.
Course description
An introduction to the history of the art community of artists attracted to St Ives in Cornwall in the 19th Century. Moving onto to its heyday in the mid-20th Century with the arrival of Barbara Hepworth, and Ben Nicholson, and the discovery of the artwork of retired fisherman Alfred Wallis, to creation of the Tate St Ives and its collection.
