The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter For our final artists post we’re looking at two locally-born men who both continued their artistic practice (as well as trying their hand at other types of work) on the other side of the world. Henry HainsselinContinue reading “On the other side of the world”
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Solomon Hart
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Solomon Alexander Hart was born in Plymouth in 1806, the son of Samuel Hart, a goldsmith, engraver and Hebrew teacher. His grandfather, Henry, was from Ansbach in Germany and settled in Plymouth as a rum merchant. InContinue reading “Solomon Hart”
James Northcote
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter James Northcote was born in Plymouth in 1746. He was apprenticed to his watchmaker father before moving to London where he studied under none other than famous portrait painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds. He left Reynolds’ studio inContinue reading “James Northcote”
Benjamin Haydon
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter This portrait was painted around 1820. It shows Plymouth-born Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846), a historical painter, teacher and writer who had a stormy life and career. The intensely ambitious Haydon was the only son of another BenjaminContinue reading “Benjamin Haydon”
Plymouth’s Two Presidents
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Plymouth (or Plympton St Maurice to be exact), has an important part to play in the history of London’s prestigious Royal Academy of Arts (RA). In fact, we’re the only place outside London to have produced twoContinue reading “Plymouth’s Two Presidents”
Public art inspired by history
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Plymouth has a range of permanent public artworks, many of which are linked with or inspired by the city’s history. Here’s our ‘Top Five’! Hope Frances May Favata’s large stone sculpture is located at the rear ofContinue reading “Public art inspired by history”
Keith Harrison
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter What do a painting, a military band, a musical performance, an exhibition, an event on water and a giant wave breaker have in common? They were all part of a project called ‘Heavy Rock’ by Plymouth-based artistContinue reading “Keith Harrison”
Robert Lenkiewicz
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Born in London in 1941, to parents who ran the ‘only Jewish guest house in town’, Robert Lenkiewicz led a very interesting life. He moved to Plymouth in the early 1970s and became one of the city’sContinue reading “Robert Lenkiewicz”
Beryl Cook OBE
The Box The Box | Tavistock Place | Plymouth | Devon PL4 8AX 01752 304774 Email Facebook Twitter Born Beryl Frances Lansley in Egham, Surrey in 1926, she would go on to produce an array of artworks full of larger than life characters that ‘ranged from stout lady bowlers goosing each other to middle-aged men in bikinisContinue reading “Beryl Cook OBE”
Plymouth and Art
Today and tomorrow we’ll be looking at artists who were born or have worked in Plymouth. Today, we’ll be looking at Beryl Cook, Robert Lenkiewicz, Jack Pickup and Keith Harrison – artists from the city’s more recent past. You can hear Lenkiewicz and Cook in this clip from the city’s media archive. Tomorrow, we’ll beContinue reading “Plymouth and Art”
Plymouth History Festival 