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Biography
The Early Years
The War Years
St Ives post-1918
The Final Years
Did you know...
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| Borlase Smart, quite rightly referred to
by the author Marion Whybrow as a "Man of Vision",
certainly was progressive in his outlook on art. The article
below, from September 1946 is an excellent example of his
vision and readiness to accept and encourage emerging
talent. The five young artists mentioned will be well known
to most of us, they (with the exception of Bryan Winter)
were among the 19 artists who broke away from the St Ives
Society and founded The Penwith Society of Arts in 1949. |
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| St Ives artists were often featured in
exhibitions at Harris & Sons Galleries in Plymouth.
Pictured below in June 1936 are (left to right) Terrick
John Williams R.A., Henry Vigurs Harris, Moffat
Lindner (President of STISA), Capt. Robert Borlase
Smart (Secretary of STISA) and Sir William Munday. |
| NB: A portrait of Henry Vigurs
Harris, by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, is in the Plymouth
City Council collection. |
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